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#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Program to search and download YouTube videos """ from argparse import ArgumentParser from pathlib import Path try: from googlesearch import search from pytube import YouTube from pytube.exceptions import PytubeError except ImportError: raise SystemExit("pip3 install googlesearch-python pytube") def download_yt(search_term, amount): for link in search(f"{search_term} site=youtube.com", num_results=amount): yt = YouTube(link) try: video = yt.streams[0] except PytubeError: print("Skipping", link) continue if Path(video.default_filename).exists(): print(video.default_filename, "exists, skipping...") continue try: video.download() except PytubeError: print("Could not download", link) continue else: print(f"{video.default_filename} downloaded") def get_args(): parser = ArgumentParser(description="Search videos on youtube and download them") parser.add_argument("search", help="Search term") parser.add_argument("amount", type=int, help="Amount of results") return parser.parse_args() if __name__ == "__main__": args = get_args() try: download_yt(args.search, args.amount) except Exception as e: print("Bug in program")What I dislike, is the fact that I get sometimes channels and not videos.
Maybe there is a better googlesearch or a module, which can search videos on yt.
