import pytube import os from pytube import YouTube def download_youtube_video(youtube_url): """Downloads a YouTube video, renames it to the first three characters, and returns the downloaded file path.""" try: # Create a YouTube object yt = pytube.YouTube(youtube_url) # Get the highest resolution progressive stream video = yt.streams.filter(progressive=True, file_extension='mp4').order_by('resolution').desc().first() # Download the video print("Downloading...") video.download() # Get the original filename original_filename = video.default_filename # Extract the first three characters and keep the file extension new_filename = original_filename[:12] + os.path.splitext(original_filename)[1] # Rename the downloaded file os.rename(original_filename, new_filename) print("Download complete! Video saved to:", new_filename) return new_filename except Exception as e: print("An error occurred:", e) return None