youtube-dl(1)
| YOUTUBE-DL(1) | youtube-dl | YOUTUBE-DL(1) |
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youtube-dl - youtube-dl 2021.12.17
youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and more sites. It can also be used in Python code.
DEVELOPER GUIDE
This section contains information for using youtube-dl from Python programs.
Using the youtube_dl module
When using the youtube_dl module, you start by creating an instance of YoutubeDL and adding all the available extractors:
>>> from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL >>> ydl = YoutubeDL() >>> ydl.add_default_info_extractors()
Extracting video information
You use the YoutubeDL.extract_info() method for getting the video information, which returns a dictionary:
>>> info = ydl.extract_info('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc', download=False)
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] BaW_jenozKc: Extracting video information
>>> info['title']
'youtube-dl test video "\'/\\ä↭𝕐'
>>> info['height'], info['width']
(720, 1280)
If you want to download or play the video you can get its url:
>>> info['url'] 'https://...'
Extracting playlist information
The playlist information is extracted in a similar way, but the dictionary is a bit different:
>>> playlist = ydl.extract_info('http://www.ted.com/playlists/13/open_source_open_world', download=False)
[TED] open_source_open_world: Downloading playlist webpage
...
>>> playlist['title']
'Open-source, open world'
You can access the videos in the playlist with the entries field:
>>> for video in playlist['entries']:
... print('Video #%d: %s' % (video['playlist_index'], video['title']))
Video #1: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination
Video #2: The year open data went worldwide
Video #3: Massive-scale online collaboration
Video #4: The art of asking
Video #5: How cognitive surplus will change the world
Video #6: The birth of Wikipedia
Video #7: Coding a better government
Video #8: The era of open innovation
Video #9: The currency of the new economy is trust
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2014, Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez
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