pafy 0.3.20

Python API for YouTube, query and download YouTube content

PAFY
====

Python API for YouTube
by nagev


Features:
---------

- Retreive metadata such as viewcount, duration, rating, author, thumbnail, keywords
- Download video or audio at requested resolution / bitrate / format / filesize
- Command line tool (ytdl) for downloading directly from the command line
- Retrieve the URL to stream the video in a player such as vlc or mplayer
- Works with age-restricted videos and non-embeddable videos
- Small, standalone, single importable module file (pafy.py)
- Select highest quality stream for download or streaming
- Download audio only (no video) in ogg or m4a format
- Download video only (no audio) in m4v format
- Works with Python 2.7 and 3.x
- No dependencies


Usage Examples:
---------------

Here is how to use the module in your own python code. For command line tool
(ytdl) instructions, see further below:

```python

>>> import pafy


# create a video instance from a YouTube video url

>>> url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw"
>>> video = pafy.new(url)


# get certain attributes

>>> video.title
u'Rick Astley Sings Live - Never Gonna Give You Up - This Morning'


>>> video.rating
4.93608852755

>>> video.length
355

# display video metadata

>>> print video
Title: Rick Astley Sings Live - Never Gonna Give You Up - This Morning
Author: Ryan915
ID: cyMHZVT91Dw
Duration: 00:05:55
Rating: 4.93608852755
Views: 672583
Thumbnail: https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/cyMHZVT91Dw/default.jpg
Keywords: Rick, Astley, Sings, Live, on, This, Morning, Never, Gonna, Gunna, Give, You,...


# show regular formats for a video (video files with audio):

>>> streams = video.streams
>>> for s in streams:
>>> print s.resolution, s.extension

480x854 webm
480x854 flv
360x640 webm
360x640 flv
360x640 mp4
240x400 flv
320x240 3gp
144x176 3gp


# show all formats, file-sizes and their download url:

>>> for s in streams:
>>> print s.resolution, s.extension, s.get_filesize(), s.url

480x854 webm 56858674 http://r12--sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
480x854 flv 53066081 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
360x640 webm 34775366 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
360x640 flv 32737100 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
360x640 mp4 25919932 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
240x400 flv 14341366 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
320x240 3gp 11083585 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...
144x176 3gp 3891135 http://r11---sn-aoh8kier.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...


# get best resolution regardless of file format:

>>> best = video.getbest()
>>> best.resolution, best.extension
('480x854', 'webm')


# get best resolution for a particular file format:
# (mp4, webm, flv or 3gp)

>>> best = video.getbest(preftype="mp4")
>>> best.resolution, best.extension
('360x640', 'mp4')


# get best resolution for a particular file format, or return
# a different format if it has the best resolution

>>> best = video.getbest(preftype="mp4", ftypestrict=False)
>>> best.resolution, best.extension
('480x854', 'webm')


# get url, for download or streaming in mplayer / vlc etc

>>> best.url
'http://r12---sn-aig7kner.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?expire=1369...


# Download video and show progress:

>>> best.download(quiet=False)
-Downloading 'Rick Astley Sings Live - Never Gonna Give You Up - This Morning.webm' [56,858,674 Bytes]
56,858,674 Bytes [100.00%] received. Rate: [ 720 kbps]. ETA: [0 secs]
Done


# Download video, use specific filepath:

>>> myfilename = "/tmp/" + best.title + "." + best.extension
>>> best.download(filepath=myfilename)
-Downloading 'Rick Astley Sings Live - Never Gonna Give You Up - This Morning.webm' [56,858,674 Bytes]
Done


# Get audio-only streams (m4a and/or ogg vorbis)
# (use video.videostreams to get video-only streams)

>>> audiostreams = video.audiostreams
>>> for a in audiostreams:
>>> print(a.quality, a.extension, a.get_filesize())
('48k', 'm4a', 2109164)
('128k', 'm4a', 5630839)
('256k', 'm4a', 11302824)


# Download the 3rd audio stream from the above list

>>> audiostreams[2].download()


# Get the best quality audio stream

>>> bestaudio = video.getbestaudio()
>>> bestaudio.bitrate
'256k'


# Download the best quality audio file

>>> bestaudio.download()


# show ALL formats for a video (video+audio, video-only and audio-only)

>>> allstreams = video.allstreams
>>> for s in allstreams:
>>> print(s.quality, s.extension, s.mediatype)

('1280x720', 'mp4', 'a/v')
('640x360', 'webm', 'a/v')
('640x360', 'mp4', 'a/v')
('320x240', 'flv', 'a/v')
('320x240', '3gp', 'a/v')
('176x144', '3gp', 'a/v')
('1920x1080', 'm4v', 'video')
('1280x720', 'm4v', 'video')
('854x480', 'm4v', 'video')
('640x360', 'm4v', 'video')
('426x240', 'm4v', 'video')
('256x144', 'm4v', 'video')
('48k', 'm4a', 'audio')
('128k', 'm4a', 'audio')
('256k', 'm4a', 'audio')
('128k', 'ogg', 'audio')
('256k', 'ogg', 'audio')

```


Command Line Tool (ytdl) Usage:
===============================

```

usage: ytdl [-h] [-i] [-s] [-f {webm,mp4,3gp,flv,m4v,m4a,ogg}]
[-q {NNN}x{NNN} | {NNN}k] [-n N] [-b]
url

positional arguments:
url YouTube video URL to download

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i Display vid info
-s Display available streams
-n N Specify stream to download by stream number (use -s to
list, ignores -f and -q)
-b Download the best quality video (ignores -n, -f and -q)

format and quality:
Specify the stream to download by quality (ie. resolution or bitrate) and
file format

-f {webm,mp4,3gp,flv,m4v,m4a,ogg}
format of the file to download
-q {NNN}x{NNN} | {NNN}k
quality of the file to download



Examples:

# Download best available resolution (-b):

ytdl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw" -b

# get video info (-i):

ytdl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw" -i

# list available download formats (-s):

ytdl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw" -s


Stream Type Format Quality Size
------ ---- ------ ------- ----
1 a/v webm [640x360] 33 MB
2 a/v mp4 [640x360] 24 MB
3 a/v flv [320x240] 13 MB
4 a/v 3gp [320x240] 10 MB
5 a/v 3gp [176x144] 3 MB
6 video m4v [854x480] 39 MB
7 video m4v [640x360] 17 MB
8 video m4v [426x240] 11 MB
9 video m4v [256x144] 4 MB
10 audio m4a [48k] 2 MB
11 audio m4a [128k] 5 MB
12 audio m4a [256k] 10 MB


# Download mp4 640x360 (ie. stream number 2)

ytdl "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw" -n 2


# Download flv at 320x240

ytdl "youtube.com/watch?v=cyMHZVT91Dw" -f flv -q 320x240

```