liwa-dev / ytaudioconverterapi

YTAudioConverterAPI: A Flask-based RESTful API for converting YouTube videos to MP3 audio files. Retrieve direct download links with a simple HTTP request. Features rate limiting, file compression, and auto-deletion of expired files. Easily integrate and customize with the provided source code

YTAudioConverterAPI

Description

YTAudioConverterAPI is a Flask-based API that allows you to convert YouTube videos into MP3 audio files. It utilizes the pytube, youtubesearchpython, youtube_dl, and pydub libraries to search for videos, extract audio, and convert it to MP3 format.

Installation

1. Clone the repository: git clone <https://github.com/liwa-dev/YTAudioConverterAPI.git>
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd YTAudioConverterAPI
3. Install the required dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Start the Flask server: python main.py
2. Send a GET request to /search endpoint with the q parameter to search for YouTube videos.
3. Send a GET request to /download endpoint with the video_url parameter to convert a YouTube video into an MP3 audio file.
4. Access the converted audio file by sending a GET request to /audios/<filename> endpoint.

API Endpoints

• /search: Searches for YouTube videos based on the provided query (q parameter).
• /download: Converts a YouTube video into an MP3 audio file. Requires the video_url parameter.
• /audios/<filename>: Retrieves the converted audio file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

ytaudioconverterapi's Issues

There is no requirements.txt file

The README.md says to install dependencies from the requirements.txt file, but no such file exists in this project.