A YoutubeDL wrapper, built to diagnose and tweak interactions between Sinusbot and YTDL.

ytdl_wrapper.py

#!/usr/bin/python3 -u
"""
A YoutubeDL wrapper, built to diagnose and tweak interactions between Sinusbot and YTDL. 
TL;DR something to fix Soundcloud, given it's prone to breaking quite often. 

To use this script, it must be accessible and executable by your Sinusbot user. I recommend r-x (500) perms. 
Support is not guaranteed and there are absolutely no warranties, implied or otherwise. Modify this script at your own risk. 

Written by: Dooley_labs <dooleylabs.com> | https://gist.github.com/elderlabs/51e8e25ca8e85228ffd5e2de7b9b748b 
Version: 1.3.1 (2025-02-25) 
"""
import json
import requests
import subprocess
import sys

LOG = False  # if set to True, the logfile below MUST EXIST, otherwise this script will fail.
LOG_PATH = '/opt/sinusbot/ytdl_wrapper.log'
YTDL_PATH = '/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp'

# I need cookies because I am hosting Sinusbot from a datacenter and my IP has been banned for commercial use and abuse of the Google API
# If you need cookies, refer to yt-dlp's documentation to export yours. Use a burner account. You have been warned.
COOKIE = False
COOKIE_PATH = '/opt/sinusbot/cookies.txt'

# enable the ability to search YT natively in commands? (may break things)
YTDL_SEARCH = False

#enable prepending `youtu.be` to what may be a YT media ID?
YTDL_PREPEND = False

def ytdlp_wrapper():
    if YTDL_PREPEND and '--no-call-home' in sys.argv and not sys.argv[-1].startswith('http') and len(sys.argv[-1]) == 11:
        sys.argv[-1] = f"https://youtu.be/{sys.argv[-1]}"

    if YTDL_SEARCH and '--no-call-home' in sys.argv and not sys.argv[-1].startswith('http'):
        sys.argv[-1] = f"ytsearch1:{sys.argv[-1]}"

    if LOG:
        log = open(LOG_PATH, 'a')
        log.write(f'called with args: {" ".join(x for x in sys.argv[1:])}\n')
        log.close()

    if COOKIE:
        proc_args = [YTDL_PATH, '--cookies', COOKIE_PATH] + sys.argv[1:]
    else:
        proc_args = [YTDL_PATH] + sys.argv[1:]
    proc = subprocess.Popen(proc_args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    data, _ = proc.communicate()
    data = str(data, "utf=8")
    if '--version' not in sys.argv:
        data = json.loads(data)
        if '--no-call-home' in sys.argv:
            if YTDL_SEARCH and 'entries' in data:
                data = data['entries'][0]
            if 'acodec' not in data and 'audio_ext' in data:
                data['acodec'] = data['audio_ext']
            if 'formats' in data:
                formats_list = []
                for x in data['formats']:
                    if x['url'] != data['url']:
                        continue
                    if not 'acodec' in x and 'audio_ext' in x:
                        x['acodec'] = x['audio_ext']
                    if not 'filesize' in x:
                        x['filesize'] = int(requests.head(x['url']).headers['Content-Length'])
                    formats_list.append(x)
                data['formats'] = formats_list
        new_data = {}
        data_keys = ['title', 'uploader', 'original_url', 'formats', 'thumbnail']
        format_keys = ['abr', 'asr', 'acodec', 'filesize', 'url']
        for x in data_keys:
            try:
                new_data[x] = data[x]
            except KeyError:
                continue
        new_formats = new_data['formats'][0].copy()
        for k, v in new_data['formats'][0].items():
            if k not in format_keys:
                del new_formats[k]
        new_data['formats'][0] = new_formats
        data = new_data

    else:
        return print(data)

    return print(json.dumps(data))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    ytdlp_wrapper()

Thanks for the script, it works as far as making it possible to play certain problematic tracks but I believe there's a problem in the logging because instead of creating the specified log-file it just creates a file named LOG_PATH in /opt/sinusbot ^^

Thanks for the script, it works as far as making it possible to play certain problematic tracks but I believe there's a problem in the logging because instead of creating the specified log-file it just creates a file named LOG_PATH in /opt/sinusbot ^^

Corrected. Thank you.