TVect / youtube-comment-downloader

Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API

youtube-comment-downloader

Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API. The output is in line delimited JSON.

Dependencies

• Python 2.7+
• requests
• lxml
• cssselect

The python packages can be installed with

pip install requests
pip install lxml
pip install cssselect

Usage

usage: downloader.py [--help] [--youtubeid YOUTUBEID] [--output OUTPUT]

Download Youtube comments without using the Youtube API

optional arguments:
  --help, -h            Show this help message and exit
  --youtubeid YOUTUBEID, -y YOUTUBEID
                        ID of Youtube video for which to download the comments
  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                        Output filename (output format is line delimited JSON)

For example:

python downloader.py --youtubeid ScMzIvxBSi4 --output ScMzIvxBSi4.json

For Youtube IDs starting with - (dash) you will need to run the script with: -y=-idwithdash or --youtubeid=-idwithdash