import re import urllib.parse import collections def get(object, key, default=None, types=()): '''Like dict.get(), but returns default if the result doesn't match one of the types. Also works for indexing lists.''' try: result = object[key] except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError): return default if not types or isinstance(result, types): return result else: return default def multi_get(object, *keys, default=None, types=()): '''Like get, but try other keys if the first fails''' for key in keys: try: result = object[key] except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError): pass else: if not types or isinstance(result, types): return result else: continue return default def deep_get(object, *keys, default=None, types=()): '''Like dict.get(), but for nested dictionaries/sequences, supporting keys or indices. Last argument is the default value to use in case of any IndexErrors or KeyErrors. If types is given and the result doesn't match one of those types, default is returned''' try: for key in keys: object = object[key] except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError): return default else: if not types or isinstance(object, types): return object else: return default def multi_deep_get(object, *key_sequences, default=None, types=()): '''Like deep_get, but can try different key sequences in case one fails. Return default if all of them fail. key_sequences is a list of lists''' for key_sequence in key_sequences: _object = object try: for key in key_sequence: _object = _object[key] except (TypeError, IndexError, KeyError): pass else: if not types or isinstance(_object, types): return _object else: continue return default def liberal_update(obj, key, value): '''Updates obj[key] with value as long as value is not None. Ensures obj[key] will at least get a value of None, however''' if (value is not None) or (key not in obj): obj[key] = value def conservative_update(obj, key, value): '''Only updates obj if it doesn't have key or obj[key] is None''' if obj.get(key) is None: obj[key] = value def concat_or_none(*strings): '''Concatenates strings. Returns None if any of the arguments are None''' result = '' for string in strings: if string is None: return None result += string return result def remove_redirect(url): if url is None: return None if re.fullmatch(r'(((https?:)?//)?(www.)?youtube.com)?/redirect\?.*', url) is not None: # youtube puts these on external links to do tracking query_string = url[url.find('?')+1: ] return urllib.parse.parse_qs(query_string)['q'][0] return url youtube_url_re = re.compile(r'^(?:(?:(?:https?:)?//)?(?:www\.)?youtube\.com)?(/.*)$') def normalize_url(url): if url is None: return None match = youtube_url_re.fullmatch(url) if match is None: raise Exception() return 'https://www.youtube.com' + match.group(1) def _recover_urls(runs): for run in runs: url = deep_get(run, 'navigationEndpoint', 'urlEndpoint', 'url') text = run.get('text', '') # second condition is necessary because youtube makes other things into urls, such as hashtags, which we want to keep as text if url is not None and (text.startswith('http://') or text.startswith('https://')): url = remove_redirect(url) run['url'] = url run['text'] = url # youtube truncates the url text, use actual url instead def extract_str(node, default=None, recover_urls=False): '''default is the value returned if the extraction fails. If recover_urls is true, will attempt to fix Youtube's truncation of url text (most prominently seen in descriptions)''' if isinstance(node, str): return node try: return node['simpleText'] except (KeyError, TypeError): pass if isinstance(node, dict) and 'runs' in node: if recover_urls: _recover_urls(node['runs']) return ''.join(text_run.get('text', '') for text_run in node['runs']) return default def extract_formatted_text(node): if not node: return [] if 'runs' in node: _recover_urls(node['runs']) return node['runs'] elif 'simpleText' in node: return [{'text': node['simpleText']}] return [] def extract_int(string, default=None): if isinstance(string, int): return string if not isinstance(string, str): string = extract_str(string) if not string: return default match = re.search(r'\b(\d+)\b', string.replace(',', '')) if match is None: return default try: return int(match.group(1)) except ValueError: return default def extract_approx_int(string): '''e.g. "15.1M" from "15.1M subscribers"''' if not isinstance(string, str): string = extract_str(string) if not string: return None match = re.search(r'\b(\d+(?:\.