From da1e51db213bdc15b35d512d88a20e9fdcfe42e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SemvdHoeven <s.vanderhoeven@cowmanager.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 15:35:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow setting artist and title for youtube download

---
 download_youtube.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/download_youtube.py b/download_youtube.py
index 5108d37..08e6748 100644
--- a/download_youtube.py
+++ b/download_youtube.py
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import yt_dlp
 import sys
 
+artist = ""
+title = ""
+if len(sys.argv)  == 4:
+    artist = sys.argv[2]
+    title = sys.argv[3]
+elif len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print("Usage: python download_youtube.py <url> [<artist> <title>]")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+url = sys.argv[1]
+
+template = ""
+if (artist and title):
+    template = f"{artist} - {title}.%(ext)s"
+else:
+    template = '%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'
+print("Downloading youtube song " + url)
+
 ydl_opts = {
     'format': 'bestaudio/best',
     'postprocessors': [{
@@ -9,11 +27,8 @@ ydl_opts = {
         'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
         'preferredquality': '0', # 0 = best quality
     }],
-    'outtmpl': '%(uploader)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s'
+    'outtmpl': template
 }
 
-url = sys.argv[1]
-print("Downloading youtube song " + url)
-
 with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
     ydl.download([url])