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Download and Process Video with yt-dlp

Download publicly accessible videos with yt-dlp and optionally process them with FFmpeg. Use this to fetch videos from supported platforms and transform them, for example extract audio, resize, trim, or convert formats. Provide input URLs as a dictionary with in_ prefixed keys; when processing with FFmpeg, provide output aliases with out_ prefixes. See the documentation
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IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Renderio account once, then configure and run Download and Process Video with yt-dlp from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "renderio-download-and-process-video-with-ytdlp",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    renderio: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    inputUrls: "Input Video URLs",
    ffmpegCommand: "FFmpeg Command",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Download and Process Video with yt-dlp inputs
Property Type Description
inputUrls Input Video URLs object
Dictionary mapping input aliases to publicly accessible video URLs supported by yt-dlp. Keys must start with in_. Example: { "in_video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" }.
Required
ffmpegCommand FFmpeg Command string
Optional FFmpeg command to run after downloading. Use {{alias}} placeholders matching input URL keys and output file keys. Example: -i {{in_video}} -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ab 192k {{out_audio}}.
Optional
outputFiles Output File Names object
Dictionary mapping output aliases to desired output file names. Required when FFmpeg Command is set. Keys must start with out_. Example: { "out_audio": "audio.mp3" }.
Optional
metadata Metadata object
Optional key-value metadata to attach to the command or preset execution. Example: { "job_id": "abc123" }.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
renderio-download-and-process-video-with-ytdlp
Version
0.0.2
App
Renderio
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes