crawlora-youtube

Python client for Crawlora's hosted YouTube API. It calls Crawlora's service; it does not run a browser or scrape YouTube locally. A Crawlora account and CRAWLORA_API_KEY are required, and API use is billed under your Crawlora account. Crawlora is independent from and not endorsed by YouTube or its owners.

Install

python -m pip install crawlora-youtube

Use

import os

from crawlora_youtube import YouTubeClient

with YouTubeClient(api_key=os.environ["CRAWLORA_API_KEY"]) as client:
    result = client.search(q='science explainers', type='video')
    print(result)

The package also exports Client as an alias for YouTubeClient. Operation methods are available directly in snake_case and through the youtube group. The async package client is AsyncYouTubeClient; see the online endpoint and parameter reference and runnable example.

The import snippet above is for a project where this PyPI package is installed. To run the checked-in example from a source checkout, install ./python from the repository root and run python examples/python.py; see the source-checkout instructions.

Configuration

Pass your key through api_key or read CRAWLORA_API_KEY from the environment. Keep credentials out of source control and logs. Requests go to Crawlora's hosted API, and response data and availability follow its current contract.