termux-url-opener

termux-url-opener

#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash
#
# This is a termux-url-opener script to do diffrent tasks on my Android phone 
#
#
#
# How to use this script
#############################
# 
# Install git
# ➜ ~ pkg install git
# 
# clone this script
# ➜ ~ git clone https://gist.github.com/dc35e8df3dc41d126683f18fe44ebe17.git $HOME/termux-url-opener
#
# Create the bin directory
# ➜ ~ mkdir bin
#
# Link the script
# ➜ ~ ln -s $HOME/termux-url-opener/termux-url-opener $HOME/bin/termux-url-opener
# ➜ ~ ln -s $HOME/termux-url-opener/termux-url-opener $HOME/bin/termux-file-editor
# 
# run the following command to enable the termux storage features
# ➜ termux-setup-storage
# 
# https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Termux-setup-storage
#
# the script downloads the needed tools on first use.

for PACKAGE in wget ffmpeg python 
do
	which $PACKAGE > /dev/null
	if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
		echo "Installing $PACKAGE"
		pkg install $PACKAGE
	fi
done

which transmission-daemon > /dev/null
if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
	pkg install transmission
fi

for PYPI_PKG in yt-dlp scdl
do
	pip show $PYPI_PKG
	if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
		pip install $PYPI_PKG
	fi
done

if [! -w $HOME/Downloads ]; then #create Downloads Link for transmission
	ln -s $HOME/storage/downloads $HOME/Downloads
fi

url=$1
echo "What should I do with $url ?"
echo "y) download youtube video to movies-folder"
echo "u) download youtube video and convert it to mp3 (music-folder)"
echo "s) download with scdl (soundcloud)"
echo "t) download torrent"
echo "w) wget file to download-folder" 
echo "x) nothing"

read CHOICE
case $CHOICE in
  y)
    yt-dlp -o "/storage/emulated/0/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s" $url
    ;;
    
  u)
    echo "Artist"
    read artist
    echo "Title"
    read title
    echo "Album"
    read album
    yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --output "/storage/emulated/0/Music/$artist-$title.%(ext)s" $url
    mid3v2 -a $artist -t $title -A $album /storage/emulated/0/Music/$artist-$title.mp3
    ;;
  
  s)
    scdl -l $url --path /storage/emulated/0/Music
    echo "s need some work"
    ;;
  
  w)
    cd ~/storage/downloads
    wget $url
    ;;
  
  t)
    echo "running torrents"
    transmission-remote 127.0.0.1 -l
    if [ ! $? eq 0 ]; then # start daemon if necessary
      transmission-daemon
      sleep 3
    fi
    echo "use transmission-remote to manage your downloads (read the manpage)"
    transmission-remote 127.0.0.1 -a $(cat $url) 
    ;;
    
  x)
    echo "bye"
    ;; 
  esac

I like your script.But while Sharing YouTube url to termux , termux is showing this error

exec("/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener"): Permission denied

I like your script.But while Sharing YouTube url to termux , termux is showing this error

exec("/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener"): Permission denied

dos2unix /data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener
This will fix it ( thanks to techwiser@youtube and Gabi tiplea

Hello,
I get /data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting ";;")
ideas?

Create the bin directory
➜ ~ mkdir bin
➜ ~ cd bin
Create the script (copy paste) I use neovim. Use your prefered editor
➜ nvim termux-url-opener

Make it executable
➜ chmod +x termux-url-opener

Install zsh youtube-dl ......
➜ pkg install zsh wget ffmpeg
➜ pip install youtube_dl

It is using zsh. You have to run zsh not bash.
Havent used the script for a while.

I use NewPipe for the same stuff.

Maybe make an update for this? Cant get it to work on my phone.

You have to installed the required packages? (zsh, mutagen, youtube_dl, wget, python .... )

I am on Android 9 on a Moto Z3 Play and i am using the Termux Version from the Play Store.

I use git on my phone. Cloning this script is also really nice option on Termux. I use Linux on all of my computers. Seems like Windows is messing it up sometimes with the character encoding if you copy paste it.

git clone https://gist.github.com/dc35e8df3dc41d126683f18fe44ebe17.git
then create a symbolic link to the script. Should not mess up the character encoding.

Fork it, change it, clone your version to your phone is the best way to do this (in my opinion)

Why didn't I think about git clone.... I think "copy /paste" is not that great because something was broken when i paste it using termux. But when I was on my ubuntu, I noticed "raw" button up top, after I copy paste in ubuntu and then sent the file typ my phone using scp. I then modyfied it for my likings and now it works great :) but yes, copy on the phone is not recommended, GitHub clone is maybe the way to go. Thanks for the reply!

Thanks for this script. I use a version modified by me, to download complete playlists, either in video or converted to audio. I added the download of metadata for the Id3 tag of the mp3. But there since my last modifications I have an error "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener:71: unmatched" and there I have no idea of the problem, and therefore not solutions. I updated the packages, it's still the same error.

