Most of you may used or heard about **Youtube-dl** , a command line program to download videos from youtube and other 100+ websites. I just stumbled upon a similar utility named **“You-Get”**. It is also a CLI downloader written in Python. It allows you to download images, audios and videos from popular websites like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and a lot more. Currently, there are 80+ websites are supported. Click [**here**][1] to read the full list of supported sites.
You-Get is not only a downloader, but also can stream the online videos in your media player. It even allows you to search for videos on google. Just pass the search term and You-Get will google it and download the most relevant videos. Another notable feature, it allows you to pause and resume the downloads. It is completely free, open source and cross-platform application that on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
### Install You-Get
Make sure you have installed the following prerequisites.
+ Python 3
+ FFmpeg (strongly recommended) or Libav
+ (Optional) RTMPDump
You-Get can be installed in many ways. The officially recommended method is using Pip package manager. If you haven’t installed PIP yet, refer the following link.
[How To Manage Python Packages Using Pip][https://www.ostechnix.com/manage-python-packages-using-pip/]
Please note that you must install Python 3 version of pip.
Now, run the following command to install You-Get:
```
$ pip3 install you-get
```
You can upgrade You-Get to its latest version using command:
```
$ pip3 install --upgrade you-get
```
### Getting Started With You-Get
The usage is pretty much same as Youtube-dl utility.
You may want to view the details of the video before downloading. You-Get can do that for using **“–info”** or **“-i”** flag. This option will get you all available quality and formats of the given video.
title: The Last of The Mohicans by Alexandro Querevalú
streams: # Available quality and codecs
[ DASH ] ____________________________________
- itag: 137
container: mp4
quality: 1920x1080
size: 101.9 MiB (106816582 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=137 [URL]
- itag: 248
container: webm
quality: 1920x1080
size: 90.3 MiB (94640185 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=248 [URL]
- itag: 136
container: mp4
quality: 1280x720
size: 56.9 MiB (59672392 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=136 [URL]
- itag: 247
container: webm
quality: 1280x720
size: 52.6 MiB (55170859 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=247 [URL]
- itag: 135
container: mp4
quality: 854x480
size: 32.2 MiB (33757856 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=135 [URL]
- itag: 244
container: webm
quality: 854x480
size: 28.0 MiB (29369484 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=244 [URL]
[ DEFAULT ] _________________________________
- itag: 22
container: mp4
quality: hd720
size: 56.9 MiB (59654303 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=22 [URL]
```
By default, You-Get will download the format marked with **DEFAULT**. If you don’t like that format or quality, you can pick any other format you like. Use the itag value given in the each format.
You-Get doesn’t even a valid URL. You can just pass a random search terms. You-Get will google it and download the most relevant video based on your search string.
```
$ you-get 'Micheal Jackson'
Google Videos search:
Best matched result:
site: YouTube
title: Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video)
stream:
- itag: 43
container: webm
quality: medium
size: 29.4 MiB (30792050 bytes)
# download-with: you-get --itag=43 [URL]
Downloading Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official Video).webm ...
As you can see in the above screenshot, there is no ads, comment section. Just a plain page with the video.
**Set path and file name for downloaded videos**
By default, the videos will be downloaded in the current working directory with default video titles. You can, of course, change them as per your liking using **–output-dir/-o** flag to set the path and **–output-filename/-O** to set the name of the downloaded file.
Press **CTRL+C** to cancel a download. A temporary **.download** file will be saved in the output directory. Next time you run you-get with the same arguments, the download process will resume from the last session.
In case the file is completely downloaded, the temporary .download extension will be gone, and you-get will just skip the download. To enforce re-downloading, use the **–force/-f** option.
For more details, refer the help section by running the following command.
```
$ you-get --help
```
And, that’s all for now. More good stuffs to come. Stay tuned!
