Feature Request: Add YouTube Audio Extraction Integration 🧠 Summary Please add a native YouTube audio extraction integration that allows Base44 apps to accept a YouTube URL as input, automatically extract the audio, and upload it to the app’s file storage (MP3 or WAV). This would unlock powerful creative and educational use-cases — especially for music, podcasting, and AI-assisted audio tools. 🎯 Desired Behavior Frontend user enters a YouTube URL instead of uploading an audio file. Base44 backend integration: Accesses the YouTube video. Extracts the audio stream. Converts to MP3 or WAV. Uploads the file to Base44 storage. Returns a standard file_url and metadata (title, duration, etc.) to the app. Example response: { "status": "READY", "file_url": "https://cdn.base44.app/files/12345.mp3", "duration_seconds": 212, "original_title": "Track Title", "source": "YouTube" } ⚙️ Integration Details Integration Name: ExtractAudioFromYouTube Input: YouTube URL (string) Output: File URL + metadata Dependencies: Internal use of yt-dlp or equivalent; ffmpeg for conversion File Storage: Base44 file system (public/private setting controlled by developer) Timeout: ≤ 60 seconds for typical 5–10 minute videos 🔐 Security & Compliance Only accept valid YouTube domains (youtube.com, youtu.be). Reject live streams, member-only, or age-restricted content. Require explicit “I have rights to use this audio” confirmation in UI. Add rate limits (e.g., 5 jobs / hour / user). 🧰 Use Cases Music & band-practice apps extracting audio for playback or transcription. Language-learning or podcast-training tools that convert YouTube lectures to audio. Voice-AI and sound-design workflows needing quick, legal access to reference audio. 🧱 Why This Matters Many creators currently need to manually download YouTube audio, then upload to Base44 — this adds friction and legal ambiguity. A native integration ensures compliance, standardization, and time savings. Adds a core “media ingestion” capability that benefits all apps using Base44’s File API. ✅ Suggested Deliverables New backend integration: ExtractAudioFromYouTube Optional async job + status polling API Documentation snippet for Upload.js example 📈 Impact Reduces user friction by ~50 % for media-based projects. Expands Base44’s developer ecosystem for music, audio, and AI. Provides a safe, compliant way to handle YouTube audio across all apps. Summary Line (for short feedback box): Please add a native Base44 integration — ExtractAudioFromYouTube — to convert a YouTube URL into an audio file (MP3/WAV) and return a file_url for app use.

Feature Request: Add YouTube Audio Extraction Integration

🧠 Summary

Please add a native YouTube audio extraction integration that allows Base44 apps to accept a YouTube URL as input, automatically extract the audio, and upload it to the app’s file storage (MP3 or WAV).

This would unlock powerful creative and educational use-cases — especially for music, podcasting, and AI-assisted audio tools.

🎯 Desired Behavior

Frontend user enters a YouTube URL instead of uploading an audio file.
Base44 backend integration:
- Accesses the YouTube video.
- Extracts the audio stream.
- Converts to MP3 or WAV.
- Uploads the file to Base44 storage.
Returns a standard file_url and metadata (title, duration, etc.) to the app.

Example response:

{ "status": "READY", "file_url": "https://cdn.base44.app/files/12345.mp3", "duration_seconds": 212, "original_title": "Track Title", "source": "YouTube" }

⚙️ Integration Details

Integration Name: ExtractAudioFromYouTube
Input: YouTube URL (string)
Output: File URL + metadata
Dependencies: Internal use of yt-dlp or equivalent; ffmpeg for conversion
File Storage: Base44 file system (public/private setting controlled by developer)
Timeout: ≤ 60 seconds for typical 5–10 minute videos

🔐 Security & Compliance

Only accept valid YouTube domains (youtube.com, youtu.be).
Reject live streams, member-only, or age-restricted content.
Require explicit “I have rights to use this audio” confirmation in UI.
Add rate limits (e.g., 5 jobs / hour / user).

🧰 Use Cases

Music & band-practice apps extracting audio for playback or transcription.
Language-learning or podcast-training tools that convert YouTube lectures to audio.
Voice-AI and sound-design workflows needing quick, legal access to reference audio.

🧱 Why This Matters

Many creators currently need to manually download YouTube audio, then upload to Base44 — this adds friction and legal ambiguity.
A native integration ensures compliance, standardization, and time savings.
Adds a core “media ingestion” capability that benefits all apps using Base44’s File API.

✅ Suggested Deliverables

New backend integration: ExtractAudioFromYouTube
Optional async job + status polling API
Documentation snippet for Upload.js example

📈 Impact

Reduces user friction by ~50 % for media-based projects.
Expands Base44’s developer ecosystem for music, audio, and AI.
Provides a safe, compliant way to handle YouTube audio across all apps.

Summary Line (for short feedback box):

Please add a native Base44 integration — ExtractAudioFromYouTube — to convert a YouTube URL into an audio file (MP3/WAV) and return a file_url for app use.

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