\d+)?[KMBTkmbt]?)\b', string.replace(',', '')) if match is None: return None return match.group(1) MONTH_ABBREVIATIONS = {'jan':'1', 'feb':'2', 'mar':'3', 'apr':'4', 'may':'5', 'jun':'6', 'jul':'7', 'aug':'8', 'sep':'9', 'oct':'10', 'nov':'11', 'dec':'12'} def extract_date(date_text): '''Input: "Mar 9, 2019". Output: "2019-3-9"''' if not isinstance(date_text, str): date_text = extract_str(date_text) if date_text is None: return None date_text = date_text.replace(',', '').lower() parts = date_text.split() if len(parts) >= 3: month, day, year = parts[-3:] month = MONTH_ABBREVIATIONS.get(month[0:3]) # slicing in case they start writing out the full month name if month and (re.fullmatch(r'\d\d?', day) is not None) and (re.fullmatch(r'\d{4}', year) is not None): return year + '-' + month + '-' + day return None def check_missing_keys(object, *key_sequences): for key_sequence in key_sequences: _object = object try: for key in key_sequence: _object = _object[key] except (KeyError, IndexError, TypeError): return 'Could not find ' + key return None def extract_item_info(item, additional_info={}): if not item: return {'error': 'No item given'} type = get(list(item.keys()), 0) if not type: return {'error': 'Could not find type'} item = item[type] info = {'error': None} if type in ('itemSectionRenderer', 'compactAutoplayRenderer'): return extract_item_info(deep_get(item, 'contents', 0), additional_info) if type in ('movieRenderer', 'clarificationRenderer'): info['type'] = 'unsupported' return info info.update(additional_info) # type looks like e.g. 'compactVideoRenderer' or 'gridVideoRenderer' # camelCase split, https://stackoverflow.com/a/37697078 type_parts = [s.lower() for s in re.sub(r'([A-Z][a-z]+)', r' \1', type).split()] if len(type_parts) < 2: info['type'] = 'unsupported' return primary_type = type_parts[-2] if primary_type == 'video': info['type'] = 'video' elif primary_type in ('playlist', 'radio', 'show'): info['type'] = 'playlist' elif primary_type == 'channel': info['type'] = 'channel' elif type == 'videoWithContextRenderer': # stupid exception info['type'] = 'video' primary_type = 'video' else: info['type'] = 'unsupported' # videoWithContextRenderer changes it to 'headline' just to be annoying info['title'] = extract_str(multi_get(item, 'title', 'headline')) if primary_type != 'channel': info['author'] = extract_str(multi_get(item, 'longBylineText', 'shortBylineText', 'ownerText')) info['author_id'] = extract_str(multi_deep_get(item, ['longBylineText', 'runs', 0, 'navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId'], ['shortBylineText', 'runs', 0, 'navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId'], ['ownerText', 'runs', 0, 'navigationEndpoint', 'browseEndpoint', 'browseId'] )) info['author_url'] = ('https://www.youtube.com/channel/' + info['author_id']) if info['author_id'] else None info['description'] = extract_formatted_text(multi_get(item, 'descriptionSnippet', 'descriptionText')) info['thumbnail'] = multi_deep_get(item, ['thumbnail', 'thumbnails', 0, 'url'], # videos ['thumbnails', 0, 'thumbnails', 0, 'url'], # playlists ['thumbnailRenderer', 'showCustomThumbnailRenderer', 'thumbnail', 'thumbnails', 0, 'url'], # shows ) info['badges'] = [] for badge_node in multi_get(item, 'badges', 'ownerBadges', default=()): badge = deep_get(badge_node, 'metadataBadgeRenderer', 'label') if badge: info['badges'].append(badge) if primary_type in ('video', 'playlist'): info['time_published'] = None timestamp = re.search(r'(\d+ \w+ ago)', extract_str(item.get('publishedTimeText'), default='')) if timestamp: info['time_published'] = timestamp.group(1) if primary_type == 'video': info['id'] = item.get('videoId') info['view_count'] = extract_int(item.get('viewCountText')) # dig into accessibility data to get view_count for videos marked as recommended, and to get time_published accessibility_label = multi_deep_get(item, ['title', 'accessibility', 'accessibilityData', 'label'], ['headline', 'accessibility', 'accessibilityData', 'label'], default='') timestamp = re.search(r'(\d+ \w+ ago)', accessibility_label) if timestamp: conservative_update(info, 'time_published', timestamp.group(1)) view_count = re.search(r'(\d+) views', accessibility_label.replace(',', '')) if view_count: conservative_update(info, 'view_count', int(view_count.group(1))) if