Python gui desktop app to download youtube video - python coding

I am going to create a youtube downloader GUI app to download youtube videos. I have used pytube python library to download youtube videos.

Harendra Verma

3 years ago | 3 min read

Hello Guys, Today I am going to create a youtube downloader GUI app to download youtube videos. I have used pytube python library to download youtube videos. Pytube is a very serious, lightweight, dependency-free Python library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube Videos.

According to their official documentation -

Description

YouTube is the most popular video-sharing platform in the world and as a hacker, you may encounter a situation where you want to script something to download videos. For this I present to you pytube.

pytube is a lightweight library written in Python. It has no third-party dependencies and aims to be highly reliable.

pytube also makes pipelining easy, allowing you to specify callback functions for different download events, such as on progress or on complete.

Finally, pytube also includes a command-line utility, allowing you to quickly download videos right from the terminal.

Features

Support for both progressive & DASH streams
Support for downloading the complete playlist
Easily register on_download_progress & on_download_complete callbacks
Command-line interfaced included
Caption track support
Outputs caption tracks to .srt format (SubRip Subtitle)
Ability to capture thumbnail URL
Extensively documented source code
No third-party dependencies

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To install putube we need to run the following command on terminal

pip install pytube

Project strecture

Youtube GUI Downloader

main.py
photo.jpg
photo.png
youtube-ios-app.ico

main.py

#libraraies

from pytube import *
import os
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.filedialog import *
from tkinter.messagebox import *
from threading import *
file_size = 0

q= input("")
if q == "shutdown":
    os.system("shutdown -s")
#function progress to keep check of progress of function.
def progress(stream=None, chunk=None,  remaining=None):
    file_downloaded = (file_size-remaining)
    per = round((file_downloaded/file_size)*100, 1)
    dBtn.config(text=f'{per}% downloaded')

#function start download to start the download of files
def startDownload():
    global file_size
    try:
        URL = urlField.get()
        dBtn.config(text='Please wait...')
        dBtn.config(state=DISABLED)
        path_save = askdirectory()
        if path_save is None:
            return
        ob = YouTube(URL, on_progress_callback=progress)
        strm = ob.streams[0]
        x = ob.description.split("|")
        file_size = strm.filesize
        dfile_size = file_size
        dfile_size /= 1000000
        dfile_size = round(dfile_size, 2)
        label.config(text='Size: ' + str(dfile_size) + ' MB')
        label.pack(side=TOP, pady=10)
        desc.config(text=ob.title + '\n\n' + 'Label: ' + ob.author + '\n\n' + 'length: ' + str(round(ob.length/60, 1)) + ' mins\n\n'
                    'Views: ' + str(round(ob.views/1000000, 2)) + 'M')
        desc.pack(side=TOP, pady=10)
        strm.download(path_save, strm.title)
        dBtn.config(state=NORMAL)
        showinfo("Download Finished", 'Downloaded Successfully')
        urlField.delete(0, END)
        label.pack_forget()
        desc.pack_forget()
        dBtn.config(text='Start Download')

    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        print('Error!!')

def startDownloadthread():
    thread = Thread(target=startDownload)
    thread.start()


# main functions 
main = Tk()

main.title("My YouTube Downloader")
main.config(bg='#3498DB')

main.iconbitmap('youtube-ios-app.ico')

main.geometry("500x600")

file = PhotoImage(file='photo.png')
headingIcon = Label(main, image=file)
headingIcon.pack(side=TOP)

urlField = Entry(main, font=("Times New Roman", 18), justify=CENTER)
urlField.pack(side=TOP, fill=X, padx=10, pady=15)

dBtn = Button(main, text="Start Download", font=(
    "Times New Roman", 18), relief='ridge', activeforeground='red', command=startDownloadthread)
dBtn.pack(side=TOP)
label = Label(main, text='')
desc = Label(main, text='')
author = Label(main, text="@G.S.")
author.config(font=("Courier", 44))
author.pack(side=BOTTOM)
main.mainloop()

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Download and extract .zip file from the above links, then you need to open your terminal in the project directory and run main.py by running python main.py and this will launch a window.

Feel free to ask anything if you face any issues.

Thank you for reading.

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Harendra Verma

Currently I am working as a Full-stack developer and I have expertise with Python, Angular , PHP, Node JS, Laravel, Codeigniter and Front end.