utuby
YouTube’s API is annoying to work with, and has lots of limitations. utuby is a simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API - No API rate limits. No restrictions. Extremely fast.
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| PyPI: | https://pypi.org/project/utuby/ |
| Repository: | https://github.com/santhoshse7en/utuby/ |
| Documentation: | https://santhoshse7en.github.io/utuby_doc/ |
Dependencies
- beautifulsoup4
- requests
- lxml
- cssselect
- vaderSentiment
- textblob
- pandas
Dependencies Installation
Use the package manager pip to install following
pip install -r requirements.txt
A Glance
Download it by clicking the green download button here on Github. You only need to parse specific YouTube URL as argument.
>>> from utuby.utuby import youtube
>>> url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjQFi-HP7po'
>>> youtube = youtube(url)
Directory of youtube class
>>> print(dir(youtube))
Examples for Extracting YouTube Channel Name
>>> youtube.channel_name
'Fully'
Examples Calculating Sentiment Scores for extracted YouTube Comments
>>> youtube.final_sentiment_scores
{'neu': 0.769, 'neg': 0.051, 'pos': 0.178, 'compound': 0.0}
Youtube Comments DataFrame
>>> youtube.youtube_comments_df.head()
Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.