shaw4552/mu-dl-api repository overview

This container provides a lightweight Flask-based API wrapper around yt-dlp, designed for automated media downloading. It supports YouTube cookies, persistent logs, custom download directories, and is tailored for use in self-hosted homelab environments (e.g., Plex integration).

✅ Features 📥 Download videos, music, audio, and playlists

🔒 Secrets-based auth token support

🔁 Restart on failure (unless-stopped)

🧱 Built with Python 3.11 and yt-dlp

🗂️ Mountable volumes for downloads, logs, config

🧪 Health checks via /health endpoint

🛠️ Use Cases Automate YouTube/online media archiving

Backend for media scraping workflows

Home media server integration (e.g., Plex, Jellyfin)