get_mp3: Download MP3 from URL

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Download MP3 from URL

Description

This function downloads YouTube videos or Soundcloud or any other platform supported by the youtube-dl library, and converts them into high quality MP3 files. The URL can be for a single video or a whole playlist. It also returns metadata into an (invisible) list.

Usage

get_mp3(
  id,
  mp3 = TRUE,
  repo = "youtube-dl",
  params = "--no-check-certificate",
  start_time = 0,
  end_time = NA,
  overwrite = TRUE,
  open = FALSE,
  delete = open,
  info = TRUE,
  cover = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

id	Character. YouTube URL or ID to search for.
mp3	Boolean. Add mp3 optimal parameters?
repo	Character. Chose repository you installed youtube-dl from. Any of: "youtube-dl" (latest stable version), "yt-dlp" (latest dev version).
params	Character. Additional parameters.
start_time, end_time	Numeric. Start and end time to trim the audio output in seconds.
overwrite	Boolean. Overwrite original file?
open, delete	Boolean. After everything's done, should the file be opened? Should it be deleted?
info	Boolean. Import and return metadata?
cover	Boolean. Google Search its squared cover?
quiet	Boolean. Keep quiet? If not, print messages.

Value

(Invisible) list with id's meta-data.

youtube-dl

More info from the original developers and its code: youtube-dl's Github

See Also

Other Scrapper: filesGD(), gtrends_related(), holidays(), ip_data(), readGS(), splot_summary(), stocks_quote()

Other Audio: trim_mp3()

Examples

# You must have "youtube-dl" installed in your OS:
## Not run: 
# Download video from YouTube and convert to MP3
get_mp3("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrlKcCdVw9Q")
# OR simply
get_mp3("lrlKcCdVw9Q")
# For dev version, use:
get_mp3("m3RX4LJh0iI", repo = "yt-dlp")

## End(Not run)

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