CloudApp/Zight Video Downloader

CloudApp/Zight Video Downloader is a simple Node.js command-line tool to download videos from cloudapp.com/zight.com. It retrieves the video download link based on the video ID in the URL and saves the video with a specified filename, a prefix for multiple files, or by default, the video ID.

Getting Started

To run this tool, you need to have Node.js and npm installed on your machine.

Installation

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/EcomGraduates/cloudapp-downloader.git
2. Install NPM packages: npm install

Dependencies

This tool uses the following npm packages:

• axios - Promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
• cheerio - Fast, flexible & lean implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.
• fs - File system module to work with the file system on your computer.
• https - HTTPS module to make native HTTPS requests.
• path - Path module provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.
• yargs - Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools, by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface.

Usage

Download a Single Video

To download a single video from cloudapp.com/zight.com, run the following command, replacing [VideoId] with the actual video ID from the URL:

node cloudapp-dl.js --url https://share.getcloudapp.com/[VideoId]

This will download the video and save it as [VideoId].mp4.

You can specify a different output filename with the --out or -o option:

node cloudapp-dl.js --url https://share.getcloudapp.com/[VideoId] --out [FileName].mp4 or node cloudapp-dl.js --url https://share.getcloudapp.com/[VideoId] --out path/to/[FileName].mp4

This will download the video and save it as [FileName].mp4.

Download Multiple Videos

To download multiple videos listed in a text file, use the --list option. Create a text file with one video URL per line and pass the file path to the script:

node cloudapp-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt

By default, each video will be saved with its video ID as the filename.

You can specify a filename prefix with the --prefix option. The script will append an auto-incrementing number to each downloaded video:

node cloudapp-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt --prefix download --out path/to/output

This will save the videos with the specified prefix "download" and an incremented number in the given output directory. download-1.mp4 download-2.mp4

Save video with original title

node cloudapp-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt --defaultTitle true --out path/to/output

this will save the video using the original title from the page. if you use this WITH --prefix the prefix option will overide. use one or the other not both

Avoid rate limiting

To prevent getting firewalled or rate-limited, a timeout can be set between downloads using the --timeout option:

node cloudapp-dl.js --list path/to/urls.txt --prefix download --out path/to/output --timeout 5000

This will add a 5-second wait time between each download. adjust as needed.

installing via NPM

run npm install cloudapp-dl in terminal

npm i cloudapp-dl

use command cloudapp-dl

follow the same commands as above but replace node cloudapp-dl.js with cloudapp-dl

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.