README.md

fast-dl

Browser extension + local server for fast downloading youtube audio as mp3.

Requirements

• node.js
• A browser compatible with chrome extensions (like chrome)
• youtube-dl

Installation

First clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/devgar/fast-dl.git

Second, install all node.js dependecies and link executable

cd fast-dl
npm install # or yarn
npm link # or yarn link

Finally add the extension to your browser

You can check the location of the extension by runing fast-dl.

Usage

• Go to your desired downloading folder and run fast-dl.

fast-dl server listening on port 3000
Extension path: /path/to/browser/extension
Downloads path: /path/to/downloading/dir

• Visit a youtube video.
• Click the extension icon to download the video as mp3.

Options

Port

Set downloading server's port using PORT env variable.

PORT=8000 fast-dl

// TODO: But the extension will continue to try communicate with the downloading server by port 3000.