A tool to easily scrape youtube data using the Google API
YouTube data scraper
To easily scrape any data from the youtube homepage, a youtube channel/user, search results, playlists, and a single video itself. Requires Python 3.6+
Installing
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$ python3 Web-Youtube.py -h
Works with: YouTube Homepage, youtube search, channel/user, video, and playlists
Usage: Web-Youtube.py [OPTIONS]
--link YouTube link
--api Google/YouTube API key
--comments Get comments from YouTube videos
[turning on will increase program run time]
--subtitles Get subtitles from YouTube videos
--durationseconds Get seconds from YouTube video duration
--version List version release
--help This help menu
Example:
Web-Youtube.py --link [youtube_link] --api [your_api_key] --comments --subtitles --durationseconds
Supported YouTube Link Styles:
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=valuetainment
https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickbetdavid
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGX7nGXpz-CmO_Arg-cgJ7A
Sample Output
$ python3 Web-Youtube.py --link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dgZQsjR6s --api 6d5f807e23db210bc254a28be2d6759a0f5f5d99