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Yt Downloader

Download YouTube videos as MP4 at highest quality.

Rating: 4.2 (232 reviews)
Downloads: 47,635 downloads
Version: 1.0.0

Overview

Download YouTube videos as MP4 at highest quality.

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YouTube Downloader

Download YouTube videos as high-quality MP4 files and register them as assets.

Usage

When user sends a YouTube URL to download:

bash

bash ~/. openclaw/workspace/skills/youtube-downloader/scripts/download.sh "YOUTUBE_URL" "label"

Parameters:

YOUTUBE_URL - Full YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, youtube.com/shorts)
label - Short descriptive label (e.g., "honey-b-interview", "og-event-recap")

Example

User: "download this https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123 and label it event-recap"

bash

bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/youtube-downloader/scripts/download.sh "https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123" "event-recap"

Output

Video location: ~/.openclaw/workspace/assets/videos/{label}_{videoId}_{timestamp}.mp4
Registry: ~/.openclaw/workspace/assets/registry.json - JSON log of all downloaded assets

Registry Format

Each download adds an entry:

json

{
  "type": "video",
  "source": "youtube",
  "videoId": "abc123",
  "label": "event-recap",
  "filename": "event-recap_abc123_20260201_234500.mp4",
  "path": "/full/path/to/file.mp4",
  "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
  "downloadedAt": "2026-02-01T23:45:00Z",
  "filesize": "150M"
}

Quality

Downloads best available quality:

Video: Highest resolution (up to 4K)
Audio: Best quality, merged
Format: MP4 (h264 + aac)

Limitations

No live streams
Private/deleted videos will fail
Age-restricted may need cookies

Installation

Terminal bash


openclaw install yt-downloader

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💻Code Examples

bash ~/. openclaw/workspace/skills/youtube-downloader/scripts/download.sh "YOUTUBE_URL" "label"

bash--openclawworkspaceskillsyoutube-downloaderscriptsdownloadsh-youtubeurl-label.txt

**Parameters:**
- `YOUTUBE_URL` - Full YouTube URL (youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, youtube.com/shorts)
- `label` - Short descriptive label (e.g., "honey-b-interview", "og-event-recap")

## Example

User: "download this https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123 and label it event-recap"

bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/youtube-downloader/scripts/download.sh "https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123" "event-recap"

bash-openclawworkspaceskillsyoutube-downloaderscriptsdownloadsh-httpsyoutubecomwatchvabc123-event-recap.txt

## Output

- **Video location:** `~/.openclaw/workspace/assets/videos/{label}_{videoId}_{timestamp}.mp4`
- **Registry:** `~/.openclaw/workspace/assets/registry.json` - JSON log of all downloaded assets

## Registry Format

Each download adds an entry:

example.json

{
  "type": "video",
  "source": "youtube",
  "videoId": "abc123",
  "label": "event-recap",
  "filename": "event-recap_abc123_20260201_234500.mp4",
  "path": "/full/path/to/file.mp4",
  "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
  "downloadedAt": "2026-02-01T23:45:00Z",
  "filesize": "150M"
}