README.md

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title: The Collector
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sdk: gradio
sdkVersion: "5.31.0"
app_file: app.py
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license: mit
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# TheCollector

A Telegram Bot that downloads videos or video segments using yt-dlp.

Usage:
1. Install necessary libraries:
   pip install python-telegram-bot yt-dlp
2. Get a Bot Token from BotFather on Telegram.
3. Replace "YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN" with your actual token.
4. Run the script: python your_script_name.py
5. Send commands to your bot on Telegram:
   /download <video_url>
   /download <video_url> [START_TIME]
   /download <video_url> [START_TIME] [END_TIME]
   (Time format: HH:MM:SS or MM:SS)

Notes:
- Telegram has a file size limit for bots sending files (usually 50MB) but this works around that.
  This bot attempts to download a suitable format but might fail for extremely large videos.
- Ensure ffmpeg is installed if yt-dlp requires it for merging formats or conversions.
  (yt-dlp often bundles it or can use a system-wide ffmpeg).

Tasks:
- Deployment 
  - Set up docker first. ✅
  - Deploy to the cloud
- Switch to using a subprocess ✅
- Test to see which argument for constraining size works for youtube videos. 🗑️
- Fix name extraction from file info
- get around size limit (https://stackoverflow.com/a/77654947) ✅
- confirm that timestamped URLs do not break the bot
- integrate [cobalt](https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt) as a fall back for short video download. Maybe replax instagram download altogether with it.