Devine
^{Open-Source Movie, TV, and Music Downloading Solution}

[HLS]: ## Installation ```shell $ pip install devine ``` > [!NOTE] > If pip gives you a warning about a path not being in your PATH environment variable then promptly add that path then > close all open command prompt/terminal windows, or `devine` won't work as it will not be found. Voilà 🎉 — You now have the `devine` package installed! A command-line interface is now available, try `devine --help`. ### Dependencies The following is a list of programs that need to be installed manually. I recommend installing these with [winget], [chocolatey] or such where possible as it automatically adds them to your `PATH` environment variable and will be easier to update in the future. - [aria2(c)] for downloading streams and large manifests. - [CCExtractor] for extracting Closed Caption data like EIA-608 from video streams and converting as SRT. - [FFmpeg] (and ffprobe) for repacking/remuxing streams on specific services, and evaluating stream data. - [MKVToolNix] v54+ for muxing individual streams to an `.mkv` file. - [shaka-packager] for decrypting CENC-CTR and CENC-CBCS video and audio streams. For portable downloads, make sure you put them in your current working directory, in the installation directory, or put the directory path in your `PATH` environment variable. If you do not do this then their binaries will not be able to be found. [winget]: [chocolatey]: [aria2(c)]: [CCExtractor]: [FFmpeg]: [MKVToolNix]: [shaka-packager]: ## Usage First, take a look at `devine --help` for a full help document, listing all commands available and giving you more information on what can be done with Devine. Here's a checklist on what I recommend getting started with, in no particular order, - [ ] Add [Services](#services), these will be used in `devine dl`. - [ ] Add [Profiles](#profiles-cookies--credentials), these are your cookies and credentials. - [ ] Add [Widevine Provisions](#widevine-provisions), also known as CDMs, these are used for DRM-protected content. - [ ] Set your Group Tag, the text at the end of the final filename, e.g., `devine cfg tag NOGRP` for `...-NOGRP`. - [ ] Set Up a Local Key Vault, take a look at the [Key Vaults Config](CONFIG.md#keyvaults-listdict). And here's some more advanced things you could take a look at, - [ ] Setting default Headers that the Request Session uses. - [ ] Setting default Profiles and CDM Provisions to use for services. - [ ] NordVPN and Hola Proxy Providers for automatic proxies. - [ ] Hosting and/or Using Remote Key Vaults. - [ ] Serving and/or Using Remote CDM Provisions. Documentation on the config is available in the [CONFIG.md](CONFIG.md) file, it has a lot of handy settings. If you start to get sick of putting something in your CLI call, then I recommend taking a look at it! ## Services Unlike similar project's such as [youtube-dl], Devine does not currently come with any Services. You must develop your own Services and only use Devine with Services you have the legal right to do so. > [!NOTE] > If you made a Service for Devine that does not use Widevine or any other DRM systems, feel free to make a Pull Request > and make your service available to others. Any Service on [youtube-dl] (or [yt-dlp]) would be able to be added to the > Devine repository as they both use the [Unlicense license] therefore direct reading and porting of their code would be > legal. [youtube-dl]: [yt-dlp]: [Unlicense license]: ### Creating a Service > [!WARNING] > Only create or use Service Code with Services you have full legal right to do so. A Service consists of a folder with an `__init__.py` file. The file must contain a class of the same name as the folder. The class must inherit the [Service] class and implement all the abstracted methods. It must finally implement a new method named `cli` where you define CLI arguments. 1. Make a new folder within `/devine/services`. The folder name you choose will be what's known as the [Service Tag]. This "tag" is used in the final output filename of downloaded files, for various code-checks, lookup keys in key-vault databases, and more. 2. Within the new folder create an `__init__.py` file and write a class inheriting the [Service] class. It must be named the exact same as the folder. It is case-sensitive. 3. Implement all the methods of the Service class you are inheriting that are marked as abstract. 4. Define CLI arguments by implementing a `cli` method. This method must be static (i.e. `@staticmethod`). For example to implement the bare minimum to receive a Title ID of sorts: ```python @staticmethod @click.command(name="YT", short_help="https://youtube.com", help=__doc__) @click.argument("title", type=str) @click.pass_context def cli(ctx, **kwargs): return YT(ctx, **kwargs) ``` You must implement this `cli` method, even if you do not want or need any CLI arguments. It is required for the core CLI functionality to be able to find and call the class. 