aiotube-shorts

A fork of a library to access YouTube Public Data without YouTubeAPI, modified to access Shorts.

• jnsougata's Discord
• jnsougata's GitHub
• jnsougata's REST API (BETA)
• this repo's releases

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Building
• Quick Start
• Usage
• Channel
• Video
• Playlist

Installing

Python 3.6 or higher is required

# Linux/macOS
python3 -m pip install -U aiotube

# Windows
python -m pip install -U aiotube

Build from source

pip install git+https://github.com/jnsougata/aiotube

Quick Start

import aiotube


channel = aiotube.Channel('@GYROOO')
print(channel.metadata)


video = aiotube.Video('WVDT4lSozHk')
print(video.metadata)


playlist = aiotube.Playlist('PL-xXQjd8X_Q-xXQjd8X_Q-xXQjd8X_Q-')
print(playlist.metadata)


search = aiotube.Search.video('YouTube Rewind 2018')
print(search.metadata)


search = aiotube.Search.channel('PewDiePie')
print(search.metadata)


search = aiotube.Search.playlist('Unlock Your Third Eye')
print(search.metadata)

Usage

Channel

Property	Return Type	Description
live	bool	Returns True if the channel is live
streaming_now	str	Returns the video id of the ongoing livestream
current_streams	List[str]	Returns a list of ids of ongoing livestreams
old_streams	List[str]	Returns a list of ids of old livestreams
video_count	int	Returns total number of videos uploaded by the channel
upcoming	Video	Returns a video object of the upcoming video
upcomings	List[str]	Returns a list of ids of upcoming videos
playlists	List[str]	Returns a list of playlist ids
metadata	Dict[str, Any]	Returns the metadata of the channel in dict format
last_uploaded	Video	Most recently uploaded short of the channel
last_streamed	Video	Most recently completed livestream of the channel

Method	Return Types	Description
uploads(limit: int | None)	List[str]	Returns a list of video ids of the uploaded SHORTS.

Video

Properties	Return Types	Description
metadata	Dict[str, Any]	Returns the metadata of the video in dict format

Playlist

Properties	Return Types	Description
metadata	Dict[str, Any]	Returns the metadata of the playlist in dict format

Search

Method	Return Type	Description
channel(name: str)	Channel	Finds a channel with the given keywords
video(name: str)	Video	Finds a video with the given keywords
playlist(name: str)	Playlist	Finds a playlist with the given keywords
channels(name: str, limit: int | None)	List[str]	Finds all channels that match the given keywords
videos(name: str, limit: int | None)	List[str]	Finds all videos that match the given keywords
playlists(name: str, limit: int | None)	List[str]	Finds all playlists that match the given keywords

Possible Exceptions

Class	Description
InvalidURL	Raised when then url is not a valid YouTube endpoint
TooManyRequests	Raised when client IP receives soft ban from YouTube
RequestError	Raised for any type of request error not handled by the library