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1# Import videos from Youtube guide
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3You can use this script to import videos from Youtube channel to Peertube.
4Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.
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6 - [Installation](#installation)
7 - [Usage](#usage)
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9## Installation
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11## Prerequisites
12
13You need at least 512MB RAM to run the script.
35501c0f 14Importation can be launched directly from a PeerTube server (in this case you already have dependencies installed :+1:) or from a separate server, even a dekstop PC.
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16### Dependencies
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18 * [PeerTube dependencies](dependencies.md)
19 * git
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21### Installation
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35501c0f 23Clone the PeerTube repo to get the latest version:
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25```
26git clone https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.git
35501c0f 27CLONE="$(pwd)/PeerTube"
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28```
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30Run ``yarn install``
31```
32cd ${CLONE}
33yarn install
34```
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36Build server tools:
37```
38cd ${CLONE}
39npm run build:server
40```
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43## Usage
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45You are now ready to run the script :
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47```
48cd ${CLONE}
49node dist/server/tools/import-youtube.js -u "PEERTUBE_URL" -U "PEERTUBE_USER" --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD" -y "YOUTUBE_URL"
50```
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52 * PEERTUBE_URL : the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.re/
53 * PEERTUBE_USER : your PeerTube account where videos will be uploaded
54 * PEERTUBE_PASSWORD : password of your PeerTube account
55 * YOUTUBE_URL : the youtube video/user/channel/playlist you want to import. Examples:
56 * Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
57 * User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
58 * Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
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60 The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube.
61 Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...