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badr aldeen
badr aldeen

Reputation: 470

how can i fetch the information from json youtube-dl when i use --get-id

i have problem when i try to get the information from json file ($output) When i use youtube-dl . i need webpage_url from my json file my code is 

$output = shell_exec('youtube-dl -J https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLANMHOrJaFxPCjR2enLZBRgtZgjtXJ0MJ' );
$youtubeId = json_decode($output);
$youtubeId = $youtubeId->webpage_url;

echo $youtubeId;

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5871

Answers (1)

iPherian
iPherian

Reputation: 958

For a playlist and the -J option, you must loop through the 'entries' array.

$output = shell_exec('youtube-dl -J --playlist-items 1-3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLANMHOrJaFxPCjR2enLZBRgtZgjtXJ0MJ' );
$playlist = json_decode($output);
foreach ($playlist->entries as $vid) {
    $youtubeId = $vid->webpage_url;
    echo $youtubeId;
}

Each element therein contains the properties you expect, like webpage_url, as each element is a video.

You may use --playlist-items 1-3 to restrict grabbed videos to e.g. the 1st through 3rd vids of a playlist.

For all available command line options see here.

Upvotes: 2

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