covert relative path to absolute path at the time being passed from commad line, updated Downlaoding message to print where the file is saved to, check to make sure user passes both extension and resolution and print to shell if not sure what resolution to choose, and fix for progress bar dispay on windows.

pytube/models.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from urllib.request import urlopen
 from sys import exit
+from pytube.utils import sizeof
 
 
 class Video(object):
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ class Video(object):
         try:
             with open(fullpath, 'wb') as dst_file:
                 # Print downloading message
-                print("\nDownloading: '{0}.{1}' (Bytes: {2})\n\n".format(
-                      self.filename, self.extension, file_size))
+                print("\nDownloading: '{0}.{1}' (Bytes: {2}) \nto path: {3}\n\n".format(
+                      self.filename, self.extension, sizeof(file_size), path))
 
                 while True:
                     self._buffer = response.read(chunk_size)

pytube/utils.py

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+import argparse
 import re
+
+from os import path
 from sys import stdout, platform
 from time import clock
 
+
+class FullPaths(argparse.Action):
+    """Expand user- and relative-paths"""
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        setattr(namespace, self.dest, path.abspath(path.expanduser(values)))
+
 def safe_filename(text, max_length=200):
     """
     Sanitizes filenames for many operating systems.
@@ -72,7 +81,6 @@ def print_status(progress, file_size, start):
 
     percentDone = int(progress) * 100. / file_size
     done = int(50 * progress / int(file_size))
-    rawtxt = '\b' if platform.startswith('win') else '\r'
-    stdout.write("%s[%s%s][%3.2f%%] %s at %s/s  " % (rawtxt, '=' * done, ' ' * (50-done), percentDone,
+    stdout.write("\r  [%s%s][%3.2f%%] %s at %s/s\r " % ('=' * done, ' ' * (50-done), percentDone,
         sizeof(file_size), sizeof(progress//(clock() - start))))
     stdout.flush()

scripts/pytubectl

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 from pytube import YouTube
 from pytube.utils import print_status
+from pytube.utils import FullPaths
 from pytube.exceptions import YouTubeError
+from pprint import pprint
 
 import sys
 import argparse
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ def _main():
                         help="The requested format of the video", dest="ext")
     parser.add_argument("--resolution", "-r",
                         help="The requested resolution", dest="res")
-    parser.add_argument("--path", "-p",
+    parser.add_argument("--path", "-p", action=FullPaths,
                         help="The path to save the video to.", dest="path")
     parser.add_argument("--filename", "-f",
                         dest="filename",
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ def _main():
     yt =  YouTube()
     try:
         yt.url = args.url
+        res_formts = yt.videos
+        res_formts = ["%s %s"% (str(res_formts[index].extension), str(res_formts[index].resolution)) for index, video in enumerate(res_formts)]
     except YouTubeError:
         print "Incorrect video URL."
         sys.exit(1)
@@ -34,12 +38,19 @@ def _main():
     if args.filename:
         yt.filename = args.filename
 
+    if args.ext or args.res:
+        if not all([args.ext, args.res]):
+            print "\nMake sure you give either of the below specified format/resolution combination.\n"
+            pprint(res_formts)
+            return
+
     if args.ext and args.res:
         # There's only ope video that matches both so get it
         vid = yt.get(args.ext, args.res)
         # Check if there's a video returned
         if not vid:
-            print "There's no video with the specified format/resolution combination."
+            print "\nThere's no video with the specified format/resolution combination.\n"
+            pprint(res_formts)
             sys.exit(1)
 
     elif args.ext: