🎥 Don’t just watch. Python can download YouTube videos.
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Welcome back to Pandas Daily! Your daily 5-minute boost to becoming confident in Python. We all watch YouTube - almost daily. Only a few however know how to control it with Python. Today we will use pytubefix - a Python library that provides access to YouTube. Know video stats (# views, upload date) or download them, all in a line of code ⚠️ Note: Respect YouTube’s terms and download only content you own or have permission for. 📦 Install pytubefix
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pip install pytubefix
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🏡 Basic housekeeping - Check version
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import pytubefix print(pytubefix.__version__)
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'9.5.0'
🏡 Basic housekeeping - Import "YouTube" class directly Pandas Daily readers know why this works better than importing all of pytubefix (above snippet)
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from pytubefix import YouTube
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🎬 Create YouTube object (yt) - Swifties will love it ❣️
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url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_0zPAfyo8" yt = YouTube(url)
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🏆 Video Title 💖
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yt.title
Out:
'Taylor Swift – august (Official Lyric Video)'
🏷️ Know important stats right away
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print(yt.length) print(yt.author) print(yt.publish_date) print(yt.views)
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264 TaylorSwiftVEVO 2020-07-23 21:00:15-07:00 126155556 📥 Download and save on your machine
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stream = yt.streams.get_highest_resolution() stream.download()
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'/user/home/directory/path/Taylor Swift – august (Official Lyric Video).mp4'
💡 Want to know how to save video somewhere else? Or download in a different resolution? Tune in tomorrow!! ⭐📣 That's it for today! If you liked it, please share it with anyone who will find it useful and share your feedback below 🐼
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