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 # yt-dlp-web-ui
 
+## This is a front end for [yt-dlp-web-api](https://gitlab.com/wizdevgirl1/yt-dlp-web-api). This provides an easy interface for downloading videos via yt-dlp and other functionality related to this
+
 Requirements:
 
-node/npm
+Set up yt-dlp-web-api
 
-How to:
+Clone this repository
+
+Configure the apiurl variable in static/js/custom.js to point to your yt-dlp-web-api instance 
+
+Install node/npm
 
 `npm install`