YTWATCH

Fetch youtube url from your subscription

INSTALL

• clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/FrancescoDeSimone/ytwatch

• compile:

make -j$(nproc)

• run ./ytwatch

Alternative build the appimage with the script:

./build_appimage.sh

USAGE

• Download YouTube subscription csv:
  • got here Google Takedown
  • Log in (for the last time I hope)
  • Click on "All data included", then on "Deselect all", then select only "subscriptions" and click "OK"
  • Click on "Next step" and then on "Create export"
  • Click on the "Download" button after it appears
  • From the downloaded zip extract the .csv in the subscriptions folder
• Save the csv in the default path XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ytwatch/subscriptions.csv or specify a path with the environment variable

ytwatch [-p] {channel name}

Dependency

• curl
• fzf
• ueberzug
• fmt
• devour (optional)

Configuration

Ytwatch script use the current env variable

Environment Variable	Description	Default Value
YTWATCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_CSV	Path to the subscriptions CSV file	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ytwatch/subscriptions.csv
YTWATCH_PLAYER	Video player	mpv
YTWATCH_PLAYER_OPT	Video player options	"--playlist=-"
YTWATCH_SWALLOWER	Swallowed program	devour
YTWATCH_SCRAPER	Ytscraper path	"./ytscraper"
YTWATCH_UEBERZUGPP	Path to UeberzugPP binary	/usr/local/bin/ueberzugpp
YTWATCH_FZF	Path to FZF binary	fzf

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