soap2day-dl

Download TV series and movies from soap2day in your terminal

Table of Contents

• Dependency
• Installation
• How to use
  • Usage
  • Example
  • Advanced Usage
• Disclaimer
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Dependency

• curl
• jq
• pup
• fzf
• Node.js
• Chrome / Chromium browser

Installation

• Install npm packages:

$ cd bin
$ npm i puppeteer-core puppeteer-extra puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth

How to use

Usage

Usage:
  ./soap2day-dl.sh [-n <name>] [-p <path>] [-e <num1,num2,num3-num4...>] [-l] [-s] [-x <command>] [-d]

Options:
  -n <name>               TV series or Movie name
  -p <path>               media path, e.g: /tv_XXXXXXXX.html
                          ingored when "-n" is enabled
  -e <num1,num3-num4...>  optional, episode number to download
                          e.g: episode number "3.2" means Season 3 Episode 2
                          multiple episode numbers seperated by ","
                          episode range using "-"
  -l                      optional, list video or subtitle link without downloading
  -s                      optional, download subtitle only
  -x                      optional, call external download utility
  -d                      enable debug mode
  -h | --help             display this help message

Example

• Search TV series or movies name and select the right one in fzf:

$ ./soap2day-dl.sh -n 'game of'
  [/movie_aTo3Njk2Ow.html] Game of Death
  [/movie_aToxNTUwOw.html] Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  [/tv_aToyMjUzOw.html] Game of Silence
> [/tv_aTo2Mjs.html] Game of Thrones

• If the media URI path is known, for instance, /tv_aTo2Mjs.html in the previous example is the path for Game of Thrones:

$ ./soap2day-dl.sh -p /tv_aTo2Mjs.html
...
[2.1] 1.Winter is Coming
[2.2] 2.The Kingsroad
[2.3] 3.Lord Snow
[2.4] 4.Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
[2.5] 5.The Wolf and the Lion
[2.6] 6.A Golden Crown
[2.7] 7.You Win or You Die
[2.8] 8.The Pointy End
...
Which episode(s) to download:

• Download Friends S01E01:

$ ./soap2day-dl.sh -p /tv_aTo2OTs.html -e 1.1
[INFO] Downloading video 1.1...

The downloaded video will be present in the folder ~/<media_name>/

• Support batch downloads: download Friends S01E01 to S01E05:

$ ./soap2day-dl.sh -p /tv_aTo2OTs.html -e 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5
[INFO] Downloading video 1.1...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.2...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.3...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.4...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.5...
...

OR using episode range:

$ ./soap2day-dl.sh -p /tv_aTo2OTs.html -e 1.1-1.5
[INFO] Downloading video 1.1...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.2...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.3...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.4...
...
[INFO] Downloading video 1.5...
...

⚠️ The range option only works when the season number is the same. To download episodes in different seasons, for example: ... -e 1.1-1.5,2.2-2.8,3.1-3.5

• Display only video link, used to pipe into mpv or other media player:

$ mpv "$(./soap2day-dl.sh -p /tv_aTo2Mjs.html -e 1.1 -l)"

OR the interactive way:

$ mpv "$(./soap2day-dl.sh -n 'game of' -l | grep 'https://')"

• Download subtitle only

./soap2day-dl.sh -n 'game of thrones' -s

• Customize subtitle language

SOAP2DAY_SUBTITLE_LANG=French ./soap2day-dl.sh -n 'game of thrones'

• Use external download utility instead of curl, for example using aria2c:

./soap2day-dl.sh -n 'game of thrones' -e 1.1 -x 'aria2c -x 16'

Advanced Usage

It's recommended to use curl-impersonate to gain a faster running speed:

1. Clone curl-impersonate repository to local

2. Build Chrome binary following the instruction in README.md

3. Copy compiled binary to bin/ folder: docker cp <container-id>:/build/out/curl-impersonate bin/

After that, use script normally, you can feel the running speed gets faster!

Disclaimer

The purpose of this script is to download TV series episodes and movies in order to watch them later in case when Internet is not available. Please do NOT copy or distribute downloaded materials to any third party. Watch them and delete them afterwards. Please use this script at your own responsibility.

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