back_youtube_downloader.py

#!/usr/bin/env python 
#encoding=utf-8
import sys
import os
import shutil

#youtube-dl -v --exec "mv {} ./Downloads/{}" url


if len(sys.argv) < 2 or len(sys.argv) >5:
    print('Usage <script> <URL> or <script> <URL> <New Folder Created>')
    sys.exit()

script = sys.argv[0]
url = sys.argv[1]

if len(sys.argv) < 4:
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        local_path = os.getcwd()
    elif len(sys.argv) == 3:
        local_path = sys.argv[2]
        if not os.path.exists(local_path):
            try:
                os.makedirs(local_path)
                print('Successfully created folder %s' % local_path)
            except OSError:
                print("Could not create directory")
                sys.exit(1)
else:
    print('you must provide a path to download the video')

if len(sys.argv) == 2:
    commmands = f"yt-dlp -civ -f 'bv*+ba/b' {url}"
else:
    if os.sys.platform == 'win32':
        commmands = "yt-dlp -civ -f 'bv*+ba/b' --exec 'move {} %s' %s" %(local_path,url)
    else:
        commmands = "yt-dlp -civ -f 'bv*+ba/b' --exec 'mv {} %s' %s" %(local_path,url)


#commmands = "youtube-dl -f best -citw -v --exec 'mv {} %s' %s" %(local_path,url)
# commmands = "yt-dlp -f best -ciw -v --exec 'mv {} %s' %s" %(local_path,url)
# commmands = f"yt-dlp -f b -ciw -v --exec shutil.move({url},{local_path})"

#youtube-dl --yes-playlist -f best <url>
if os.system(commmands) == 0:
   print('Successfully downloaded the video')
   print(f'Video has been downloaded to: {local_path}')
else:
   print('Failed download the video')