diff --git a/extra/youtube/authors.txt b/extra/youtube/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/extra/youtube/summary.txt b/extra/youtube/summary.txt
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+Wrapper for YouTube.com API.
diff --git a/extra/youtube/youtube.factor b/extra/youtube/youtube.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2013 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: assocs http.client kernel make math.order sequences
+splitting urls urls.encoding ;
+
+IN: youtube
+
+TUPLE: encoding extension resolution video-codec profile
+video-bitrate audio-codec audio-bitrate ;
+
+CONSTANT: encodings H{
+
+    ! Flash Video
+    { 5 T{ encoding f "flv" "240p" "Sorenson H.263" f "0.25" "MP3" 64 } }
+    { 6 T{ encoding f "flv" "270p" "Sorenson H.263" f "0.8" "MP3" 64 } }
+    { 34 T{ encoding f "flv" "360p" "H.264" "Main" "0.5" "AAC" 128 } }
+    { 35 T{ encoding f "flv" "480p" "H.264" "Main" "0.8-1" "AAC" 128 } }
+
+    ! 3GP
+    { 36 T{ encoding f "3gp" "240p" "MPEG-4 Visual" "Simple" "0.17" "AAC" 38 } }
+    { 13 T{ encoding f "3gp" f "MPEG-4 Visual" f "0.5" "AAC" f } }
+    { 17 T{ encoding f "3gp" "144p" "MPEG-4 Visual" "Simple" "0.05" "AAC" 24 } }
+
+    ! MPEG-4
+    { 18 T{ encoding f "mp4" "360p" "H.264" "Baseline" "0.5" "AAC" 96 } }
+    { 22 T{ encoding f "mp4" "720p" "H.264" "High" "2-2.9" "AAC" 192 } }
+    { 37 T{ encoding f "mp4" "1080p" "H.264" "High" "3-4.3" "AAC" 192 } }
+    { 38 T{ encoding f "mp4" "3072p" "H.264" "High" "3.5-5" "AAC" 192 } }
+    { 82 T{ encoding f "mp4" "360p" "H.264" "3D" "0.5" "AAC" 96 } }
+    { 83 T{ encoding f "mp4" "240p" "H.264" "3D" "0.5" "AAC" 96 } }
+    { 84 T{ encoding f "mp4" "720p" "H.264" "3D" "2-2.9" "AAC" 152 } }
+    { 85 T{ encoding f "mp4" "520p" "H.264" "3D" "2-2.9" "AAC" 152 } }
+
+    ! WebM
+    { 43 T{ encoding f "webm" "360p" "VP8" f "0.5" "Vorbis" 128 } }
+    { 44 T{ encoding f "webm" "480p" "VP8" f "1" "Vorbis" 128 } }
+    { 45 T{ encoding f "webm" "720p" "VP8" f "2" "Vorbis" 192 } }
+    { 46 T{ encoding f "webm" "1080p" "VP8" f f "Vorbis" 192 } }
+    { 100 T{ encoding f "webm" "360p" "VP8" "3D" f "Vorbis" 128 } }
+    { 101 T{ encoding f "webm" "360p" "VP8" "3D" f "Vorbis" 192 } }
+    { 102 T{ encoding f "webm" "720p" "VP8" "3D" f "Vorbis" 192 } }
+}
+
+CONSTANT: video-info-url URL" http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info"
+
+: get-video-info ( video-id -- video-info )
+    video-info-url clone
+        3 "asv" set-query-param
+        "detailpage" "el" set-query-param
+        "en_US" "hl" set-query-param
+        swap "video_id" set-query-param
+    http-get* query>assoc ;
+
+: video-formats ( video-info -- video-formats )
+    "url_encoded_fmt_stream_map" of "," split
+    [ query>assoc ] map ;
+
+: video-download-url ( video-format -- url )
+    [ "url" of ] [ "sig" of ] bi "&signature=" glue ;
+
+: sanitize ( title -- title' )
+    [ 0 31 between? not ] filter
+    [ "\"#$%'*,./:;<>?^|~\\" member? not ] filter
+    200 short head ;
+
+: download-video ( video-id -- )
+    get-video-info [
+        video-formats [ "type" of "video/mp4" head? ] find nip
+        video-download-url
+    ] [
+        "title" of sanitize ".mp4" append download-to
+    ] bi ;