ytpy

Python wrapper to extract youtube data. Simple asynchronous wrapper to get youtube video or playlist data. The purpose of this project is to make it easier for developers to extract data from YouTube.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Get Google API' Credential 'API KEY' for YoutubeDataApiV3Client only

Dependencies

• urllib
• aiohttp

Install

pip install --upgrade ytpy

Usage

Search Video by Keywords without api key.

params:

• q, string. Search key. default: empty string.
• max_results

Example Search method (Without api key)

from ytpy import YoutubeClient
import asyncio
import aiohttp

async def main(loop):
    session = aiohttp.ClientSession()

    client = YoutubeClient(session)
    
    response = await client.search('chico love letter')
    print(response)

    await session.close()

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main(loop))

Search Video by Keywords with YoutubeDataApiV3Client

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search

params:

• q, string. Search key. default: empty string.
• part, string. Valid parts: snippet, contentDetails, player, statistics, status. default: snippet.
• type, string. Valid types: video, playlist, channel.

Example Search method

import os
import asyncio
import aiohttp
from ytpy import YoutubeDataApiV3Client

async def main(loop):
    session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
    
    # Pass the aiohttp client session
    ayt =  YoutubeDataApiV3Client(session, dev_key=os.environ["DEVELOPER_KEY"])
    
    # test search
    results = await ayt.search(q="d&e lost", 
                               search_type="video",
                               max_results=1)
    print(results)

    await session.close()

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(main(loop))
loop.close()

Examples

Check examples for the full code example

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests/examples as appropriate.