ytmusicapi: Unofficial API for YouTube Music

ytmusicapi is a Python 3 library to send requests to the YouTube Music API. It emulates YouTube Music web client requests using the user’s cookie data for authentication.

Features

Browsing:

search (including all filters) and suggestions
get artist information and releases (songs, videos, albums, singles, related artists)
get user information (videos, playlists)
get albums
get song metadata
get watch playlists (next songs when you press play/radio/shuffle in YouTube Music)
get song lyrics

Exploring music:

get moods and genres playlists
get latest charts (globally and per country)

Library management:

get library contents: playlists, songs, artists, albums and subscriptions, podcasts, channels
add/remove library content: rate songs, albums and playlists, subscribe/unsubscribe artists
get and modify play history

Playlists:

create and delete playlists
modify playlists: edit metadata, add/move/remove tracks
get playlist contents
get playlist suggestions

Podcasts:

get podcasts
get episodes
get channels
get episodes playlists

Uploads:

upload songs and remove them again
list uploaded songs, artists and albums

Localization:

all regions are supported (see locations FAQ
16 languages are supported (see languages FAQ

If you find something missing or broken, check the FAQ or feel free to create an issue.

Requirements

Python 3.10 or higher - https://www.python.org

Setup

See the Documentation for detailed instructions

Usage

from ytmusicapi import YTMusic

yt = YTMusic('oauth.json')
playlistId = yt.create_playlist('test', 'test description')
search_results = yt.search('Oasis Wonderwall')
yt.add_playlist_items(playlistId, [search_results[0]['videoId']])

The tests are also a great source of usage examples.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. There are still some features that are not yet implemented. Please, refer to CONTRIBUTING.rst for guidance.

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