Download an youtube video

This script lets you download an youtube video into your Downloads folder using youtube-dl-exec.

All you have to do is grab the url and paste that into the script.

Also, if anyone knows of a better way to provide feedback other than the widgets, let me know 😄

// Name: download-youtube-video
// Description: Downloads an youtube video using the url
// Author: Lucas Sierota
// Twitter: @lucasemanuelss

import "@johnlindquist/kit";
import youtubeDlExec from "youtube-dl-exec";

const response = await widget(
  `
  <div class="w-full h-full text-center flex items-center justify-center">
    <h1 :class="responseClass">{{ content }}</h1>
  <div>
  `
);
async function downloadVideo() {
  try {
    const videoSrc = await arg("Video url:");
    const videoName = await arg("File name: (don't include extension)");
    const videoPath = "Downloads"

    const fileName = videoName !== "" ? videoName : videoSrc;
    // setting path to be downloaded and including file extension
    const path = home(videoPath, path.basename(fileName) + ".mp4");

    // set loading state on widget
    response.setState({
      content: `Downloading...`,
      responseClass: "text-yellow-600",
    });

    const res = await youtubeDlExec(videoSrc, { output: path });
    console.log(res);
    response.setState({
      content: `✅ ${fileName} downloaded at ${path} ✅`,
      responseClass: "text-green-600",
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
    if (
      err.stderr.includes("'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decompress'") ||
      err.stderr.includes("is not a valid URL")
    ) {
      response.setState({
        content: `🔴 Error: The url provided is not an youtube video 🔴`,
        responseClass: "text-red-600",
      });
    } else {
      response.setState({
        content: `🔴 Error ${err} 🔴`,
        responseClass: "w-full h-full text-red-600",
      });
    }
  }
}

await downloadVideo();