ytgrep
ytgrep is a CLI tool to search Youtube closed captions with a grep-like interface.
Requirements
Requires python >= 3.5
Installation
pip install ytgrepNote: you must have pip’s bin folder on your PATH.
Purpose
ytgrep is particularly useful whilst looking for particular topic or keywords mentioned in a video.
For example, searching for the word ‘topoloigcal sort’ in MIT’s Open Courseware Lecture on DFS and topological sort:
Usage
usage: ytgrep.py [-h] [-e] [-v] [-links] pattern urls [urls ...]Flags
-e <PATTERN> - specify a regular expression to match
-v - verbose, print debug information
-links - include the time shortcut link with each match (see example below)
More examples
Include timestamped links (e.g. <youtube URL>/&t=196s) to jump directly to part in video where keyword was mentioned.
$ ytgrep -links 'potassium' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIYOshsEqmQSearch with regular expression
ytgrep -e 'banana|potassium' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIYOshsEqmQSearch multiple urls
ytgrep 'banana' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH5ay10RTGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFQWVN4xip0Development
Run Tests
Note: Functional tests do download directly from Youtube
## All tests
python -m unittest discover
## Unit tests
python -m unittest discover test/unit
## Functional tests
python -m unittest discover test/functional1 maintainer
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