Telegram bot that allows to download videos from YouTube

Link to bot: https://t.me/youtube_downloader_nodejs_bot

Built on Telegraf.js. See: https://telegrafjs.org/

To run the bot locally on your system:

1. Clone this repository

   git clone [email protected]:shelepuginivan/youtube-downloader-bot.git

2. Set environment variable bot_token:

   On Unix/Linux/WSL: export bot_token=GET_YOUR_TOKEN_FROM_FATHERBOT

   On Windows, set environment variable throw sysdm.cpl

   Or simply add your variable to config.ts:

   export const TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: string = 'PUT_TOKEN_HERE'

3. Run scripts/start.sh

   On Unix/Linux/WSL: scripts/start.sh

   On Windows: bash scripts/start.sh

The above commands will spawn a daemon process with pm2.

See: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/

To stop the bot, kill process by its pid.

/start, /help - will show intro message with all information

To download a video:

1. Send bot a link to the video
2. Wait for the video to download. That may take some time
3. Bot will automatically send an *.mp4 file with your video