🎬 YouTube Video Downloader API

This is a simple API built with FastAPI that uses the yt-dlp library to download YouTube videos. It was created to be used by a React Native mobile app as a way to practice frontend and backend integration.

✨ What It Does

• Receives a YouTube video ID.
• Uses yt-dlp to download the video in MP4 format.
• Generates a temporary link so the app can download the video.
• The link is valid for 10 minutes, after which the video is automatically deleted from the server.

🔗 Main Endpoints

• POST /download: starts downloading a video based on its ID and returns a download link.
• GET /video/{id}: serves the video if the link is still valid.

📲 Related Project (Frontend)

This backend was developed to be consumed by a React Native mobile app, which you can check out here:

🔗 daily-diet-app (branch youtube-video-downloader)

PS: Yes, the repo name is going through an identity crisis — it has nothing to do with dieting.

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🚀 Running the Project

To run this project, make sure you're using Python 3.11 and have a virtual environment activated.

After installing the required dependencies, run the following command:

uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8006

This command starts the application using uvicorn, making it accessible on all network interfaces (0.0.0.0) on port 8006.

💡 Tip: to create and activate a virtual environment, use the commands below:

python3.11 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Linux/macOS
venv\Scripts\activate     # On Windows

Built for learning and experimenting with FastAPI, yt-dlp, and mobile app integration. 🚀