Youtube – How to upload a YouTube video to Google Drive without it passing through the local device

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For the purposes of this question, assume the videos are licensed under the GPL.

There is a video on YouTube. I want to save a copy of the video to my Google Drive. Due to data plan considerations, I don't want to first download it to my local device and then upload it. I want everything to happen in the cloud.

I have found some ways to do this, but they were quite complicated. I'm posting this here in the hope of finding more convenient methods.

Best Answer

I will post one way to do this. However, it's quite complicated and I'm still very much interested in a more convenient way to do it. (Like a one-click thing, especially one that's easier to do from a phone.)

  1. Copy the URL of the video.
  2. Paste that URL into this website.
  3. Right click on the Download button and select Copy Link Address.
  4. Go to this website and sign in to your Google account. The service will ask for permission to manage your Google Drive.
  5. When you're taken to a page called SAVE WEB FILES, paste the URL you copied in #3.
  6. Select Google Drive as destination.
  7. Click Upload file.
  8. Choose which Google Drive folder you want to save the file in.
  9. By default this service names all files just file without any filetype extension. So you need to give it a .mp4 (or whatever format you selected in #3) extension in the box at the bottom. For example, you could name it LOL Cats.mp4.
  10. Click Save your file.
  11. You will be shown a progress bar. It will often move very quickly, but stay at 99% for a little while (depending on the size of the file.) This is normal. After it's done, you will see a message on the screen. On the bottom of that message, in red, you will see a confirmation of success. You can then go to Google Drive to find your video file.
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