yt-dlp oauth¶

Using yt-dlp may need oauth2 plugin in order to use on VPS or download private videos.

Linux¶

Download https://github.com/coletdjnz/yt-dlp-youtube-oauth2/releases
Add the zip file into this folder, make it if not exist mkdir -p

~/.yt-dlp/plugins

Then run yt-dlp -v and make sure oauth2 appears in the log.

yt-dlp --username oauth2 --password '' https://youtube.com/private-video

It will prompt to go to https://www.google.com/device to enter a code.

After registered device, setup .netrc and add these contents

touch ${HOME}/.netrc
chmod a-rwx,u+rw ${HOME}/.netrc

machine youtube login oauth2 password ""

Now every-time when running the program, must append --netrc as an option

yt-dlp --netrc https://youtube.com/watch?v=private

Similar setup to Linux, except the recommendation location of plugins and netrc file
Install the plugins into

$env:appdata/yt-dlp/plugins

Similarly, the .netrc file can be created in home directory so it’s picked up by yt-dlp

$env:userprofile