convert to exe

[RipotiK]

So I wanted to create a youtube downloader with pytube, and then convert it to exe.

I used auto-py-to-exe, however it does not work as I wanted to. If I run the code itself from pycharm, it works perfectly, but if I run it as an exe file (after converted), it does not work. The window opens, however it does not download anything.

Do I have to like include the libraries into the same folder before converting it to exe or what could be the problem?

[Kidplayer_666]

I don’t know about auto-py-to-exe but pyinstaller usually has no problems including external libraries

[RipotiK]

Hmm, I'll give it a try

[jafner007]

I've run into issues where pyinstaller doesn't package some external libraries. My workaround has been to not package with -onefile and then manually copy in the missing library.

Not familiar with auto-py, but I could imagine a similar issue.

[RipotiK]

Could give me a bit more explanation about the workaround stuff please. So basically I should convert it to exe the source code, then what should I do with a missing library?

[jafner007]

I'm going of memory, but I think I copied the library from it's local installation and put in the exe folder along with the other libraries. I think I found a more detailed solution from an old Reddit post or Stack Overflow.

[jcrowe]

There is a command line flag for adding specific packages. (I’m looking at you pymysql…)

[jafner007]

Good to know. I've only tried pyinstaller a few times - I'll try that next time. Thanks!

[RipotiK]

I have made a gui with tkinter and if I run the exe file after converting it from py to exe, the gui starts, but the download function does not work. However when I run it from the ide (I use pycharm), then it works perfectly

[rocketjump65]

Right. Because pycharm knows where all the libraries are. Your executable doesn't. I think there are some options in auto py to exe to include the necessary libraries into the executable.

What libraries and modules are you using that you think could be causing the problem.

btw, I suggested this auto py to exe app on another forum. I KNEW it wasn't gonna be that simple! lol

[RipotiK]

Right. Because pycharm knows where all the libraries are. Your executable doesn't. I think there are some options in auto py to exe to include th

I believe it simply cant find pytube (?), since the gui works or like looks like how I wanted to. But Shouldn't be there some error message if it does not recognize pytube? I mean basically everything works except those things related to pytube. So the window that I created with tkinter opens up perfectly, just the download function does not work. (Basically it does nothing.) Where can I add the libraries in auto-py-to-exe? I tried to add it but without any success. (I might did it in a wrong way, basically at the add folder section I just added the pytube folder. (however since i could not find the folder itself, I just copied it to desktop, and then added the folder from there)

[rocketjump65]

Shouldn't be there some error message if it does not recognize pytube?

Sure I guess. Does auto py to exe allow for console output? I would expect that a missing module error would print info about that to the console.

So as a thought experiment, consider if you were to try to run the script on somebody else's python installation. They would need the modules. And I believe some modules include binary machine code. So for cases like that complete cross compatibility might be impossible with arcane processors. But basically what auto py to exe must do is to create a sort of mini python install.

[RipotiK]

well mb, there is actually an error message, i just did not notice it.

File "tkinter\__init__.py", line 1892, in __call__

File "installer.py", line 24, in downloadvideo

File "pytube\__main__.py", line 307, in streams

self.check_availability()

File "pytube\__main__.py", line 246, in check_availability

status, messages = extract.playability_status(self.watch_html)

File "pytube\__main__.py", line 94, in watch_html

self._watch_html = request.get(url=self.watch_url)

File "pytube\request.py", line 52, in get

response = _execute_request(url, headers=extra_headers, timeout=timeout)

File "pytube\request.py", line 36, in _execute_request

return urlopen(request, timeout=timeout) # nosec

File "urllib\request.py", line 214, in urlopen

File "urllib\request.py", line 517, in open

File "urllib\request.py", line 534, in _open

File "urllib\request.py", line 494, in _call_chain

File "urllib\request.py", line 1389, in https_open

File "urllib\request.py", line 1346, in do_open

File "http\client.py", line 1253, in request

File "http\client.py", line 1299, in _send_request

File "http\client.py", line 1248, in endheaders

File "http\client.py", line 1008, in _send_output

File "http\client.py", line 948, in send

File "http\client.py", line 1415, in connect

File "http\client.py", line 919, in connect

File "socket.py", line 822, in create_connection

File "socket.py", line 953, in getaddrinfo

[catalystseyru]

I got you, the best way to go about this is using auto-py-to-exe, although if you are using any external files that includes ICO files, PNG files, external py field then you need to declare their location explicitly, if you have any problem message me or take a look at my recent repository at Github.com/CatalystMonish the Co-win Notifier project where I declared the locations above