youtubepy

youtubepy is a package to search for youtube videos through python code.

Installation

pip install youtubepy

OR

pip3 install youtubepy

Usage

Video class

from youtubepy import Video
video = Video("me at the zoo")
result = video.search()
print(result)

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8AlbaDmaec

SafeSearch Filter

from youtubepy import Video
video = Video("fuck", safesearch=True)
result = video.search()
print(result)

> "youtubepy.BlockedWordError: A blocked word detected in the result video! Don't use safesearch to ignore this error!"

Functions available in Video class

search() - Returns video url
source_url() - Returns the source url of the video
audio_source() - Returns the audio source url of the video
download(/path/to/directory/filename.mp4) - Downloads the video
audio_download(/path/to/directory/filename.mp3) - Downloads the audio of a youtube video
title() - Returns video title
description() - Returns description of the video
channel_url() - Returns the url of the channel that published the video
channel_name() - Returns the name of the channel that published the video
published_date() - Returns the date the video was published to YouTube
thumbnail_url() - Returns thumbnail url of the video
thumbnail_save(/path/to/directory/filename.jpg) - Saves the thumbnail of the video, if path is not given, saves to the path in which the script is saved
duration() - Returns duration of the video
view_count() - Returns view count of the video
like_count() - Returns like count of the video
dislike_count() - Returns dislike count of the video
average_rating() - Returns average rating of the video

ExtractData class

from youtubepy import ExtractData
video = ExtractData("https://youtu.be/A8AlbaDmaec")
title = video.title()
print(title)

> Me at the zoo - 4k Upscaled, 60 FPS

Functions available in ExtractData class

source_url() - Returns the source url of the video
audio_source() - Returns the audio source url of the video
download(/path/to/directory/filename.mp4) - Downloads the video
audio_download(/path/to/directory/filename.mp3) - Downloads the audio of a youtube video
title() - Returns video title
description() - Returns description of the video
channel_url() - Returns the url of the channel that published the video
channel_name() - Returns the name of the channel that published the video
published_date() - Returns the date the video was published to YouTube
thumbnail_url() - Returns thumbnail url of the video
thumbnail_save(/path/to/directory/to/save/filename.jpg) - Saves the thumbnail of the video, if path is not given, saves to the path in which the script is saved
duration() - Returns duration of the video
view_count() - Returns view count of the video
like_count() - Returns like count of the video
dislike_count() - Returns dislike count of the video
average_rating() - Returns average rating of the video

This package also has asynchronous working classes that are used in discord.py for creating non-blocking commands!

AsyncVideo class

#discord.py example!

import discord
import asyncio
import youtubepy
from discord.ext import commands

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix="!")

@bot.command()
async def youtube(ctx, query):
	video = youtubepy.AsyncVideo("spooky scary skeletons")
	url = await video.search()
	await ctx.send(url)

Functions of AsyncVideo class are same as Video class

AsyncExtractData class

#Not a discord.py example!

import youtubepy
import asyncio

async def get_title():
	video = youtubepy.AsyncExtractData("https://youtu.be/XTgFtxHhCQ0")
	title = await video.title()
	print(title)

asyncio.run(get_title())

Functions of AsyncExtractData class are same as ExtractData class

It is highly recommended to use the asynchronous classes while using youtubepy in discord.py as using non-asynchronous classes in discord.py can make your code extremely blocking! In simple language, using non-asynchronous classes in discord.py is same as using time.sleep() in your bot code!