README.md

Web GUI Server for YouTube Downloader Tool

Node.js based solution inspired by Transmission web-interface. Suitable for Windows and Linux

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NOTE: The code moved to self-hosted and public git repositories due to number of issues with GitHub and Microsoft (mirrors: (m1) (m2)).

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NOTE1: This repository is for those, who for certain reasons prefer nodejs running as server. If this is not the case, I would recommend native python-based web gui server since youtube-dl/yt-dlp are essentially a python scripts, so it's better not to create a zoo of runtime environments.

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NOTE2:

• This UI supports running through reverse proxy like nginx under subdirectory. (ex. https://example.com/ytdl-web-gui )
  • required changing variable: web-root = '/ytdl-web-gui'
  • recommended nginx config:

   server {
       #server_name default server;
       listen 80 default_server;
  
       location /ytdl-web-gui {
           location = /ytdl-web-gui { return 301 /ytdl-web-gui/; } # adds trailing slash only for 1st lvl for correct relative path handling
           proxy_set_header Host $host;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
           proxy_pass http://localhost:8001;
       }
   }