async-youtube-search 2

Perform YouTube video searches without the API

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# Youtube Search

An asynchronous Python library to search for YouTube videos and retrieve detailed metadata, such as video title, channel, views, and more.

## Features
- Search for YouTube videos using keywords.
- Retrieve video metadata such as ID, title, description, channel, duration, views, and more.
- Supports setting a maximum number of search results.
- Provides data in `dict` or `JSON` format.

## Installation
Ensure you have Python 3.7 or higher installed.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rafkix/youtube-search.git
   cd youtube-search
   

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install aiohttp
   

Usage

import asyncio
from async_youtube_search import AsyncYoutubeSearch

async def main():
    # Create an instance of AsyncYoutubeSearch
    search = AsyncYoutubeSearch("rafkix", max_results=5)

    # Fetch video results
    await search.fetch_results()

    # Get results as a dictionary
    videos = search.to_dict()
    print(videos)

    # Get results as JSON
    videos_json = search.to_json()
    print(videos_json)

# Run the script
asyncio.run(main())

Methods

fetch_results()

Fetches video search results asynchronously.

to_dict(clear_cache=True)

Returns the search results as a Python dictionary.

• clear_cache: Clears the internal cache of video results if set to True.

to_json(clear_cache=True)

Returns the search results as a JSON string.

• clear_cache: Clears the internal cache of video results if set to True.

Example Output

{
  "videos": [
    {
      "id": "abcd1234",
      "thumbnails": ["https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg"],
      "title": "Learn Python Programming",
      "long_desc": "An introductory tutorial to Python programming.",
      "channel": "Programming with John",
      "duration": "12:34",
      "views": "1.2M views",
      "publish_time": "3 weeks ago",
      "url_suffix": "/watch?v=abcd1234"
    }
  ]
}

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• aiohttp

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Author

rafkix

• GitHub: rafkix
• YouTube: rafkix

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