Work with Client

You can initialize with an api key:

>>> from pyyoutube import Client
>>> client = Client(api_key="your api key")

To access additional data that requires authorization, you need to initialize with an access token:

>>> from pyyoutube import Client
>>> client = Client(access_token='your access token')

You can read the docs to see how to get an access token.

Or you can ask for user to do OAuth:

>>> from pyyoutube import Client
>>> client = Client(client_id="client key", client_secret="client secret")

>>> client.get_authorize_url()
('https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=id&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2F&scope=scope&state=PyYouTube&access_type=offline&prompt=select_account', 'PyYouTube')

>>> client.generate_access_token(authorization_response="link for response")
AccessToken(access_token='token', expires_in=3599, token_type='Bearer')

Now you can use the instance to get data from YouTube.

Get channel detail:

>>> cli.channels.list(channel_id="UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw")
ChannelListResponse(kind='youtube#channelListResponse')
>>> cli.channels.list(channel_id="UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw", return_json=True)
{'kind': 'youtube#channelListResponse',
 'etag': 'eHSYpB_FqHX8vJiGi_sLCu0jkmE',
...
}

See the client docs, or client examples, for additional usage

Work with API

For compatibility with older code, we continue to support the old way.

You can just initialize with an api key:

>>> from pyyoutube import Api
>>> api = Api(api_key="your api key")

To access additional data that requires authorization, you need to initialize with an access token:

>>> from pyyoutube import Api
>>> api = Api(access_token='your access token')

You can read the docs to see how to get an access token.

Or you can ask for user to do OAuth flow:

>>> from pyyoutube import Api
>>> api = Api(client_id="client key", client_secret="client secret")
# Get authorization url
>>> api.get_authorization_url()
('https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth?response_type=code&client_id=id&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2F&scope=scope&state=PyYouTube&access_type=offline&prompt=select_account', 'PyYouTube')
# user to do
# copy the response url
>>> api.generate_access_token(authorization_response="link for response")
AccessToken(access_token='token', expires_in=3599, token_type='Bearer')

Now you can use the instance to get data from YouTube.

Get channel detail:

>>> channel_by_id = api.get_channel_info(channel_id="UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw")
>>> channel_by_id.items
[Channel(kind='youtube#channel', id='UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw')]
>>> channel_by_id.items[0].to_dict()
{'kind': 'youtube#channel',
 'etag': '"j6xRRd8dTPVVptg711_CSPADRfg/AW8QEqbNRoIJv9KuzCIg0CG6aJA"',
 'id': 'UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw',
 'snippet': {'title': 'Google Developers',
  'description': 'The Google Developers channel features talks from events, educational series, best practices, tips, and the latest updates across our products and platforms.',
  'customUrl': 'googlecode',
  'publishedAt': '2007-08-23T00:34:43.000Z',
  'thumbnails': {'default': {'url': 'https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AGF-l78iFtAxyRZcUBzG91kbKMES19z-zGW5KT20_g=s88-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo',
    'width': 88,
    'height': 88},
   'medium': {'url': 'https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AGF-l78iFtAxyRZcUBzG91kbKMES19z-zGW5KT20_g=s240-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo',
    'width': 240,
    'height': 240},
   'high': {'url': 'https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AGF-l78iFtAxyRZcUBzG91kbKMES19z-zGW5KT20_g=s800-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo',
    'width': 800,
    'height': 800},
   'standard': None,
   'maxres': None},
  'defaultLanguage': None,
  'localized': {'title': 'Google Developers',
   'description': 'The Google Developers channel features talks from events, educational series, best practices, tips, and the latest updates across our products and platforms.'},
  'country': 'US'},
  ...
  }
  # Get json response from youtube
  >>> api.get_channel_info(channel_id="UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw", return_json=True)
  {'kind': 'youtube#channelListResponse',
    'etag': '17FOkdjp-_FPTiIJXdawBS4jWtc',
    ...
   }

See the api docs, or api examples, for additional usage.