Subject: [bug#51179] [PATCH] gnu: Add yt-dlp.

From: Robin Templeton <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:44:41 -0400

* gnu/packages/video.scm (yt-dlp): New variable.

Suggested-by: bdju <[email-masked]>
---
 gnu/packages/video.scm | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index fcac369f60..1aceac25eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -2360,6 +2360,77 @@ YouTube.com and many more sites.")
     (home-page "https://yt-dl.org")
     (license license:public-domain)))
 
+(define-public yt-dlp
+  (package
+    (name "yt-dlp")
+    (version "2021.10.10")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/"
+                                  "releases/download/"
+                                  version "/yt-dlp.tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1ywld4qhvsik970gbac1h3kvxb74r7150m5axq9r5nffdw5sz3vd"))
+              (snippet
+               '(begin
+                  ;; Delete the pre-generated files, except for the man page
+                  ;; which requires 'pandoc' to build.
+                  (for-each delete-file '("yt-dlp"
+                                          ;;pandoc is needed to generate
+                                          ;;"yt-dlp.1"
+                                          "completions/bash/yt-dlp"
+                                          "completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish"
+                                          "completions/zsh/_yt-dlp"))
+                  #t))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion
+     ;; files is relative, and for some reason, setup.py uses the
+     ;; auto-detected sys.prefix instead of the user-defined "--prefix=FOO".
+     ;; So, we need pass the prefix directly.
+     `(#:tests? #f ; Many tests fail. The test suite can be run with pytest.
+       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                  (add-after 'unpack 'default-to-the-ffmpeg-input
+                    (lambda _
+                      ;; See <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43418#5>.
+                      ;; ffmpeg is big but required to request free formats
+                      ;; from, e.g., YouTube so pull it in unconditionally.
+                      ;; Continue respecting the --ffmpeg-location argument.
+                      (substitute* "yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py"
+                        (("\\.get\\('ffmpeg_location'\\)" match)
+                         (format #f "~a or '~a'" match (which "ffmpeg"))))
+                      #t))
+                  (add-before 'build 'build-generated-files
+                    (lambda _
+                      ;; Avoid the make targets that require pandoc.
+                      (invoke "make"
+                              "PYTHON=python"
+                              "yt-dlp"
+                              ;;"youtube-dl.1"   ; needs pandoc
+                              "completions")))
+                  (add-before 'install 'fix-the-data-directories
+                    (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (let ((prefix (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                        (substitute* "setup.py"
+                          (("'etc/")
+                           (string-append "'" prefix "/etc/"))
+                          (("'share/")
+                           (string-append "'" prefix "/share/")))
+                        #t))))))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("zip" ,zip)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)))
+    (synopsis "Download videos from YouTube.com and other sites")
+    (description
+     "yt-dlp is a small command-line program to download videos from
+YouTube.com and many more sites.  It is a fork of youtube-dl with a
+focus on adding new features while keeping up-to-date with the
+original project.")
+    (home-page "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp")
+    (license license:public-domain)))
+
 (define-public youtube-dl-gui
   (package
     (name "youtube-dl-gui")
-- 
2.33.0