5. Accept the CLI arguments by overriding the constructor (the `__init__()` method): ```python def __init__(self, ctx, title): self.title = title super().__init__(ctx) # important # ... the title is now available across all methods by calling self.title ``` > [!NOTE] > - All methods of your class inherited from `Service` marked as abstract (`@abstractmethod`) MUST be implemented by > your class. > - When overriding any method (e.g., `__init__()` method) you MUST super call it, e.g., `super().__init__()` at the > top of the override. This does not apply to any abstract methods, as they are unimplemented. > - If preparing your Requests Session with global headers or such, then you should override the `get_session` method, > then modify `self.session`. Do not manually make `self.session` from scratch. > [!TIP] > 1. To make web requests use the `self.session` class instance variable, e.g. `self.session.get(url)`. > 2. If you make a `config.yaml` file next to your `__init__.py`, you can access it with `self.config`. > 3. You can include any arbitrary file within your Service folder for use by your Service. For example TLS certificate > files, or other python files with helper functions and classes. [Service]: [Service Tag]: <#service-tags> ### Service Tags Service tags generally follow these rules: - Tag must be between 2-4 characters long, consisting of just `[A-Z0-9i]{2,4}`. - Lower-case `i` is only used for select services. Specifically BBC iPlayer and iTunes. - If the Service's commercial name has a `+` or `Plus`, the last character should be a `P`. E.g., `ATVP` for `Apple TV+`, `DSCP` for `Discovery+`, `DSNP` for `Disney+`, and `PMTP` for `Paramount+`. These rules are not exhaustive and should only be used as a guide. You don't strictly have to follow these rules, but I recommend doing so for consistency. ### Sharing Services Sending and receiving zipped Service folders is quite cumbersome. Let's explore alternative routes to collaborating on Service Code. > [!WARNING] > Please be careful with who you trust and what you run. The users you collaborate with on Service > code could update it with malicious code that you would run via devine on the next call. #### Forking If you are collaborating with a team on multiple services then forking the project is the best way to go. 1. [Fork the project](https://github.com/devine-dl/devine/fork) and make sure it is Private. 2. (optionally) Hard reset to the latest stable version by tag. E.g., `git reset --hard v1.0.0`. 3. Add all your Services to the `/devine/services` folder and commit them to your fork. Now commit changes or additions within that services folder to your forked repository. Once committed all your other team members can easily pull changes as well as push new changes. When a new update comes out you can easily rebase your fork to that commit to update. However, please make sure you look at changes between each version before rebasing and resolve any breaking changes and deprecations when rebasing to a new version. If you are new to `git` then take a look at [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com). > [!TIP] > A huge benefit with this method is that you can also sync dependencies by your own Services as well! > Just use `poetry` to add or modify dependencies appropriately and commit the changed `poetry.lock`. > However, if the core project also has dependency changes your `poetry.lock` changes will conflict and you > will need to learn how to do conflict resolution/rebasing. It is worth it though! #### Symlinking This is a great option for those who wish to do something like the forking method, but may not care what changes happened or when and just want changes synced across a team. This also opens up the ways you can host or collaborate on Service code. As long as you can receive a directory that updates with just the services within it, then you're good to go. Options could include an FTP server, Shared Google Drive, a non-fork repository with just services, and more. 1. Use any Cloud Source that gives you a pseudo-directory to access the Service files like a normal drive. E.g., rclone, Google Drive Desktop (aka File Stream), Air Drive, CloudPool, etc. 2. Create a `services` directory somewhere in it and have all your services within it. 3. [Symlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link) the `services` directory to the `/devine` folder. You should end up with `/devine/services` folder containing services, not `/devine/services/services`. You have to make sure the original folder keeps