Thanks for this script. I use a version modified by me, to download complete playlists, either in video or converted to audio. I added the download of metadata for the Id3 tag of the mp3. But there since my last modifications I have an error "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin/termux-url-opener:71: unmatched" and there I have no idea of the problem, and therefore not solutions. I updated the packages, it's still the same error.

I'm no expert, but "71" isn't that row 71 in your script that is causing this error?!

I'm no expert, but "71" isn't that row 71 in your script that is causing this error?!

Thank you for your reply. but I had already looked at line 71 and even though I comment out this part of the code I got the same error.

I'm no expert, but "71" isn't that row 71 in your script that is causing this error?!

Thank you for your reply. but I had already looked at line 71 and even though I comment out this part of the code I got the same error.

Hmm well then it's hard to know what cause the error. Like I said I'm no expert but if you can share your code maybe someone can lookin to it?

Ok, I can't get my code into the thread. I put a share link from my Google Drive cloud.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NPwQmNAGWnV_XhaoKFOovXtlqQ6AwbOE/view?usp=sharing

@titidelain try this to download videos

$ apt update && apt upgrade -y
$ apt install python -y
$ pip install --upgrade pip
$ pip install youtube-dl
$ mkdir -p /sdcard/Youtube
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ echo 'youtube-dl $1' > ~/bin/termux-url-opener
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/youtube-dl
$ echo '--no-mtime -o /sdcard/Youtube/%(title)s.%(ext)s -f "best[height<=1080]"' > ~/.config/youtube-dl/config

Good evening. Thank you for your comment. So I placed the orders in a terminal. So I have the video download in the Youtube folder. On the other hand the Youtube folder is on the phone's memory and not on the external card (mkdir -p / sdcard / Youtube ???), it is perhaps due to the particular management of Android? But it works can you tell me what led you to have me test this "simplified" code?
Thank you

@titidelain
/sdcard on Android is the command used to use the phone's internal memory. The /sdcard here is not showing an external card.
So /sdcard is your phone's internal storage directory.

/storage/emulated/0/ = /sdcard

These two commands point to the same directory.

Hi.
Thank you.
I am not a programming expert. Can you explain the command "echo 'youtube-dl $ 1'> ~ / bin / termux-url-opener" to me. I understand the command "echo" which will "write" the line "youtube-dl $ 1" but this $ 1 that I do not understand. I will also see to better understand the "termux-url-opener" file. And if I understand your code correctly, it is nothing more or less than creating a config file for youtube-dl?
Thank you.

I answer myself. $ 1 represents the url of the link, well from what I understand. From then on we could also write:
$ apt update && apt upgrade -y
$ apt install python -y
$ pip install --upgrade pip
$ pip install youtube-dl
$ mkdir -p /sdcard/Youtube
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ echo 'youtube-dl --no-mtime -o /sdcard/Youtube/%(title)s.%(ext)s -f "best [height <= 1080]"' $1' > ~ / bin / termux- url-opener

Are we not using the youtube-dl "config" file? That's right, isn't it?
Thank you.

Good evening. It's good my script works. Resuming what I had written, and with your answers, I resumed the script on my phone. I noticed a lot of writing errors because of .... my bluetooth keyboard. He repeated characters to me !!! I rewrote with the virtual keyboard of the phone by simplifying and it works!
Thanks to those who answered me, problem solved!

Hello,
Since I cannot do a pull request so I'm suggesting that you add this function right after url=$1:

function yt_shorts(){
    if [[ "$url" == *"shorts"* ]]; then
        url=${url%?feature=share}
        url=${url#https://youtube.com/shorts/}
        url="https://youtube.com/watch?v="$url
    fi
}

And then call yt_shorts right before the youtube-dl call in switch cases y) and u).

Reason: youtube-dl cannot work on "youtube shorts" links directly, so some modification is needed given that the url is from a youtube short video.

I'm not OP but could you maybe do a gits so i could see how it should be?

@Dan1jel Here you go: https://gist.github.com/nasseef20/9335d7126036ce3da497cc0a1a322afa

I have a problem where s the script bro , sorry I am new In this field , Problem = when I give command nvim termux-url-opener
Here comes a interface with purple ~ sign .
I don't what to do next .pls sir tell me.

Neovim works like vi or vim.

Use your preferred Editor. nano is probably simpler.

Instead of youtube_dl you could use yt-dlp its a fork that works better.

If you don't want to copy pasta the script. Install git and clone the gist.

Does anyone know any forks that use pre-installed bash instead of zsh?

Does anyone know any forks that use pre-installed bash instead of zsh?

I think it should work with bash as it is. Just replace the zsh with bash. There is nothing zsh specific in this script. Zsh and Bash are POSIX shells.

#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash

I've updated the script.

I switched to yt-dlp. It is more reliable and works with more websites. The script installs needed tools automatically now. I've added transmission as option t) in the script

Also if you install the script with git you can update it with "git pull" to the latest version. I modified the instructions to use git. This should eliminate the problems with encoding issues. (Who uses MS Windows anyway?)

install git & copy the git clone command from the instructions o a termux session

Cool, I'll give it a try this week and see if I love it. Thanks for the script ♥

open source is awesome