update docs for --scrape

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Joey Hess 2024-01-30 16:12:33 -04:00
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@ -74,15 +74,11 @@ and transferring to your laptop on demand.
## youtube channels ## youtube channels
You can also use `git annex importfeed` on youtube channels. You can also use `git annex importfeed` on youtube channels.
It will use yt-dlp to automatically It will use yt-dlp to automatically download the videos.
download the videos.
To download a youtube channel, you need to find the feed associated with that You can either use `git-annex importfeed --scrape` with the url to the
channel, and pass it to `git annex importfeed`. There does not seem to be channel, or you can find the RSS feed for the channel, and
an easy link anywhere to get the feed, but you can construct its url `git-annex importfeed` that url (without `--scrape`).
manually. For a channel url like
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/$foo", the
feed is "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=$foo"
Use of yt-dlp is disabled by default as it can be a security risk. Use of yt-dlp is disabled by default as it can be a security risk.
See the documentation of annex.security.allowed-ip-addresses See the documentation of annex.security.allowed-ip-addresses

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@ -95,12 +95,10 @@ to pass parameters to yt-dlp. For example, you could set `git config
annex.youtube-dl-options "--format worst"` to configure it to download low annex.youtube-dl-options "--format worst"` to configure it to download low
quality videos from YouTube. quality videos from YouTube.
To download a youtube channel, you need to find the RSS feed associated with To download all the videos in a youtube channel, you can use
that channel, and pass it to `git annex importfeed`. There does not seem to `git-annex importfeed --scrape` with the url to the
be an easy link anywhere to get the RSS feed, but you can construct its url channel, or you can find the RSS feed for the channel, and
manually. For a channel like `git-annex importfeed` that url (without `--scrape`).
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/$foo", the
feed is "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=$foo"
## bittorrent ## bittorrent