---
name: "ytdl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-pafy"
version: "0.5.2-2.1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ytdl"
---

# ytdl(1)

## NAME

pafy- Python API for YouTube

## DESCRIPTION

Download videos and retrieve metadata from YouTube. This python library can retrieve metadata such as viewcount, duration, rating, author,  thumbnail, keywords, download video or audio at requested resolution / bitrate / format / filesize, command line tool (ytdl) for downloading directly from the command line, retrieve the URL to stream the video in a player such as vlc or mplayer, works with age-restricted videos and non-embeddable videos, small, standalone, select highest quality stream for download or streaming, download audio only (no video) in ogg or m4a format, download video only (no audio) in m4v format.

## AUTHOR

Create by Zlatan Todoric for usage in Debian Project but can be used by others as well.