This is a Python client for the YouTube Data API. The youtube-data-api package is a wrapper to simplify GET requests and JSON response parsing from the API. This package was written for version 3 of the API, with some minor future proofing.
We recommend you install this module using pip:
pip install youtube-data-api
If you want to use it from source, you'll have to install the dependencies manually:
pip install -r requirements.txt
In order to access the API, you'll need to get a service key from the Google Cloud Console.
Once you have it you can use the API key to initiate the YouTubeDataAPI class.
from youtube_api import YouTubeDataAPI
api_key = 'AKAIXXXXXXXX'
yt = YouTubeDataAPI(api_key)
yt.search('alexandria ocasio-cortez')
The yt object calls functions that automate the collection of data fields that are both visable and not-visable to everyday users.
Please refer to the documentation for details.
Static json files used for test are stored in ./tests/data.
To test, command line input make test.
For further information, please refer to ./tests/readme.md.
Written by Leon Yin and Megan Brown. Michael Liu helped write and document tests.
If you use this software in your research please cite it as:
@misc{leon_yin_2018_1414418,
author = {Leon Yin and
Megan Brown},
title = {SMAPPNYU/youtube-data-api},
month = sep,
year = 2018,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1414418},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1414418}
}
We are actively seeking core maintainers and contributors! We will be documenting best practices and procedures for contributing code If you see a typo or documentation that is not clear, please make a pull request!