Sleek YouTube Downloader

A simple tool that adds YouTube-style buttons for multi-format downloading. Lighter than most download scripts.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Sleek YouTube Downloader
// @namespace    https://github.com/thisismy-github
// @description  A simple tool that adds YouTube-style buttons for multi-format downloading. Lighter than most download scripts.
// @author       thisismy-github
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/watch*
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/playlist*
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// @run-at       document-end
// @version      3.2.0
// ==/UserScript==


// Valid formats: MP4 || MP3, WAV, M4A, WEBM, AAC, FLAC, OPUS, OGG
const buttons = ["MP3", "MP4"];


// There is no consistent variable for border-radius (button roundness) yet.
// Old border-radius: 2px. New border-radius: 20px or higher.
const cssText = `
    .download-button {
        border-radius: 20px;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: row;
        cursor: pointer;
        background-color: var(--yt-spec-10-percent-layer);
        color: var(--yt-spec-text-secondary);
        padding: var(--yt-button-padding);
        margin: auto var(--ytd-subscribe-button-margin, 4px);
        white-space: nowrap;
        font-size: var(--ytd-tab-system-font-size, 1.4rem);
        font-weight: var(--ytd-tab-system-font-weight, 500);
        letter-spacing: var(--ytd-tab-system-letter-spacing, .007px);
        text-transform: var(--ytd-tab-system-text-transform, uppercase);
    }
    .download-button-text {
        --yt-formatted-string-deemphasize_-_display: initial;
        --yt-formatted-string-deemphasize-color: var(--yt-spec-text-secondary);
        --yt-formatted-string-deemphasize_-_margin-left: 4px;
    }
    .download-button-container {
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: row;
    }
    .download-playlist-button {
        margin-right: 8px;
        margin-left: 0px;
    }
    .download-playlist-button-text {
        color: #E4E4E4;
    }
`;


(function() {
    'use strict';
    window.onload = () => {

        // playlist pages will try to add the buttons repeatedly
        let playlistButtonsAdded = false;

        window.addEventListener("yt-navigate-finish", () => {
            setTimeout(() => {

                // apply css
                const style = document.createElement("style");
                style.type = "text/css";
                style.innerHTML = cssText;
                document.head.appendChild(style);

                // check for playlist and create appropriate query
                let query = "#analytics-button:not(.download-panel)";
                let inPlaylist = location.href.includes("/playlist");
                if (inPlaylist && !playlistButtonsAdded) {
                    query += ", div.metadata-buttons-wrapper:not(.download-panel)";
                    playlistButtonsAdded = true;
                }

                document.querySelectorAll(query).forEach(panel => {

                    // outer container (to flex buttons side-by-side)
                    const container = document.createElement("div");
                    container.classList.add("download-button-container");

                    for (let i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
                        const button = document.createElement("div");        // button
                        button.classList.add("download-button");
                        if (inPlaylist) { button.classList.add("download-playlist-button"); }

                        button.addEventListener("click", () => {             // download function
                            let link = encodeURIComponent(location.href);
                            let format = buttons[i].toLowerCase();
                            if (format === "mp4") { format = "7"; }
                            window.open(`https://loader.to/?link=${ link }&f=${ format }&s=1&e=1&r=loader`);
                        });

                        const buttonText = document.createElement("span");   // button text
                        buttonText.classList.add("download-button-text");
                        if (inPlaylist) { buttonText.classList.add("download-playlist-button-text"); }
                        buttonText.innerHTML = buttons[i];
                        button.appendChild(buttonText);                      // append text to button
                        container.appendChild(button);
                    }

                    panel.classList.add("download-panel");
                    panel.insertBefore(container, panel.firstElementChild);
                });
            }, 200);
        });
    };
})();