use ytdl library to download mp3

README.md

@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ https://youtubedl-material.stoplight.io/docs/youtubedl-material/YXBpOjE2NDIyMjY-
 ## Update Docker Services
  - https://hub.docker.com/r/tzahi12345/youtubedl-material/tags
  - https://github.com/PodcastGenerator/PodcastGenerator/releases
+
+ToDos:
+ - introduce proper Logging
+ - 

rest_server.py

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from werkzeug.security import check_password_hash
 # from werkzeug.utils import redirect
 
 import config_parser
-from yt2podcast.ytdownloader import call_youtubedl
+# from yt2podcast.ytdownloader import call_youtubedl
+from yt2podcast.ytdl_handler import call_youtubedl
 
 app = flask.Flask(__name__)
 auth = HTTPBasicAuth()

templates/success.html

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %} Youtube 2 Podcast RSS {% endblock %}
+{% block pageHeader %} Youtube 2 Podcast RSS {% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block content %}
+<p>Success</p>
+<p>Go To Podcast Page href
+    <link href="https://podcasts.swaghausen.de/" /> </p>
+{% endblock %}
+
+<!--{%for _ in range(10) %}-->
+<!--  <p>x</p>-->
+<!--{% endfor %}-->

yt2podcast/ytdl_handler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import youtube_dl
+# from threading import Thread
+import threading
+
+from flask import render_template
+
+
+def call_youtubedl(url):
+    print(url)
+    download_audio(url, "first_test")
+    # thread = Thread(args=(, ))
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=download_audio, args=(url, "first_test"), daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    thread.join()
+    # data = "test"
+    # return render_template('success.html', passed_data=data)
+
+    # print("thread finished...exiting")
+
+def download_audio(url, name):
+    ydl_opts = {
+        'format': 'bestaudio/best',
+        'outtmpl': f'/output/{name}.mp3', # Template for output names
+        'noplaylist': True, # Download only the video, if the URL refers to a video and a playlist
+        'continue_dl': True, # Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible
+        'postprocessors': [{
+            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
+            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
+            'preferredquality': '192', }]
+    }
+    try:
+        with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+            ydl.cache.remove()
+            info_dict = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
+            ydl.prepare_filename(info_dict)
+            ydl.download([url])
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False