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| Using Playlists |
| =============== |
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| This guide will walk you through the basics of working with pytube Playlists. |
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| Creating a Playlist |
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| Using pytube to interact with playlists is very simple. |
| Begin by importing the Playlist class:: |
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| >>> from pytube import Playlist |
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| Now let's create a playlist object. You can do this by initializing the object with a playlist URL:: |
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| >>> p = Playlist('https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS1QulWo1RIaJECMeUT4LFwJ-ghgoSH6n') |
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| Or you can create one from a video link in a playlist:: |
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| >>> p = Playlist('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qgdwd3zAg&list=PLS1QulWo1RIaJECMeUT4LFwJ-ghgoSH6n') |
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| Now, we have a :class:`Playlist <pytube.Playlist>` object called ``p`` that we can do some work with. |
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| Interacting with a playlist |
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| Fundamentally, a Playlist object is just a container for YouTube objects. |
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| If, for example, we wanted to download all of the videos in a playlist, we would do the following:: |
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| >>> print(f'Downloading: {p.title}') |
| Downloading: Python Tutorial for Beginers (For Absolute Beginners) |
| >>> for video in p.videos: |
| >>> video.streams.first().download() |
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| Or, if we're only interested in the URLs for the videos, we can look at those as well:: |
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| >>> for url in p.video_urls[:3]: |
| >>> print(url) |
| ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qgdwd3zAg', |
| 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbs7vmx3YwU', |
| 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtX-Rmoea0M'] |
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| And that's basically all there is to it! |
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