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How to Download YouTube videos in Python.

seijind

George Karanikolas

Posted on May 21, 2020

How to Download YouTube videos in Python.

Hello everyone!

This tutorial is "How to Download Youtube videos in Python.

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Download Pytube Library 

pip install pytube # python2
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pip3 install pytube # python3
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pip install pytube3 # if not work with pytube.
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First of all, we need to import Pytube library : 

import pytube
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After that, You need copy the URL of the Youtube video : 

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFhwxzfXNc'
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Load url in function Youtube : 

 youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
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Set Streams Resolution : 

video = youtube.streams.first()
# or
video = youtube.streams.get_highest_resolution()
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Download Video : 

video.download() # In Same Folder
# or
video.download('/Downloads') # In Other Folder
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Get Information of Video : 

video.title # Title
video.video_id # Id
video.age_restricted # Age
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Streams Format : 

video.streams.all()
stream = video.streams.all()
for i in stream:
  print(i)
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Example 1 : 

import pytube

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFhwxzfXNc'

youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
video = youtube.streams.first()
video.download('../Video')
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Example 2 : 

import pytube

print("Give URL:")
url = input()

pytube.YouTube(url).streams.get_highest_resolution().download('../Video')
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I hope you liked it!

Library Creator : https://github.com/nficano/pytube
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seijind
George Karanikolas

Posted on May 21, 2020

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