youtube-extract 1.4.0

Description:

youtubeextract 1.4.0

youtube_extract



Extract metadata for all videos from a youtube channel and exports it into a csv or xlsx file.
Be sure to read the csv file using the tab character \t as field separator in your spreadsheet software of choice.
As of now it's quite slow and unpredictable, expect ~400 seconds for extracting all videos metadata from a channel containing 400 videos.
Fields extracted



Field
Description




author
Channel Name


channel_url
Channel URL


title
Video Title


webpage_url
Video URL


view_count
View Count


like_count
Like Count


duration
Duration in seconds


upload_date
Upload Date in YYYYMMDD Format


tags
Tags


categories
Categories


description
Description


thumbnail
Thumbnail URL


best_format
Highest Format Available


filesize_bytes
Filesize in bytes



Requirements

python >=3.8
yt-dlp
pandas
openpyxl

Installation
Preferred install method
pip install youtube_extract

If you are an Archlinux user, you can install the AUR package youtube_extract-git.
Run from source
First method (installing the youtube_extract package)
git clone https://github.com/dbeley/youtube_extract
cd youtube_extract
python setup.py install
youtube_extract -h

Second method (installing only the dependencies)
git clone https://github.com/dbeley/youtube_extract
cd youtube_extract
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m youtube_extract -h

Third method (installing the youtube_extract package with pipenv)
git clone https://github.com/dbeley/youtube_extract
cd youtube_extract
pipenv install '-e .'
pipenv run youtube_extract -h

Usage
If installed :
youtube_extract CHANNEL_URL
# or xlsx format
youtube_extract CHANNEL_URL -e xlsx

Otherwise, in the directory containing the source code :
python -m youtube_extract CHANNEL_URL
# or xlsx format
python -m youtube_extract CHANNEL_URL -e xlsx

Help
youtube_extract -h

usage: youtube_extract [-h] [--debug] [-e EXPORT_FORMAT] [channel_url]

Extract metadata for all videos from a youtube channel into a csv or xlsx
file.

positional arguments:
channel_url Youtube channel url.

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug Display debugging information.
-e EXPORT_FORMAT, --export_format EXPORT_FORMAT
Export format (csv or xlsx). Default : csv.