How to get python to download YouTube videos in the background?

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im not sure if this is still accurate in the process, but if so you can replicate it in python.
https://www.computing.dcu.ie/~humphrys/N...utube.html

Hmm why try an old method that for sure will not work now,youtube-dl is always updated as a lot people work on it.
Also support a lot of other video sites youtube-dl supported sites.

Basic usage is simple youtube-dl url_link
Example get video:

λ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8OI9FllKfg
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading js player vflGPko2h
[download] Destination: Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.f248.webm
[download] 100% of 30.32MiB in 00:16
[download] Destination: Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.f251.webm
[download] 100% of 4.14MiB in 00:02
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.webm"
Deleting original file Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.f248.webm (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.f251.webm (pass -k to keep

Example get MP3 in highest quality:

λ youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8OI9FllKfg
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading webpage
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] d8OI9FllKfg: Downloading js player vflGPko2h
[download] Destination: Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.webm
[download] 100% of 4.14MiB in 00:02
[ffmpeg] Destination: Komodo - (I Just) Died In Your Arms-d8OI9FllKfg.mp3