youtube-download-service/app/Http/Controllers/YoutubeDownloadController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use YoutubeDl\Metadata\DefaultMetadataReader;
use YoutubeDl\Options;
use YoutubeDl\YoutubeDl;

class YoutubeDownloadController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        ini_set('max_execution_time', env('MAX_EXECUTION_TIME'));
        $url = $request->get('videourl');
        $yt = new YoutubeDl();
        $collection = $yt->download(
            Options::create()
                ->downloadPath(env('PATH_TO_DOWNLOAD'))
                ->url($url)
                ->format('bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/bestvideo+bestaudio')
                ->mergeOutputFormat('mp4')
        );
        $videotitle = '';
        foreach ($collection->getVideos() as $video) {
            if ($video->getError() !== null) {
                $error = "Error downloading video: {$video->getError()}.";
                $response = new \stdClass();
                $response->error = $error;
                return response(json_encode($response));
            } else {
                $videotitle = $video->getFile()->getFilename();
                $response = new \stdClass();
                $response->link = $videotitle;
                return response(json_encode($response));
            }
        }
        $response = new \stdClass();
        $response->error = 'No video';
        return response(json_encode($response));
    }
}