simpleyt

simpleyt is a unofficial Python Package for the Youtube API. It focuses on simplicity as the name says to fetch details of the video,playlist,channel etc in a easy manner

Installation

pip install simpleyt

Usage

Quickstart

Simply import the simple yt module and intialize with an API Key

If API key is invalid an exception will be thrown do refer this to obtain keydocumentation for details.

import simpleyt
client = simpleyt.YotubeAPI('<API KEY>')

Get Video

Details of a video can be obtained by using the get_video method.

# A Sample video id has been passed

video =client.get('uN-TvWzeEvA')

An instance of YotubeVideo class will be returned which helps to obtain the details of the video in a easy manner by using the attributes.

>>> video.title
'Rip Ohio /r/softwaregore #48 [REDDIT REVIEW]'

>>> video.category_id
 '24'

>>> video.channel_name
'PewDiePie'
>>> video.description
'ohio will be taken over by computers. subscribe for more reddit reviews epicly\n\n100 CLUB MERCH OUT NOW! https://represent.com/store/pewdiepie (Thank you) (▰˘◡˘▰)\nMinecraft Series Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGt-BZ-SxGI&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEnLCzUDWueIZQXDNhqLKywk\nALL MINECRAFT EPISODES Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhgS6TNkX9Q&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEn9PkI2stxJWMs8GRit66Rz\n\n\n:::::::My Stores:::::::: \nTSUKI:\nhttps://tsuki.market/\nMerch:\nhttps://represent.com/store/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::I drink GFUEL (affiliate link)::::::::\nhttps://gfuel.ly/31Kargr\n\n:::::::I stream on DLive (ad)::::::::\n\nhttps://go.dlive.tv/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::My Setup (affiliate links):::::::: \nChair: https://clutchchairz.com/pewdiepie/\nElgato Green Screen:\nhttp://e.lga.to/PewDiePie\n\n:::::::Check out this game I helped make (affiliate)::::::::\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/703840/Animal_Super_Squad/\n\n__ Outro: Animation:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/jae55555\n Song: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3e8EMTOn4g6ZSKggHTnNng'

>>> video.like_count
465961
>>> video.duration_in_seconds
1177.0

#The actual response returned by the  API

>>> v.response

{'publishedAt': '2019-10-06T18:33:47Z',
 'channelId': 'UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw',
 'title': 'Rip Ohio /r/softwaregore #48 [REDDIT REVIEW]',
 'description': 'ohio will be taken over by computers. subscribe for more reddit reviews epicly\n\n100 CLUB MERCH OUT NOW! https://represent.com/store/pewdiepie (Thank you) (▰˘◡˘▰)\nMinecraft Series Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGt-BZ-SxGI&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEnLCzUDWueIZQXDNhqLKywk\nALL MINECRAFT EPISODES Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhgS6TNkX9Q&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEn9PkI2stxJWMs8GRit66Rz\n\n\n:::::::My Stores:::::::: \nTSUKI:\nhttps://tsuki.market/\nMerch:\nhttps://represent.com/store/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::I drink GFUEL (affiliate link)::::::::\nhttps://gfuel.ly/31Kargr\n\n:::::::I stream on DLive (ad)::::::::\n\nhttps://go.dlive.tv/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::My Setup (affiliate links):::::::: \nChair: https://clutchchairz.com/pewdiepie/\nElgato Green Screen:\nhttp://e.lga.to/PewDiePie\n\n:::::::Check out this game I helped make (affiliate)::::::::\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/703840/Animal_Super_Squad/\n\n__ Outro: Animation:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/jae55555\n Song: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3e8EMTOn4g6ZSKggHTnNng',
 'thumbnails': {'default': {'url': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uN-TvWzeEvA/default.jpg',
   'width': 120,
   'height': 90},
  'medium': {'url': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uN-TvWzeEvA/mqdefault.jpg',
   'width': 320,
   'height': 180},
  'high': {'url': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uN-TvWzeEvA/hqdefault.jpg',
   'width': 480,
   'height': 360},
  'standard': {'url': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uN-TvWzeEvA/sddefault.jpg',
   'width': 640,
   'height': 480},
  'maxres': {'url': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uN-TvWzeEvA/maxresdefault.jpg',
   'width': 1280,
   'height': 720}},
 'channelTitle': 'PewDiePie',
 'tags': ['SATIRE',
  'pewdiepie',
  'pewdie',
  'pdp',
  'reddit review',
  'pewdiepie reddit review',
  'pewdiepie reddit',
  'reddit',
  'minecraft',
  'pewdiepie minecraft',
  'reddit software',
  'software',
  'software engineering',
  'technology',
  'tech review',
  'pc',
  'computers',
  'ohio',
  'comedy',
  'parody'],
 'categoryId': '24',
 'liveBroadcastContent': 'none',
 'defaultLanguage': 'en-US',
 'localized': {'title': 'Rip Ohio /r/softwaregore #48 [REDDIT REVIEW]',
  'description': 'ohio will be taken over by computers. subscribe for more reddit reviews epicly\n\n100 CLUB MERCH OUT NOW! https://represent.com/store/pewdiepie (Thank you) (▰˘◡˘▰)\nMinecraft Series Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGt-BZ-SxGI&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEnLCzUDWueIZQXDNhqLKywk\nALL MINECRAFT EPISODES Playlist:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhgS6TNkX9Q&list=PLYH8WvNV1YEn9PkI2stxJWMs8GRit66Rz\n\n\n:::::::My Stores:::::::: \nTSUKI:\nhttps://tsuki.market/\nMerch:\nhttps://represent.com/store/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::I drink GFUEL (affiliate link)::::::::\nhttps://gfuel.ly/31Kargr\n\n:::::::I stream on DLive (ad)::::::::\n\nhttps://go.dlive.tv/pewdiepie\n\n:::::::My Setup (affiliate links):::::::: \nChair: https://clutchchairz.com/pewdiepie/\nElgato Green Screen:\nhttp://e.lga.to/PewDiePie\n\n:::::::Check out this game I helped make (affiliate)::::::::\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/703840/Animal_Super_Squad/\n\n__ Outro: Animation:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/jae55555\n Song: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3e8EMTOn4g6ZSKggHTnNng'},
 'defaultAudioLanguage': 'en-GB'}

