-# Import videos from Youtube guide
+# Import videos guide
-You can use this script to import videos from Youtube channel to Peertube.
+You can use this script to import videos from all [supported sites of youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) into PeerTube.
Be sure you own the videos or have the author's authorization to do so.
- [Installation](#installation)
### Dependencies
* [PeerTube dependencies](dependencies.md)
- * git
### Installation
```
cd ${CLONE}
-node dist/server/tools/import-youtube.js -u "PEERTUBE_URL" -U "PEERTUBE_USER" --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD" -y "YOUTUBE_URL"
+node dist/server/tools/import-video.js -u "PEERTUBE_URL" -U "PEERTUBE_USER" --password "PEERTUBE_PASSWORD" -t "TARGET_URL"
```
* PEERTUBE_URL : the full URL of your PeerTube server where you want to import, eg: https://peertube.cpy.re/
* PEERTUBE_USER : your PeerTube account where videos will be uploaded
* PEERTUBE_PASSWORD : password of your PeerTube account
- * YOUTUBE_URL : the youtube video/user/channel/playlist you want to import. Examples:
- * Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
- * User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
- * Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
+ * TARGET_URL : the target url you want to import. Examples:
+ * YouTube:
+ * Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ChannelId
+ * User https://www.youtube.com/c/UserName or https://www.youtube.com/user/UserName
+ * Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabla
+ * Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/xxxxxx
+ * Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/xxxxx
The script will get all public videos from Youtube, download them and upload to PeerTube.
Already downloaded videos will not be uploaded twice, so you can run and re-run the script in case of crash, disconnection...