CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python youtube_dl custom path

import os

def download_audio(request):
    SAVE_PATH = '/'.join(os.getcwd().split('/')[:3]) + '/Downloads'

    ydl_opts = {
        'format': 'bestaudio/best',
        'postprocessors': [{
            'key': 'FFmpegExtractAudio',
            'preferredcodec': 'mp3',
            'preferredquality': '192',
        }],
        'outtmpl':SAVE_PATH + '/%(title)s.%(ext)s',
    }

    link = request.GET.get('video_url')

    with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
        ydl.download(["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v="+link])