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| Date | 2013-09-26 19:33 +0100 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: Download all youtube favorites with youtube-dl script |
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On 26/09/2013 19:14, Bill wrote: > Joel Goldstick wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bill <Bill@bill.com >> <mailto:Bill@bill.com>> wrote: >> >> I have been using the script youtube-dl >> http://rg3.github.io/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? >> -- >> https://mail.python.org/__mailman/listinfo/python-list >> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list> >> >> >> Have you looked at the youtube API? That would be better than screen >> scraping. https://developers.google.com/youtube/getting_started >> >> >> -- >> Joel Goldstick >> http://joelgoldstick.com > > I remember looking at this a while ago. These are the relevant sections > of the API: > > https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol?hl=en#User_Uploaded_Videos > > https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol?hl=en#Favorite_Videos > > The problem with the API is that with both of these, it only brings up > 25 videos e.g. https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/scooby1961/uploads > > Unless I'm missing something? There must be a way to bring up all of > them on one page right? Or at least cycle through the rest of them. > You _are_ missing something. That section of "#User_Uploaded_Videos" mentions the parameters "start-index" and "max-results". > Same problem with favorties: > https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/adambuxton/favorites/ >
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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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