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# CLI Tube

Play videos from YouTube (and maybe other sources in the future) from the
command line using your preferred desktop media player.

This application is implemented in [Nim language](https://nim-lang.org).

## Features

- [x] Search for videos using keywords
- [ ] Download or watch videos
- [ ] Configuration options

## Usage

### As a script

You must have nim installed locally for this to work.

```sh
nim c -d:ssl -r cli_tube.nim emacs

# If your search query has multiple words, use quotes
nim c -d:ssl -r cli_tube.nim 'nim lang'
```

### Using the binary

Please use the binary in the repository for now.
Will setup GitLab CI to publish proper binaries later.

```sh
./cli_tube emacs

./cli_tube 'nim lang'
```
Commit	Line	Data
726cf1a7	1	# CLI Tube
726cf1a7	2
44978125 JN	3	Play videos from YouTube (and maybe other sources in the future) from the
	4	command line using your preferred desktop media player.
	5
	6	This application is implemented in [Nim language](https://nim-lang.org).
	7
	8	## Features
	9
	10	- [x] Search for videos using keywords
	11	- [ ] Download or watch videos
	12	- [ ] Configuration options
	13
	14	## Usage
	15
	16	### As a script
	17
	18	You must have nim installed locally for this to work.
	19
	20	```sh
	21	nim c -d:ssl -r cli_tube.nim emacs
	22
	23	# If your search query has multiple words, use quotes
	24	nim c -d:ssl -r cli_tube.nim 'nim lang'
	25	```
	26
	27	### Using the binary
	28
	29	Please use the binary in the repository for now.
	30	Will setup GitLab CI to publish proper binaries later.
	31
	32	```sh
	33	./cli_tube emacs
	34
	35	./cli_tube 'nim lang'
	36	```