NAME App::YoutubeDlIfNotYet - Download videos using youtube-dl only if videos have not been donwnloaded yet VERSION This document describes version 0.002 of App::YoutubeDlIfNotYet (from Perl distribution App-YoutubeDlIfNotYet), released on 2020-04-05. DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS youtube_dl_if_not_yet Usage: youtube_dl_if_not_yet(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta] Download videos using youtube-dl only if videos have not been donwnloaded yet. This is a wrapper for youtube-dl; it tries to extract downloaded video ID's from filenames or URL's or video ID's listed in a text file, e.g.: 35682594 Table Tennis Shots- If Were Not Filmed, Nobody Would Believe [HD]-dUjxqFbWzQo.mp4 date:[2019-12-29 ] or: https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9v2S49sHeQ?rel=0 or: U9v2S49sHeQ When a video ID is found then it is assumed to be already downloaded in the past and will not be downloaded again. This function is not exported. Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments): * log_file => *str* (default: "/home/s1/notes/download-logs.org") File that contains list of download filenames. * urls_or_ids* => *array[str]* Returns an enveloped result (an array). First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information. Return value: (any) HISTORY First written in Apr 2016. Packaged as CPAN distribution in Apr 2020. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. SEE ALSO App::YouTubeUtils for other YouTube-related CLIs. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.