SubDL - Subtitle Downloader Library

SubDL is a TypeScript library designed to fetch and download subtitles for movies from various subtitle websites. It supports multiple subtitle sources and provides a unified interface to search and download subtitles.

Note

There is also a go version of this library available at subdl_go

Features

• Fetch subtitles from multiple sources:
  • OpenSubtitles.com
  • MovieSubtitles.org
  • MovieSubtitlesRT.com
  • Podnapisi.net
  • SubDL.com
  • YifySubtitles.ch
• Filter subtitles by language
• Downloads subtitles and handles ZIP files automatically

Installation

TODO: Publish to NPM

Usage

Importing the Library

First, import the necessary functions and types from the library:

import { SubtitleOptions, MovieList, DownloadedFile, Fetcher, Download, ErrNoMovies, ErrNoSubtitles } from 'subdl';
import { FetchOpenSubtitlesCom, FetchMovieSubtitlesOrg, FetchMoviesubtitlesrtCom, FetchPodnapisiNet, FetchSubdlCom, FetchYifySubtitlesCh } from 'subdl';

Using the Unified Download Function

To fetch subtitles for a movie, you can use one of the fetch functions provided by the library. Each Fetch function corresponds to a different subtitle source.

async function downloadSubtitles() {
  const options: SubtitleOptions = { language: 'en' };
  const downloadOptions = {
    movieListQuery: 'The Matrix',
    movieListSorter: {},
    subtitleListQuery: '',
    subtitleListSorter: {},
  };

  try {
    // Download subtitles from OpenSubtitles.com
    const fileOpenSubtitles = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchOpenSubtitlesCom, downloadOptions);
    console.log(fileOpenSubtitles.filename + ':', fileOpenSubtitles.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));

    // Download subtitles from MovieSubtitles.org
    const fileMovieSubtitlesOrg = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchMovieSubtitlesOrg, downloadOptions);
    console.log(fileMovieSubtitlesOrg.filename + ':', fileMovieSubtitlesOrg.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));

    // Download subtitles from MovieSubtitlesRT.com
    const fileMovieSubtitlesRT = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchMoviesubtitlesrtCom, downloadOptions);
    console.log(fileMovieSubtitlesRT.filename + ':', fileMovieSubtitlesRT.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));

    // Download subtitles from Podnapisi.net
    const filePodnapisiNet = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchPodnapisiNet, downloadOptions);
    console.log(filePodnapisiNet.filename + ':', filePodnapisiNet.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));

    // Download subtitles from SubDL.com
    const fileSubdlCom = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchSubdlCom, downloadOptions);
    console.log(fileSubdlCom.filename + ':', fileSubdlCom.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));

    // Download subtitles from YifySubtitles.ch
    const fileYifySubtitlesCh = await Download('The Matrix', options, FetchYifySubtitlesCh, downloadOptions);
    console.log(fileYifySubtitlesCh.filename + ':', fileYifySubtitlesCh.subtitles[0].slice(0, 100));
  } catch (error) {
    if (error === ErrNoMovies) {
      console.error('No movies found');
    } else if (error === ErrNoSubtitles) {
      console.error('No subtitles found');
    } else {
      console.error('An error occurred:', error);
    }
  }
}

Using Fetch functions directly

You can use fetch functions directly to have more control over how the subtitles are downloaded.

each Fetch function returns a MovieList array, which contains a list of movies that match the search query. You can then use the <MovieList instance>.toSubtitleLinks() to get a SubtitleList array, which has download method to download that subtitle.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue if you encounter any problems or have suggestions for improvements.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.