Downloading You tube videos? [closed]

Question

I want to download you tube videos programatically (using Java). How can i convert you tube video link to a downloadable URL.

Browser plays youtube videos with following code.

I tried downloading from URL http://www.youtube.com/v/OdAE3cWlmHw but it is not returning video bytes.

Thanks Lalit

Answer 1

Youtube API allows you to search & list videos and obtain the mediaplayer URL, so that you can play videos within your web page

Youtube Data API

Youtube Java Data API - Search and List Videos

Youtube Java Data API - Getting Started

It does not allow you to download the byte content of videos - because Google is protecting their own rights and the rights of the content creators.

Google API Terms of Service
Prohibitions:

Your API Client will not, and You will not encourage or create functionality for Your users or other third parties to:
...

• promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;
• access any portion of any YouTube audiovisual content by any means other than use of a YouTube player or other video player expressly authorized by YouTube;
• store copies of YouTube audiovisual content;
  ...