govd

a telegram bot for downloading media from various platforms

this project was born after the discontinuation of a highly popular bot known as UVD, and draws significant inspiration from yt-dlp

official instance: @govd_bot
support group: govdsupport

features

download media from various platforms
download videos, photos, and audio
inline mode support
group chat support with customizable settings
media caption support

dependencies

ffmpeg >= 6.1.1
libheif >= 1.19.7
pkg-config
mysql db

botapi

to avoid limits on files, you should host your own telegram botapi. public bot instance is currently running under a botapi fork, tdlight-telegram-bot-api

installation

git clone https://github.com/govdbot/govd.git
cd govd
# edit .env file with your bot token and database credentials
sh build.sh

cookies

some extractors require cookies for download. to add your cookies, just insert a txt file in cookies folder (netscape format)

todo

add more extractors
switch to sonic json parser
switch to native libav
add tests
add dockerfile and compose
improve error handling
add support for telegram wehbhooks
switch to pgsql (?)
better API (?)

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