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A library to access YouTube Public Data without YouTubeAPI
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_GitHub <https://github.com/jnsougata/AioTube>
_REST API (BETA) <https://aiotube.deta.dev/>
_Installation <#installing>
_Building <#build-from-source>
_Quick Start <#quick-start>
_Usage <#usage>
_Channel <#channel>
_Video <#video>
_Playlist <#playlist>
_Python 3.6 or higher is required
.. code:: sh
# Linux/macOS
python3 -m pip install -U aiotube
.. code:: sh
# Windows
python -m pip install -U aiotube
.. code:: sh
pip install git+https://github.com/jnsougata/aiotube
.. code:: py
import aiotube
channel = aiotube.Channel('UCU9FEimjiOV3zN_5kujbCMQ')
print(channel.metadata) # channel metadata in dict format
video = aiotube.Video('WVDT4lSozHk')
print(video.metadata) # video metadata in dict format
playlist = aiotube.Playlist('PL-xXQjd8X_Q-xXQjd8X_Q-xXQjd8X_Q-')
print(playlist.metadata) # playlist metadata in dict format
search = aiotube.Search.video('YouTube Rewind 2018')
print(search.metadata) # searched video metadata in dict format
search = aiotube.Search.channel('PewDiePie')
print(search.metadata) # searched channel metadata in dict format
search = aiotube.Search.playlist('Unlock Your Third Eye')
print(search.metadata) # searched playlist metadata in dict format
Channel
.. csv-table::
:header: "Method", "Return Type", "Description"
:widths: 80, 80, 100
"live()", "bool", "Returns True if the channel is live"
"streaming_now()", "Video", "Returns the video the channel is streaming now"
"current_streams()", "List[str]", "Returns a list of ids of currently streaming videos"
"old_streams()", "List[str]", "Returns a list of ids of previously streaming videos"
"video_count()", "int", "Returns the number of videos uploaded by the channel"
"upcoming()", "Video", "Returns a video object of the upcoming video"
"upcomings()", "List[str]", "Returns a list of ids of upcoming videos"
"playlists()", "List[str]", "Returns a Playlist object"
"uploads(limit: int)", "List[str]", "Returns a list of video ids of the uploaded videos"
"last_uploaded()", "Video", "Video object of the most recently uploaded video"
"last_streamed()", "Video", "Video object of the most recently streamed video"
.. csv-table::
:header: "Properties", "Return Types", "Description"
:widths: 80, 80, 100
"metadata", "dict", "Returns the metadata of the channel in dict format"
Video
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.. csv-table::
:header: "Properties", "Return Types", "Description"
:widths: 80, 80, 100
"metadata", "Dict[str, Any]", "dictionary of video metadata"
Playlist
.. csv-table:: :header: "Property", "Return Type", "Description" :widths: 80, 80, 100
"metadata", "Dict[str, Any]", "dictionary of playlist metadata"
Search
.. csv-table::
:header: "Methods", "Return Types", "Description"
:widths: 80, 80, 100
"channel(name: str)", "Channel", "Channel object of the channel with the given keywords"
"video(name: str)", "Video", "Video object of the video with the given keywords"
"playlist(name: str)", "Playlist", "Playlist object of the playlist with the given keywords"
"channels(name: str, limit: int)", "List[str]", "list of channel ids of the channels found with the given keywords"
"videos(name: str, limit: int)", "List[str]", "list of video ids of the videos found with the given keywords"
"playlists(name: str, limit: int)", "List[str]", "list of playlist ids of the playlists found with the given keywords"
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Access YouTube Public Data without YouTube API
We found that aiotube demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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