{"id":"wiserain-youtube-dl-server","name":"youtube-dl-server","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/wiserain/youtube-dl-server","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/wiserain/youtube-dl-server","category":"infrastructure","subcategories":[],"tags":["video","downloader","self-hosted","automation","youtube-dl","yt-dlp","server-proxy","http-api"],"what_it_does":"youtube-dl-server runs server-side endpoints that wrap youtube-dl (or yt-dlp) functionality to fetch metadata and download media/streams from YouTube and similar sites, typically by passing a video URL and desired options to the server.","use_cases":["Download or mirror media from supported video platforms via HTTP","Programmatic retrieval of video metadata (title, duration, formats)","Automating creation of media assets for personal archives or internal pipelines","Integrating video fetching into other services without embedding youtube-dl in each client"],"not_for":["User-facing consumer video downloading in a multi-tenant hosted environment without strong access control and auditing","Environments requiring guaranteed legal/compliance assurances for content licensing","Production deployments where untrusted users can trigger downloads without quotas/guardrails"],"best_when":"You control the server environment (private network or trusted users), and you need self-hosted automation around youtube-dl/yt-dlp capabilities.","avoid_when":"You need a secure, hardened, multi-tenant public API with fine-grained authorization, or you cannot enforce quotas/rate limits and input validation.","alternatives":["yt-dlp directly (self-hosted CLI with your own wrapper)","Other video download/proxy services with explicit compliance controls","Media server/transcoding pipelines that pull from authorized sources (e.g., Vimeo/YouTube APIs where applicable)"],"af_score":35.8,"security_score":37.8,"reliability_score":22.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:36:32.201943+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":true,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["No auth documented/unknown (typical for self-hosted wrappers)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"youtube-dl-server deployments commonly vary; based on limited package description provided, authentication/authorization and scopes are not confirmed."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source/self-hosted; costs are infrastructure/egress/CPU for downloads."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":35.8,"security_score":37.8,"reliability_score":22.5,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":30.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":80.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":20.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":60.0,"security_notes":"As a self-hosted downloader proxy, the main risks are exposure to untrusted input (URL fetching), SSRF-like behavior depending on implementation, and lack of strict auth/quotas. TLS depends on how it is deployed (reverse proxy vs direct). youtube-dl/yt-dlp dependency freshness is important due to frequent site/packaging changes.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":35.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":35.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Expect long-running operations and timeouts when downloading large media","URLs can be invalid or unsupported; ensure robust input validation","youtube-dl/yt-dlp often changes site behavior; downloads may fail intermittently without retries/backoff","If the API simply shells out to youtube-dl, agent calls may be subject to server resource limits (CPU, disk, bandwidth)"]}}