mdown

#!/bin/bash
# Download music from youtube/other platforms using yt-dl
# set the name to be the second parameter if provided.
# dont give any extension to the output name, if you want to specify
# a different audio format, give it as third parameter.
# providing format without name is not allowed

# Usage:
# mdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
# mdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ music
# mdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ music opus

link=$1
name=$2
format=$3
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
	echo "Usage:
  mdown link
  mdown link name
  mdown link name format" ; exit 1
fi
if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
	name="%(title)s-%(id)s"
fi
if [ "$3" == "" ]; then
	format="mp3"
fi

youtube-dl -x --audio-format $format \
	--embed-thumbnail --add-metadata \
	"$link" -o "$name.%(ext)s"