curl_to_ytdlp.py

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import shlex
import subprocess
import re

def parse_curl_to_ytdlp(curl_cmd: str):
    tokens = shlex.split(curl_cmd)
    
    # Extract URL
    url = None
    for token in tokens:
        if token.startswith("http"):
            url = token
            break
    if not url:
        raise ValueError("No URL found in cURL command.")

    # Extract headers
    headers = []
    for i, token in enumerate(tokens):
        if token in ("-H", "--header") and i + 1 < len(tokens):
            header = tokens[i + 1]
            headers.append(shlex.split(header)[0])  # clean quotes if needed

    # Build yt-dlp command
    ytdlp_cmd = ["yt-dlp"]
    for h in headers:
        ytdlp_cmd += ["--add-header", h]
    ytdlp_cmd.append(url)

    return ytdlp_cmd

def main():
    print("Paste your full cURL command (single line):")
    curl_input = input().strip()
    
    try:
        ytdlp_cmd = parse_curl_to_ytdlp(curl_input)
        print("\n[INFO] Running yt-dlp command:")
        print(" ".join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in ytdlp_cmd))

        subprocess.run(ytdlp_cmd)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[ERROR] {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()