| .. _playlist: | |
| Using Playlists | |
| =============== | |
| This guide will walk you through the basics of working with pytube Playlists. | |
| Creating a Playlist | |
| ------------------- | |
| Using pytube to interact with playlists is very simple. | |
| Begin by importing the Playlist class:: | |
| >>> from pytube import Playlist | |
| Now let's create a playlist object. You can do this by initializing the object with a playlist URL:: | |
| >>> p = Playlist('https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS1QulWo1RIaJECMeUT4LFwJ-ghgoSH6n') | |
| Or you can create one from a video link in a playlist:: | |
| >>> p = Playlist('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qgdwd3zAg&list=PLS1QulWo1RIaJECMeUT4LFwJ-ghgoSH6n') | |
| Now, we have a :class:`Playlist <pytube.Playlist>` object called ``p`` that we can do some work with. | |
| Interacting with a playlist | |
| --------------------------- | |
| Fundamentally, a Playlist object is just a container for YouTube objects. | |
| If, for example, we wanted to download all of the videos in a playlist, we would do the following:: | |
| >>> print(f'Downloading: {p.title}') | |
| Downloading: Python Tutorial for Beginers (For Absolute Beginners) | |
| >>> for video in p.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 p.video_urls[:3]: | |
| >>> print(url) | |
| ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qgdwd3zAg', | |
| 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbs7vmx3YwU', | |
| 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtX-Rmoea0M'] | |
| And that's basically all there is to it! | |