Separate function for downloading and file validation. This is now a rudimentary working version.

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ HELP.md
 target/
 .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 !**/src/main/**/target/
+downloads/
 !**/src/test/**/target/
 
 ### STS ###

src/main/java/com/example/video_downloader/controllers/VideoController.java

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class VideoController {
         if(trigger.input) {
             ytdlpService.processPlaylist();
             ytdlpService.validateVideos();
-            System.out.println("Hello!");
+            ytdlpService.downloadVideos();
         }
         return statusCode;
 

src/main/java/com/example/video_downloader/entity/Video.java

@@ -39,7 +39,4 @@ public class Video {
     @JoinColumn(name = "creator_id")
     private Creator creator;
 
-
-    public void setCreator(String part) {
-    }
 }

src/main/java/com/example/video_downloader/repositories/CreatorRepository.java

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.example.video_downloader.repositories;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import com.example.video_downloader.entity.Creator;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface CreatorRepository extends JpaRepository<Creator, Long> {
+    Optional<Creator> findByName(String name);
+}

src/main/java/com/example/video_downloader/services/YTDLPService.java

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.example.video_downloader.services;
 
+import com.example.video_downloader.entity.Creator;
 import com.example.video_downloader.entity.Playlist;
 import com.example.video_downloader.entity.StatusEnum;
 import com.example.video_downloader.entity.Video;
+import com.example.video_downloader.repositories.CreatorRepository;
 import com.example.video_downloader.repositories.PlaylistRepository;
 import com.example.video_downloader.repositories.VideoRepository;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -10,8 +12,10 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Date;
 
 @Service
 public class YTDLPService {
@@ -28,6 +32,9 @@ public class YTDLPService {
     @Autowired
     private ProcessService processService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private CreatorRepository creatorRepository;
+
 
     public void processPlaylist() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         List<Playlist> playlists = playlistRepository.findByStatus(StatusEnum.NEW);
@@ -53,29 +60,51 @@ public class YTDLPService {
                 String data = processVideo(video.getUrl());
                 String[] parts = data.trim().split(", ");
                     video.setName(parts[0]);
-                    video.setCreator(parts[1]);
                     video.setUploadDate(parts[2]);
                     video.setDuration(parts[3]);
+
+                    String creatorName = parts[1];
+                    String creatorUrl = parts[4];
+
+                    Creator creator = creatorRepository
+                            .findByName(creatorName)
+                            .orElseGet(() -> {
+                                Creator newCreator = new Creator();
+                                newCreator.setName(creatorName);
+                                newCreator.setUrl(creatorUrl);
+                                return creatorRepository.save(newCreator);
+                            });
+                    video.setCreator(creator);
                 videoRepository.save(video);
         }
     }
-//              Path filePath = Paths.get("downloads/" + video.getId() + ".webm");
+
-//                if(Files.exists(filePath) && Files.isRegularFile(filePath)) {
+    public void downloadVideos() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-//                    System.out.println("Apparently it exists mate.");
+        List<Video> response = videoRepository.findByStatus(StatusEnum.NEW);
-//                    video.setFullPath(String.valueOf(filePath));
+
-//                    video.setStatus(StatusEnum.SAVED);
+        for(Video video : response){
-//                } else {
+            downloadVideo(video.getUrl(), video.getId());
-//                    System.out.println("Download failed.");
+            Path filePath = Paths.get("downloads/" + video.getId() + ".webm");
-//                    video.setStatus(StatusEnum.FAILED);
+            if(Files.exists(filePath) && Files.isRegularFile(filePath)) {
-//                }
+                System.out.println("Apparently it exists mate.");
+                video.setFullPath(String.valueOf(filePath));
+                video.setStatus(StatusEnum.SAVED);
+            } else {
+                System.out.println("Download failed.");
+                video.setStatus(StatusEnum.FAILED);
+            }
+            videoRepository.save(video);
+        }
+
+    }
+
 
     public String processVideo(String url) throws HttpClientErrorException, InterruptedException, IOException {
-        String result = processService.execute("yt-dlp", "--force-ipv4", "--skip-download", "--print", "%(title)s, %(uploader)s, %(upload_date)s, %(duration_string)s", url);
+        return processService.execute("yt-dlp", "--force-ipv4", "--skip-download", "--print", "%(title)s, %(uploader)s, %(upload_date)s, %(duration_string)s, %(uploader_url)s", url);
-        return result;
     }
     public void downloadVideo(String url, Long id) throws HttpClientErrorException, InterruptedException, IOException {
         String outputPath = "downloads/" + id + ".%(ext)s";
-        String result = processService.execute("yt-dlp", "--force-ipv4", "--print", "%(title)s, %(uploader)s, %(upload_date)s, %(duration_string)s", outputPath, url);
+        String result = processService.execute("yt-dlp", "--force-ipv4", "-o", outputPath, url);
         System.out.println(result);
     }