Video/short download button hidden in three dots combo menu below video. Downloads MP4, WEBM or MP3 from youtube + option to redirect shorts to normal videos. Choose your preferred quality from 8k to audio only, codec (h264, vp9 or av1) or service provider (cobalt, y2mate, yt1s) in settings.
Version au
// ==UserScript==
// @name Youtube Direct Downloader
// @version 2.1.3
// @description Video/short download button hidden in three dots combo menu below video. Downloads MP4, WEBM or MP3 from youtube + option to redirect shorts to normal videos. Choose your preferred quality from 8k to audio only, codec (h264, vp9 or av1) or service provider (cobalt, y2mate, yt1s) in settings.
// @author FawayTT
// @namespace FawayTT
// @supportURL https://github.com/FawayTT/userscripts/issues
// @icon https://github.com/FawayTT/userscripts/blob/main/youtube-downloader-icon.png?raw=true
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @connect api.cobalt.tools
// @require https://openuserjs.org/src/libs/sizzle/GM_config.js
// @grant GM_getValue
// @grant GM_setValue
// @grant GM_registerMenuCommand
// @grant GM_openInTab
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
GM_registerMenuCommand('Settings', opencfg);
const defaults = {
downloadService: 'Cobalt',
quality: 'max',
vCodec: 'vp9',
aFormat: 'mp3',
filenamePattern: 'pretty',
buttonDownloadInfo: 'onchange',
isAudioMuted: false,
disableMetadata: false,
redirectShorts: false,
};
let gmc = new GM_config({
id: 'config',
title: 'Youtube direct downloader settings',
fields: {
downloadService: {
section: ['Download method (use cobalt for best quality):'],
label: 'Service',
labelPos: 'left',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.downloadService,
options: ['cobalt', 'y2mate', 'yt1s'],
},
quality: {
section: ['Cobalt-only settings'],
label: 'Quality:',
labelPos: 'left',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.quality,
options: ['max', '2160', '1440', '1080', '720', '480', '360', '240', '144'],
},
vCodec: {
label: 'Video codec (h264 [MP4] for best compatibility, vp9 [WEBM] for better quality. AV1 = best quality but is used only by few videos):',
labelPos: 'left',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.vCodec,
options: ['h264', 'vp9', 'av1'],
},
aFormat: {
label: 'Audio format:',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.aFormat,
options: ['best', 'mp3', 'ogg', 'wav', 'opus'],
},
isAudioMuted: {
label: 'Download videos without audio:',
type: 'checkbox',
default: defaults.isAudioMuted,
},
disableMetadata: {
label: 'Download videos without metadata:',
type: 'checkbox',
default: defaults.disableMetadata,
},
filenamePattern: {
label: 'Filename pattern:',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.filenamePattern,
options: ['classic', 'pretty', 'basic', 'nerdy', 'opus'],
},
buttonDownloadInfo: {
label: 'Show quality info below button:',
type: 'select',
default: defaults.buttonDownloadInfo,
options: ['always', 'onchange', 'never'],
},
redirectShorts: {
section: ['Extra features'],
label: 'Redirect shorts:',
labelPos: 'left',
type: 'checkbox',
default: defaults.redirectShorts,
},
url: {
section: ['Links'],
label: 'My other userscripts',
type: 'button',
click: () => {
GM_openInTab('https://github.com/FawayTT/userscripts');
},
},
cobaltUrl: {
label: 'Cobalt',
type: 'button',
click: () => {
GM_openInTab('https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt');
},
},
},
events: {
save: function () {
gmc.close();
deleteButton();
createButton();
},
init: onInit,
},
});
function opencfg() {
gmc.open();
config.style = `
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
max-height: 40rem;
max-width: 80rem;
border-radius: 10px;
z-index: 9999999;
position: fixed;
`;
}
let timeout;
let oldHref = document.location.href;
let menuIndex = 1;
const menuMaxTries = 10;
function getYouTubeVideoID(url) {
const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(new URL(url).search);
return urlParams.get('v');
}
function download(isAudioOnly) {
switch (gmc.get('downloadService')) {
case 'y2mate':
if (isAudioOnly) window.open(`https://www.y2mate.com/youtube-mp3/${getYouTubeVideoID(document.location.href)}`);
else window.open(`https://www.y2mate.com/download-youtube/${getYouTubeVideoID(document.location.href)}`);
break;
case 'yt1s':
if (isAudioOnly) window.open(`https://www.yt1s.com/en/youtube-to-mp3?q=${getYouTubeVideoID(document.location.href)}`);
else window.open(`https://www.yt1s.com/en/youtube-to-mp4?q=${getYouTubeVideoID(document.location.href)}`);
break;
default:
GM_xmlhttpRequest({
method: 'POST',
url: 'https://api.cobalt.tools/api/json',
headers: {
Accept: 'application/json',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
data: JSON.stringify({
url: encodeURI(document.location.href),
vQuality: gmc.get('quality'),
vCodec: gmc.get('vCodec'),
aFormat: gmc.get('aFormat'),
filenamePattern: gmc.get('filenamePattern'),
isAudioMuted: gmc.get('isAudioMuted'),
disableMetadata: gmc.get('disableMetadata'),
isAudioOnly: isAudioOnly,
}),
onload: (response) => {
const data = JSON.parse(response.responseText);
if (data.url) window.open(data.url);
},
});
break;