Get Channel Details

>>> channel = v.get_channel('UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw')

>>> channel.name
'PewDiePie'
>>> channel.description
'I make videos.'
>>> channel.country
'US'
>>> channel.subscribers_count
105000000
>>> channel.topics

['https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film',
 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture',
 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment',
 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_game',
 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game']

>>> channel.banner_image_url

'https://yt3.ggpht.com/wuqXYCeCdttO0TcwBJR2yy0uJP2hPwTPdrDQpjD00t0Xd_81t6dYeLdVMR24ArD4kuIpWO4hWg=w1060-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-rj'

Get comments of a video

The get_comment method returns a List of Comment object

comment_data = client.get_comments('JHhO5JKofgc')

comments_list = client.comments
comment = comments_list[0]
>>> comment.comment_text
'as a filipino, i am quite irritated at the fact that they belittle Rose j'
>>> comment.author_image_url
'https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJxlURGc1iRQESvxlyUZPTM_pt1WviokL2k2dQ=s48-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo'

>>> comment.author_name
'boninieee'

Get playlists

This method returns the Playlist object.

 playlists =c.get_playlists('UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw')

 >>> for item in playlists:
   ...:     print(item.playlist_id)
   ...:
PLYH8WvNV1YElE78ql2vvcOURM1tve_njn
PLYH8WvNV1YEkRR6peiTWZfIRUglGJBQV5
PLYH8WvNV1YElSlBP0ohchkYTByQ-xD92v
PLYH8WvNV1YEnb1QbNk1_liUa_UXH_SIVl
PLYH8WvNV1YEldU75ZIVbAl6OB6brtGKY6
PLYH8WvNV1YEnaAanyt5FPgwjZY0Lnu8Pb
PLYH8WvNV1YEnLCzUDWueIZQXDNhqLKywk
PLYH8WvNV1YEn9PkI2stxJWMs8GRit66Rz
PLYH8WvNV1YElPqvWxK_uzWhcMXY_DvlPu
PLYH8WvNV1YEniTaIMd95jFlqBpxR0SWJE
....

Search for videos

 s =client.search('Cat videos ') 

This method returns the list of YotubeVideo objects

Contributing

If you have worked on some changes and need new changes make a pull request Pull Request

Issues

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