By default probe for youtube-dl or yt-dlp binary

Still possible to override with Path

README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 ## goutubedl
 
-Go wrapper for [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) and [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp), currently tested and
+Go wrapper for
-developed using yt-dlp.
+[youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) and
+[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp).
+Currently only tested and developed using yt-dlp.
 API documentation can be found at [godoc.org](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/wader/goutubedl?tab=doc).
 
 See [yt-dlp documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) for how to
-install and what is recommended to install in addition to youtube-dl.
+install and what is recommended to install in addition to yt-dl.
 
-goutubedl default uses `PATH` to find youtube-dl but it can be configured with the `goutubedl.Path`
+goutubedl default uses `PATH` to find `youtube-dl` or `yt-dlp` (in that order) but can be configured with the
-variable. Default is currently `youtube-dl` for backwards compability. If your using yt-dlp you
+`goutubedl.Path` variable.
-probably want to set it to `yt-dlp`.
 
-Due to the nature and frequent updates of youtube-dl only the latest version
+Due to the nature of and frequent updates of yt-dl only the latest version is tested.
-is tested. But it seems to work well with older versions also.
+But it seems to work well with older versions also.
 
 ### Usage
 

goutubedl.go

@@ -18,8 +18,22 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// Path to youtube-dl binary. Default look for "youtube-dl" in PATH.
+// Path to youtube-dl binary. If not set look for "youtube-dl" then "yt-dlp" in PATH.
-var Path = "youtube-dl"
+var Path = ""
+
+func ProbePath() string {
+	if Path != "" {
+		return Path
+	}
+
+	for _, n := range []string{"youtube-dl", "yt-dlp"} {
+		if p, err := exec.LookPath(n); err == nil {
+			return p
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "youtube-dl"
+}
 
 // Printer is something that can print
 type Printer interface {
@@ -223,7 +237,7 @@ type Options struct {
 // Version of youtube-dl.
 // Might be a good idea to call at start to assert that youtube-dl can be found.
 func Version(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, Path, "--version")
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ProbePath(), "--version")
 	versionBytes, cmdErr := cmd.Output()
 	if cmdErr != nil {
 		return "", cmdErr
@@ -275,7 +289,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options) (result Result, er
 func infoFromURL(ctx context.Context, rawURL string, options Options) (info Info, rawJSON []byte, err error) {
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(
 		ctx,
-		Path,
+		ProbePath(),
 		// see comment below about ignoring errors for playlists
 		"--ignore-errors",
 		"--no-call-home",
@@ -503,7 +517,7 @@ func (result Result) DownloadWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options DownloadOp
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(
 		ctx,
-		Path,
+		ProbePath(),
 		"--no-call-home",
 		"--no-cache-dir",
 		"--ignore-errors",
@@ -556,7 +570,7 @@ func (result Result) DownloadWithOptions(ctx context.Context, options DownloadOp
 	if result.Options.Downloader != "" {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--downloader", result.Options.Downloader)
 	}
-	
+
 	if result.Options.DownloadSections != "" {
 		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--download-sections", result.Options.DownloadSections)
 	}

goutubedl_test.go

@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wader/osleaktest"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// we're using yt-dlp at the moment
-	goutubedl.Path = "yt-dlp"
-}
-
 const testVideoRawURL = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0DPdy98e4c"
 const playlistRawURL = "https://soundcloud.com/mattheis/sets/kindred-phenomena"
 const subtitlesTestVideoRawURL = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRS8MkLhQmM"
@@ -307,7 +302,6 @@ func TestDownloadSections(t *testing.T) {
 			DownloadSections: fmt.Sprintf("*0:0-0:%d", duration),
 		})
 
-	
 	if ydlResult.Options.DownloadSections != "*0:0-0:5" {
 		t.Errorf("failed to setup --download-sections")
 	}