receiving and downloading/streaming those changes. You must also make sure that the version of devine you have locally is supported by the Service code. > [!NOTE] > If you're using a cloud source that downloads the file once it gets opened, you don't have to worry as those will > automatically download. Python importing the files triggers the download to begin. However, it may cause a delay on > startup. ## Profiles (Cookies & Credentials) Just like a streaming service, devine associates both a cookie and/or credential as a Profile. You can associate up to one cookie and one credential per-profile, depending on which (or both) are needed by the Service. This system allows you to configure multiple accounts per-service and choose which to use at any time. Credentials are stored in the config, and Cookies are stored in the data directory. You can find the location of these by running `devine env info`. However, you can manage profiles with `devine auth --help`. E.g. to add a new John profile to Netflix with a Cookie and Credential, take a look at the following CLI call, `devine auth add John NF --cookie "C:\Users\John\Downloads\netflix.com.txt --credential "john@gmail.com:pass123"` You can also delete a credential with `devine auth delete`. E.g., to delete the cookie for John that we just added, run `devine auth delete John --cookie`. Take a look at `devine auth delete --help` for more information. > __Note__ Profile names are case-sensitive and unique per-service. They also have no arbitrary character or length > limit, but for convenience I don't recommend using any special characters as your terminal may get confused. ### Cookie file format and Extensions Cookies must be in the standard Netscape cookies file format. Recommended Cookie exporter extensions: - Firefox: "[Export Cookies]" by `Rotem Dan` - Chromium: "[Open Cookies.txt]" by `Ninh Pham`, ~~or "Get cookies.txt" by `Rahul Shaw`~~ [Export Cookies]: [Open Cookies.txt]: Any other extension that exports to the standard Netscape format should theoretically work. > __Warning__ The Get cookies.txt extension by Rahul Shaw is essentially spyware. Do not use it. There are some safe > versions floating around (usually just older versions of the extension), but since there are safe alternatives I'd > just avoid it altogether. Source: https://reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/10ar7o7 ## Widevine Provisions A Widevine Provision is needed for acquiring licenses containing decryption keys for DRM-protected content. They are not needed if you will be using devine on DRM-free services. Please do not ask for any Widevine Device Files, Keys, or Provisions as they cannot be provided. Devine only supports `.WVD` files (Widevine Device Files). However, if you have the Provision RSA Private Key and Device Client Identification Blob as blob files (e.g., `device_private_key` and `device_client_id_blob`), then you can convert them to a `.WVD` file by running `pywidevine create-device --help`. Once you have `.WVD` files, place them in the WVDs directory which can be found by calling `devine env info`. You can then set in your config which WVD (by filename only) to use by default with `devine cfg cdm.default wvd_name`. From here you can then set which WVD to use for each specific service. It's best to use the lowest security-level provision where possible. An alternative would be using a pywidevine Serve-compliant CDM API. Of course, you would need to know someone who is serving one, and they would need to give you access. Take a look at the [remote_cdm](CONFIG.md#remotecdm-listdict) config option for setup information. For further information on it see the pywidevine repository. ## End User License Agreement Devine and it's community pages should be treated with the same kindness as other projects. Please refrain from spam or asking for questions that infringe upon a Service's End User License Agreement. 1. Do not use Devine for any purposes of which you do not have the rights to do so. 2. Do not share or request infringing content; this includes Widevine Provision Keys, Content Encryption Keys, or Service API Calls or Code. 3. The Core codebase is meant to stay Free and Open-Source while the Service code should be kept private. 4. Do not sell any part of this project, neither alone nor as part of a bundle. If you paid for this software or received it as part of a bundle following payment, you should demand your money back immediately. 5. Be kind to one another and do not single anyone out. ## Contributors ## Licensing This software is licensed under the terms of [GNU General Public License, Version 3.0](LICENSE). You can find a copy of the license in the LICENSE file in the root folder. * * * © rlaphoenix 2019-2023