The response to that would probably be for HipHop to integrate code used to download YouTube content (like that used by https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https:

The response to that would probably be for HipHop to integrate code used to download YouTube content (like that used by https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/). API access isn't necessary. EDIT: Looks like they already use a YouTube downloader, and not the API: https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_player.coffee#L2 https://github.com/hiphopapp/hiphop/blob/master/coffee/_play...