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| From | Thomas Kandler <hallo@thomaskandler.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script |
| Date | 2013-09-27 09:27 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <bakqbrFprmqU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <AaY0u.152844$6P7.33824@fx26.am4> |
On 26.09.2013 17:13, Bill wrote: > I have been using the script youtube-dl http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ > > And I was wondering if there is a way to download all of a user's > favorites or uploads. > > The script has a functionality to download all videos in a txt file. So > if there is a way using the youtube API or JSON (none of which I am > familiar with) to bring up a list of all these videos then it'd be a > simple case putting these urls into a file. > > The problem is youtube displays favorites or user uploads in pages or > infinite scroll. So it is difficult to access them by the BeautifulSoup > module. > > > What do you suggest? Regarding the uploads: most profiles do have something called 'Popular Uploads' or 'Recent Uploads'. Hover with the mouse over the link, a 'play'-Button appears, click it, copy the URL (should have a &list parameter), paste the URL in youtube-dl (or a txt-file) and it will fetch all videos. I am not sure if this works for favorites, too, but that's the way I do it.
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Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Bill <Bill@bill.com> - 2013-09-26 16:13 +0100
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-09-26 11:21 -0400
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Bill <bill@bill.com> - 2013-09-26 19:14 +0100
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-26 19:33 +0100
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de> - 2013-09-26 17:35 +0200
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Bill <bill@bill.com> - 2013-09-26 19:15 +0100
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Thomas Kandler <hallo@thomaskandler.net> - 2013-09-27 09:27 +0200
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Bill <bill@bill.com> - 2013-09-27 20:50 +0100
Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script Thomas Kandler <hallo@thomaskandler.net> - 2013-09-27 22:19 +0200
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