I use Android and have Termux[1] installed. If you create a shell script named '~/bin/termux-url-opener' and share URLs to Termux, it'll invoke that script. Here's the contents of mine:
```
#!/bin/bash
pip install --upgrade youtube-dl
cd storage/movies
youtube-dl "${1}"
```
On iOS I’ve installed Pythonista with Stash, pip installed YouTube-dL, set up a script to take a link and download it to mp4 and share it an app (usually VLC).
This can be triggered from YouTube app by pressing Share, then Pythonista script then the custom script, wait for download then select VLC.
It’s not great for big videos but was extremely satisfying to set up.
#!python3
"""Open url in VLC — Pythonista for iOS app extension.
1. take media url from appex(share)/clipboard/command-line
2. open it in VLC iphone app
e.g., to listen to Youtube video in the background.
It accepts a media url from any site supported by youtube_dl
https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
"""
import sys
from urllib.parse import quote
import youtube_dl
import appex
import clipboard
import console
import appex_webbrowser as webbrowser
def open(webpage_url):
"""Play media on *webpage_url* in VLC"""
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(dict(forceurl=True)) as ydl:
r = ydl.extract_info(webpage_url, download=False)
media_url = r['formats'][-1]['url']
# play the url in VLC
# vlc:// + url leads to a popup
# https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:IOS/#x-callback-url
webbrowser.open('vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?url=' + quote(media_url) )
def main():
if not appex.is_running_extension():
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
url = sys.argv[1]
else:
url = clipboard.get()
else:
url = appex.get_url() or appex.get_text()
if url:
open(url)
console.hud_alert('Done.')
else:
console.hud_alert('No input URL found.')
if __name__ == '__main__':
console.show_activity()
try:
main()
finally:
console.hide_activity()
where appex_webbrowser.py is:
"""webbrowser.open() replacement for app extensions in Pythonista for iOS.
"""
from objc_util import nsurl,UIApplication
def open(url):
app = UIApplication.sharedApplication()
app.openURL_(nsurl(url))
Wow that’s way better than mine. I still find coding with two thumbs on an iPhone se does not fully make use of Pythonista. But there’s no way I’d buy an iPad that doesn’t have BT mouse support.
This can be triggered from YouTube app by pressing Share, then Pythonista script then the custom script, wait for download then select VLC.
It’s not great for big videos but was extremely satisfying to set up.