Using Channels¶
This guide will walk you through the basics of working with pytube Channels.
Creating a Channel¶
Using pytube to interact with channels is similar to interacting with playlists. Begin by importing the Channel class:
>>> from pytube import Channel
Now let’s create a channel object. You can do this by initializing the object with a channel URL:
>>> c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/c/ProgrammingKnowledge')
Or you can create one from a link to the channel’s video page:
>>> c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/c/ProgrammingKnowledge/videos')
Now, we have a Channel
object called c
that we can do some work with.
Interacting with a channel¶
Fundamentally, a Channel object is just a container for YouTube objects.
If, for example, we wanted to download all of the videos created by a channel, we would do the following:
>>> print(f'Downloading videos by: {c.channel_name}')
Downloading videos by: ProgrammingKnowledge
>>> for video in c.videos:
>>> video.streams.first().download()
Or, if we’re only interested in the URLs for the videos, we can look at those as well:
>>> for url in c.video_urls[:3]:
>>> print(url)
['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMqMU1U2MCU',
'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfInrtWq8Y',
'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP9WrMw6Gzg']
And that’s basically all there is to it!