turnerll / loom-downloader

Loom Video Downloader is a simple Node.js command-line tool to download videos from loom.com. It retrieves the video download link based on the video ID in the URL and saves the video with a specified filename or, by default, the video ID.

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Loom Video Downloader

Loom Video Downloader is a simple Node.js command-line tool to download videos from loom.com. It retrieves the video download link based on the video ID in the URL and saves the video with a specified filename, a prefix for multiple files, or by default, the video ID.

Getting Started

To run this tool, you need to have Node.js and npm installed on your machine.

Installation

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/EcomGraduates/loom-downloader.git
2. Install NPM packages: npm install

Dependencies

This tool uses the following npm packages:

• axios - Promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
• fs - File system module that allows you to work with the file system on your computer.
• https - HTTPS is the HTTP protocol over TLS/SSL.
• yargs - Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools, by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface.

Usage

Download a Single Video

To download a single video from loom.com, run the following command, replacing [VideoId] with the actual video ID from the URL:

node loom-dl.js --url https://www.loom.com/share/[VideoId]

This will download the video and save it as [VideoId].mp4.

You can specify a different output filename with the --out or -o option:

node loom-dl.js --url https://www.loom.com/share/[VideoId] --out [FileName].mp4 or node loom-dl.js --url https://www.loom.com/share/[VideoId] --out path/to/[FileName].mp4

This will download the video and save it as [FileName].mp4.

Download Multiple Videos

To download multiple videos listed in a text file, use the --list option. Create a text file with one video URL per line and pass the file path to the script:

node loom-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt

By default, each video will be saved with its video ID as the filename.

You can specify a filename prefix with the --prefix option. The script will append an auto-incrementing number to each downloaded video:

node loom-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt --prefix download --out path/to/output

This will save the videos with the specified prefix "download" and an incremented number in the given output directory. download-1.mp4 download-2.mp4 If no output path is specified it will default to Downloads folder

Avoid rate limiting

To prevent getting firewalled or rate-limited, a timeout can be set between downloads using the --timeout option:

node loom-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt --prefix download --out path/to/output --timeout 5000

This will add a 5-second wait time between each download. adjust as needed.

installing via NPM

run npm install loom-dl in terminal

npm i loom-dl

use command loom-dl

follow the same commands as above but replace node loom-dl.js with loom-dl

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Contributors

• lestercoyoyjr for A way to make videos downloaded be downloaded in a specific folder for downloads.

• werkamsus for add resume functionality

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

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