}
}
function addButtonDownloadInfo(serviceName, div) {
if (serviceName === 'cobalt') {
const option = gmc.get('buttonDownloadInfo');
if (option === 'never') return;
const quality = gmc.get('quality') || defaults.quality;
const vCodec = gmc.get('vCodec') || defaults.vCodec;
if (option === 'onchange' && quality === defaults.quality && vCodec === defaults.vCodec) return;
const qualityText = `${quality}, ${vCodec}`;
const downloadInfo = document.createElement('custom-dwn-button-download-info');
downloadInfo.style.cssText = `
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: -10px;
font-size: 0.8rem;
color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary);
opacity: 0.6;`;
downloadInfo.innerText = qualityText;
div.appendChild(downloadInfo);
}
}
function deleteButton() {
if (document.getElementsByTagName('custom-dwn-button').length === 0) return;
const button = document.getElementsByTagName('custom-dwn-button')[0];
button.remove();
}
function createButton() {
if (document.getElementsByTagName('custom-dwn-button').length !== 0) return;
const serviceName = gmc.get('downloadService') || defaults.downloadService;
const menu = document.getElementsByTagName('ytd-menu-popup-renderer')[0];
const downButtonOuter = document.createElement('custom-dwn-button');
const icon = document.createElement('div');
const text = document.createElement('custom-dwn-button-text');
const downButton = document.createElement('button');
const extra = document.createElement('div');
const settings = document.createElement('div');
const downAudioOnly = document.createElement('div');
menu.style.minHeight = '100px';
menu.style.minWidth = '150px';
text.style.position = 'relative';
downButtonOuter.style.cssText = `
cursor: pointer;
margin-top: 8px;
font-size: 1.4rem;
line-height: 2rem;
font-weight: 400;
position: relative;
color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary);
font-family: "Roboto","Arial",sans-serif;
white-space: nowrap;
display: flex;
margin-bottom: -10px;
padding: 10px 0 10px 21px;
gap: 23px;
align-items: center;
text-transform: capitalize`;
downButton.style.cssText = `
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 90%;
height: 100%;
opacity: 0;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 9999;`;
extra.style.cssText = `
position: absolute;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 1px;
color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary);
z-index: 9999;
right: 0;
top: 0;
width: 10%;
height: 90%;`;
icon.style.cssText = `
font-size: 2.1rem;`;
icon.innerText = '⇩';
text.innerText = serviceName;
settings.innerText = '☰';
downAudioOnly.innerText = '▶';
addButtonDownloadInfo(serviceName, text);
downAudioOnly.title = `Download audio only`;
settings.title = 'Settings';
downButtonOuter.appendChild(icon);
downButtonOuter.appendChild(text);
downButtonOuter.appendChild(extra);
downButtonOuter.appendChild(downButton);
extra.appendChild(settings);
extra.appendChild(downAudioOnly);
downButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
download();
});
downAudioOnly.addEventListener('click', () => {
download(true);
});
settings.addEventListener('click', opencfg);
downButtonOuter.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => {
downButtonOuter.style.backgroundColor = 'var(--yt-spec-10-percent-layer)';
});
downButtonOuter.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => {
downButtonOuter.style.backgroundColor = '';
});
menu.insertBefore(downButtonOuter, menu.firstChild);
}
function watchMenu() {
menuIndex += 1;
if (menuMaxTries < menuIndex) {
menuIndex = 1;
clearTimeout(timeout);
return;
}
if (document.location.href.indexOf('youtube.com/shorts') > -1) {
const menu = document.getElementById('menu-button');
if (!menu) {
timeout = setTimeout(watchMenu, 500 * menuIndex);
return;
}
menu.addEventListener('click', createButton);
menuIndex = 1;
clearTimeout(timeout);
return;
}
const topRow = document.getElementById('top-row');
const menu = topRow.querySelector('#button-shape');
if (!topRow || !menu) {
timeout = setTimeout(() => {
watchMenu(false);
}, 500 * menuIndex);
return;
}
menu.addEventListener('click', createButton);
menuIndex = 1;
clearTimeout(timeout);
}
function modifyMenu() {
if (document.location.href.indexOf('youtube.com/watch') === -1 && document.location.href.indexOf('youtube.com/shorts') === -1) return;
if (document.hidden) {
window.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
if (document.hidden) return;
timeout = setTimeout(watchMenu, 500 * menuIndex);
});
} else timeout = setTimeout(watchMenu, 500 * menuIndex);
}
function checkShort() {
if (document.location.href.indexOf('youtube.com/shorts') > -1 && gmc.get('redirectShorts')) window.location.replace(window.location.toString().replace('/shorts/', '/watch?v='));
}
function onInit() {
const bodyList = document.querySelector('body');
checkShort();
modifyMenu();
const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
mutations.forEach(function (mutation) {
if (oldHref != document.location.href) {
checkShort();
oldHref = document.location.href;
modifyMenu();
}
});
});
observer.observe(bodyList, {
childList: true,
subtree: true,
});
}