From 108895496fe84808bd08ee62544fc7a4879cb9e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ax2bboud <anthony.abboud@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:14:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add support for GIF output format using ffmpeg
 conversion

---
 app.py               | 15 +++++++++++++++
 templates/index.html |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 703f435..428b91f 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ def run_download(job_id, url, format_choice, format_id):
             target = [f for f in files if f.endswith(".mp4")]
             chosen = target[0] if target else files[0]
 
+        if format_choice == "gif":
+            gif_out = os.path.splitext(chosen)[0] + ".gif"
+            ffmpeg_cmd = [
+                "ffmpeg", "-y", "-i", chosen,
+                "-vf", "fps=15,scale=w='min(480,iw)':h=-2:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse",
+                gif_out
+            ]
+            ff_res = subprocess.run(ffmpeg_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
+            if ff_res.returncode != 0:
+                job["status"] = "error"
+                job["error"] = "Failed to create GIF"
+                return
+            chosen = gif_out
+            files.append(gif_out)
+
         for f in files:
             if f != chosen:
                 try:
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 0bae3d3..5af8324 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ <h1>Re<em>Clip</em></h1>
       <div class="pill-group">
         <button class="pill active" data-format="video" onclick="setFormat(this)">MP4</button>
         <button class="pill" data-format="audio" onclick="setFormat(this)">MP3</button>
+        <button class="pill" data-format="gif" onclick="setFormat(this)">GIF</button>
       </div>
       <button class="fetch-btn" id="goBtn" onclick="go()">Fetch</button>
     </div>