YouTube Downloader Bot

A simple discord bot that lets you download YouTube video's over discord.

Features

• Download videos in mp4 format.
• Download audio in mp3 format.
• Slash commands for easy interaction.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• discord.py library
• yt-dlp library

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/lhwe/ytdl-pycord.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd ytdl-pycord

3. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install discord.py yt-dlp

4. Change the contents of tokenHandler.py to have your bot token:

   TOKEN = 'Your token goes here'

Usage

1. Run the bot:

   python3 ytdl-bot.py

2. In Discord, use the following commands:

• /help - Displays a help message.
• /download <url> [format] - Downloads the video or audio from the specified YouTube URL. Format can be mp3 or mp4 (default is mp4).

Example

• To download a video:

/download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

• To download audio:

/download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ format:mp3