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+#---------------------#
+#      MumbleDJ       #
+# By Matthieu Grieger #
+#---------------------#--------------------------------------------------#
+# download_audio.py                                                      #
+# Downloads audio (ogg format) from specified YouTube ID. If no ogg file #
+# exists, it creates an empty file called .video_fail that tells the Lua #
+# side of the program that the download failed. .video_fail will get     #
+# deleted on the next successful download.                               #
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+import pafy
+from sys import argv
+from os.path import isfile
+from os import remove
+
+url = argv[1]
+video = pafy.new(url)
+
+try:
+	video.oggstreams[0].download(filepath = "song.ogg", quiet = True)
+	if isfile(".video_fail"):
+		remove(".video_fail")
+except:
+	with open(".video_fail", "w+") as f:
+		f.close()