Web Application
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youtube-video-redirector

YouTube Video Link Handler

An easy method to get and play with original link of video by using redirector with web application.

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Overview

A web application that provides an easy method to handle and redirect YouTube video links. This tool offers alternative ways to access and manipulate YouTube video URLs through a user-friendly web interface.

Key Features

YouTube link processing
Video information extraction
Redirect functionality
Web-based interface

Challenges

Obtaining and playing original video links from YouTube via a web application redirector

Simplifying the process of accessing raw video streams

Solutions

Developed a Flask-based web application to handle redirects

Utilized youtube-dl to extract original video links

Created a simple URL-based interface for video redirection

Results & Impact

A lightweight microservice that redirects users to original YouTube video links
Easy integration by passing a video ID as a URL parameter (e.g., http://localhost:5000/?v=VIDEO_ID)

Project Info

Role

Creator & Maintainer

Timeline

2021 - 2022

1 year

Technologies

PythonFlaskYouTube APIWeb Development

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