A lightweight YouTube data scraper.
To install from PyPI with pip:
$ pip install youthon
You can add youthon as a dependency with the following command
$ poetry add youthon
import youthon
channel = youthon.Channel("https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie")
print(channel.name) # PewDiePie
print(channel.description) # I make videos.
print(channel.channel_url) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw
print(channel.profile_photo_url) # https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/5oUY3tashyxfqsjO5SGhjT4dus8FkN9CsAHwXWISFrdPYii1FudD4ICtLfuCw6-THJsJbgoY=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj
print(channel.channel_id) # UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw
# The following two variables may produce different results depending on your geolocation.
print(channel.subscribers_count)
print(channel.video_count)
print(channel.videos_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/videos
print(channel.shorts_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/shorts
print(channel.community_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/community
print(channel.featured_channels_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/channels
print(channel.playlists_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/playlists
print(channel.about_page) # https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw/about
import youthon
video = youthon.Video("https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w")
print(video.title) # Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children
print(video.description) # a loooong description :)
print(video.author) # Baby Shark - Pinkfong Kidsโ Songs & Stories
print(video.video_url) # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w
print(video.views) # 14941899516
print(video.thumbnail_url) #https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XqZsoesa55w/maxresdefault.jpg
print(video.date_published) # 2016-06-17 16:00:30-07:00
print(video.legth_seconds) # 136
print(video.isLiveContent) # False
print(video.is_private) # False
print(video.genre) # Education
import youthon
playlist = youthon.Playlist("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DyBUG242c&list=PLRBp0Fe2Gpgm_u2w2a2isHw29SugZ34cD&ab_channel=NoCopyrightSounds")
print(playlist.title) # NCS : The Top 100 Biggest Songs ๐
print(playlist.author.name) # NoCopyrightSounds
print(playlist.total_videos) # 100
print(playlist.playlist_id) # PLRBp0Fe2Gpgm_u2w2a2isHw29SugZ34cD
print(playlist.playlist_url) # https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRBp0Fe2Gpgm_u2w2a2isHw29SugZ34cD
print(playlist.video_urls) # ['https://youtube.com/watch/?v=K4DyBUG242c', 'https://youtube.com/watch/?v=3nQNiWdeH2Q', 'https://youtube.com/watch/?v=J2X5mJ3HDYE', ... ]
Contributions are always welcome!
See contributing.md
for ways to get started.
Please adhere to this project's code of conduct
.
The project is MIT licensed.