yt-dlp Ops Check

Run a local, monthly integration check for yt-dlp to catch upstream breakage without GitHub Actions noise.

Script

Use:

python scripts/yt_dlp_ops_check.py

This runs a live ops check and appends logs to logs/yt_dlp_ops_check.log.

Optional overrides:

• TNH_YT_URLS_PATH=/path/to/validation_urls.txt to use a custom URL list.
• TNH_YT_URL_LIMIT=2 to limit the number of URLs for a quick run.

Cron example

# Weekly on Mondays at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * 1 /usr/bin/env bash -lc "cd /path/to/tnh-scholar && python scripts/yt_dlp_ops_check.py"

URL list

Edit the live test URLs at:

tests/fixtures/yt_dlp/validation_urls.txt

Runtime setup

Use the helper script or Makefile target:

python scripts/setup_ytdlp_runtime.py --yes
make ytdlp-runtime