# yt-dlp HLS Proxy

A simple Flask proxy server that uses yt-dlp to fetch HLS streams and serves them through a web player.

## Features

- HLS stream proxying via yt-dlp
- In-memory caching (365 days TTL by default)
- URL validation with allowed domains
- HTML5 video player with hls.js
- Configurable via environment variables

## Quick Start

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env
python app.py
```

Visit http://localhost:5000 and enter a video URL.

## Configuration

| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| PORT | 5000 | Server port |
| LOG_LEVEL | INFO | Logging level |
| CACHE_TTL | 31536000 | Cache TTL in seconds (365 days) |
| SOCKET_TIMEOUT | 30 | Socket timeout for requests |
| VALIDATION_ENABLED | true | Enable URL validation |
| ALLOWED_DOMAINS | youtube.com,youtu.be,pornhub.com,xvideos.com | Allowed video domains |
| ALLOW_LOCAL | true | Allow localhost/127.0.0.1 URLs (for testing) |

## Routes

- `/` - Home page with video URL input
- `/player?url=VIDEO_URL` - Video player page
- `/hls/<query>/index.m3u8` - HLS playlist proxy
- `/hls/<query>/<segment>.ts` - HLS segment proxy

## Running with Gunicorn

```bash
gunicorn -w 4 -b 0.0.0.0:5000 app:app
```

## Testing

```bash
pytest tests/test_proxy.py -v
```

## License

MIT