Download my Bilibili coin-throwing video gracefully.

Jun 2, 2019#创作集5731

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The author explains that downloading videos from Bilibili (a Chinese video sharing website) is simple using the command line tool "you-get", but they are too lazy to use commands and wish their NAS (Network Attached Storage) could download videos automatically after they "投币" (a term used on Bilibili to describe paying to support content creators). They propose a solution using RSS, IFTTT, Webhooks, and ffmpeg to automatically download videos after "投币". They have created a tool called "download-webhook" that triggers the server to execute "you-get" and download videos to a specified directory. This tool can also be used to automatically download videos from other platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, and songs from Netease Cloud Music, as long as RSSHub and you-get support them. Additionally, the tool can also be used to download images by passing the image URL as a parameter in the Webhook URL, allowing for easy downloading of Bing's daily wallpapers or even explicit content from Telegram channels.

Downloading Bilibili videos is very simple, just one line of command with you-get. But I'm so lazy that I don't even want to type the command. It would be great if NAS could download it by itself after throwing a coin.

Bilibili's favorite list is full of invalid videos. I want to create a small tool that automatically downloads favorites after being added. 🤔

RSS+IFTTT+Webhooks+ffmpeg?
— DIYgod (@DIYgod) May 24, 2019

Concept#

The whole concept is like this: Coin throwing -> RSS update -> IFTTT triggers Webhook -> Server downloads.

Coin throwing to RSS update can be directly implemented using RSSHub. RSS update to triggering Webhook can also be configured directly in IFTTT. The only missing part in this whole domino is from Webhook to download.

Action#

So I wrote a simple tool - download-webhook. It can trigger the server to execute you-get and download videos to the specified directory through a simple post request.

Result#

Throw a coin to the Biting Cat

download-webhook1

RSS update

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IFTTT triggers

download-webhook3

download-webhook receives download request

download-webhook4

Download completed

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Further#

The above also applies to automatically downloading YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr videos, Netease Cloud Music songs, etc., as long as RSSHub and you-get support it.

In addition, for images, you can directly pass the image address as a parameter in the Webhook URL to download it. So it is also easy to automatically download Bing's daily wallpapers, or even Telegram's NSFW channels (I won't recommend it here).