YTchannel
YouTube channel & video details extractor
Features
Retrieve:-
- Youtube Channel details
- Youtube Video details
Requirements
You need to install requests module
pip install requests
Installation
pip install YTchannel
Importing
import YTchannel.YT as ytFor Channel details
channel = yt.Channel()Calling with a Id and API key
The first parameter must be the Channel id Check below example https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_channel_id here in this example the channel id is UC_channel_id
try:
channel.startChannel(UC_channel_id,YOUR_API_KEY)
except KeyError:
#Invalid channel id
except ConnectionError:
#Connection error
except:
#Something went wrongCheck if the request is success
result = channel.getChannel() #this will return all details in a dictionary
if result['result'] == 'OK':
#No problem do your thing
else:
#Something wrong like - no channel found or invalid api key
#use result['code'] to get the error code or result['message'] to know the messageHow to get details
print(result) #this will print all the details of a channel in a dictionaryFor video details
video = yt.Video()Calling with a Id and API key
The first parameter must be the video id Check below example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video_id here in this example the video id is video_id
try:
video.startVideo(video_id,YOUR_API_KEY)
except KeyError:
#Invalid video id
except ConnectionError:
#Connection error
except:
#Something went wrongCheck if the request is success
resultVideo = video.getVideo() #this will return all details in a dictionary
if resultVideo['result'] == 'OK':
#No problem do your thing
else:
#Something wrong like - no video found or invalid api key
#use resultVideo['code'] to get the error code or resultVideo['message'] to know the messageHow to get details
print(resultVideo) #this will print all the details of a video in a dictionaryAny issues?
Create an issue on github
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