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+# yt-metadata
+Script to import [youtube-dl](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl) metadata to PostgreSQL.    
+The actual `.jpg` files for the thumbnails are saved into the database as byte arrays (Only the **default** 
+thumbnail saved by **youtube-dl**)
+
+### Scraping metadata using youtube-dl
+This tool expects the files to be in the format that this bash script will output:
+```bash
+id="$1"
+mkdir "$id"; cd "$id"
+youtube-dl -v --print-traffic --restrict-filename --write-description --write-info-json --write-annotations --write-thumbnail --all-subs --write-sub --skip-download --ignore-config --ignore-errors --geo-bypass --youtube-skip-dash-manifest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$id
+```
+
+### Setup instructions:
+* Create the database and schema with the tool of your choice using `schema.sql`
+* Change the directory in `import.py` so it points to the location of your youtube metadata
+* Run `import.py`
+
+### Schema:
+![schema](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7120851/42966031-cb83f216-8b69-11e8-9c9e-a8bcefdc7456.png)