Minute-Mutt

Minute-Mutt is a Golang application designed to help combat YouTube addiction by automatically downloading new videos from subscribed YouTube channels. By using the YouTube API and yt-dlp, Minute-Mutt ensures that you can watch your favorite content without the distractions of the YouTube platform.

Features

• Automatic Downloads: Downloads new videos from your subscribed channels using the YouTube API.
• Local Storage: Saves videos locally, avoiding the need to surf YouTube and potentially get distracted.
• Docker Support: Includes a Dockerfile for easy deployment and a Docker image hosted on Docker Hub (ash191245141/minute-mutt-cron).
• Cron Scheduling: Uses cron to schedule regular checks and downloads at specified times (because I have free internet between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM).
• Customizable Quality: Allows setting the maximum resolution for downloaded videos.

Installation

To use Minute-Mutt, you can either run it locally or use the provided Docker image(recommended).

Local Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Ensure you have Golang, yt-dlp, and ffmpeg installed.
3. Obtain a client_secret.json file for YouTube API authentication:
   • Please don't misuse my key, it's a restricted key with a limited quota per day for the free tier
   • You can create your own client_secret.json by setting up a project in the Google Developers Console and enabling the YouTube Data API v3.
   • Alternatively, you can contact me to add your email to the authorized users list. Reach out on Twitter at @ash_sxn or email me at [email protected].
4. Place the client_secret.json file in the root directory of the project.
5. Run go run main.go and follow the prompts to authenticate with the YouTube API.
6. the program will provide you with a link to Google sign-in page, after signing in you'll get an authentication token which you'll need to paste in the program.
7. After this I'll search for all the latest videos of your subscribed channels and store them in pkg/database/history_queue.csv so we don't download these videos in the future
8. when you run the program again It will download the new videos released by the subscribed channels that are not present in pkg/database/history_queue.csv.

Docker Installation

1. Pull the Docker image from Docker Hub: docker pull ash191245141/minute-mutt-cron
2. Run the Docker container with the required environment variables:docker run -it -e MAX_RESOLUTION="1080" -e CRON_SCHEDULE="0 0-6 * * *" -v <local-download-location>:/watch ash191245141/minute-mutt-cron:1.1

Replace MAX_RESOLUTION and CRON_SCHEDULE with your preferred settings, and replace <local-download-locatoin> with the directory where you want downloaded videos to be saved, like docker run -it -e MAX_RESOLUTION="1080" -e CRON_SCHEDULE="*/2 * * * *" -v ~/watch:/watch ash191245141/minute-mutt-cron:1.1 will download videos to the ~/watch directory with 1080p quality and check for new videos every 2 minutes(get familiar with cron to understand this) and download them to the ~/watch directory if available.

3. the program will provide you with a link to Google sign-in page, after signing in you'll get an authentication token which you'll need to paste in the program.
4. After this I'll search for all the latest videos of your subscribed channels and store them in pkg/database/history_queue.csv so we don't download these videos in the future
5. Then you can close the docker container with ctrl+c, and then start the container with docker start <cont name>, and the program will download new videos whenever cron runs the program.
6. You can also add --restart=always option in your docker run command to always start the docker container after you restart your system

Usage

After installation, Minute-Mutt will automatically check for new videos from your subscribed channels based on the CRON_SCHEDULE. Downloaded videos will be saved to the specified output directory.

Configuration

• MAX_RESOLUTION: Sets the maximum resolution for downloaded videos (e.g., "1080").
• CRON_SCHEDULE: Defines when the program should check for and download new videos (e.g., "*/2 * * * *").
• OUTPUT_DIR: Sets the directory where downloaded videos will be saved (default is /watch in the Docker container).

Logs

Logs are saved to /var/log/cron.log in the Docker container, which includes any errors encountered during the download process.

Contributing

Contributions to Minute-Mutt are welcome. Please feel free to fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request.

License

Minute-Mutt is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Acknowledgments

• yt-dlp: Command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites.
• YouTube API: API services provided by YouTube for programmatic access to YouTube content.