info['view_count']: info['approx_view_count'] = '{:,}'.format(info['view_count']) else: info['approx_view_count'] = extract_approx_int(item.get('shortViewCountText')) # handle case where it is "No views" if not info['approx_view_count']: if ('No views' in item.get('shortViewCountText', '') or 'no views' in accessibility_label.lower()): info['view_count'] = 0 info['approx_view_count'] = '0' info['duration'] = extract_str(item.get('lengthText')) # if it's an item in a playlist, get its index if 'index' in item: # url has wrong index on playlist page info['index'] = extract_int(item.get('index')) elif 'indexText' in item: # Current item in playlist has ▶ instead of the actual index, must # dig into url match = re.search(r'index=(\d+)', deep_get(item, 'navigationEndpoint', 'commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url', default='')) if match is None: # worth a try then info['index'] = extract_int(item.get('indexText')) else: info['index'] = int(match.group(1)) else: info['index'] = None elif primary_type in ('playlist', 'radio'): info['id'] = item.get('playlistId') info['video_count'] = extract_int(item.get('videoCount')) elif primary_type == 'channel': info['id'] = item.get('channelId') info['approx_subscriber_count'] = extract_approx_int(item.get('subscriberCountText')) elif primary_type == 'show': info['id'] = deep_get(item, 'navigationEndpoint', 'watchEndpoint', 'playlistId') if primary_type in ('playlist', 'channel'): conservative_update(info, 'video_count', extract_int(item.get('videoCountText'))) for overlay in item.get('thumbnailOverlays', []): conservative_update(info, 'duration', extract_str(deep_get( overlay, 'thumbnailOverlayTimeStatusRenderer', 'text' ))) # show renderers don't have videoCountText conservative_update(info, 'video_count', extract_int(deep_get( overlay, 'thumbnailOverlayBottomPanelRenderer', 'text' ))) return info def extract_response(polymer_json): '''return response, error''' # /youtubei/v1/browse endpoint returns response directly if isinstance(polymer_json, dict) and 'responseContext' in polymer_json: # this is the response return polymer_json, None response = multi_deep_get(polymer_json, [1, 'response'], ['response']) if response is None: return None, 'Failed to extract response' else: return response, None _item_types = { 'movieRenderer', 'didYouMeanRenderer', 'showingResultsForRenderer', 'videoRenderer', 'compactVideoRenderer', 'compactAutoplayRenderer', 'videoWithContextRenderer', 'gridVideoRenderer', 'playlistVideoRenderer', 'playlistRenderer', 'compactPlaylistRenderer', 'gridPlaylistRenderer', 'radioRenderer', 'compactRadioRenderer', 'gridRadioRenderer', 'showRenderer', 'compactShowRenderer', 'gridShowRenderer', 'channelRenderer', 'compactChannelRenderer', 'gridChannelRenderer', } def _traverse_browse_renderer(renderer): for tab in get(renderer, 'tabs', ()): tab_renderer = multi_get(tab, 'tabRenderer', 'expandableTabRenderer') if tab_renderer is None: continue if tab_renderer.get('selected', False): return get(tab_renderer, 'content', {}) print('Could not find tab with content') return {} def _traverse_standard_list(renderer): renderer_list = multi_get(renderer, 'contents', 'items', default=()) continuation = deep_get(renderer, 'continuations', 0, 'nextContinuationData', 'continuation') return renderer_list, continuation # these renderers contain one inside them nested_renderer_dispatch = { 'singleColumnBrowseResultsRenderer': _traverse_browse_renderer, 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer': _traverse_browse_renderer, 'twoColumnSearchResultsRenderer': lambda renderer: get(renderer, 'primaryContents', {}), } # these renderers contain a list of renderers inside them nested_renderer_list_dispatch = { 'sectionListRenderer': _traverse_standard_list, 'itemSectionRenderer': _traverse_standard_list, 'gridRenderer': _traverse_standard_list, 'playlistVideoListRenderer': _traverse_standard_list, 'singleColumnWatchNextResults': lambda r: (deep_get(r, 'results', 'results', 'contents', default=[]), None), } def get_nested_renderer_list_function(key): if key in nested_renderer_list_dispatch: return nested_renderer_list_dispatch[key] elif key.endswith('Continuation'): return _traverse_standard_list return None def extract_items_from_renderer(renderer, item_types=_item_types): ctoken = None items = [] iter_stack = collections.deque() current_iter = iter(()) while True: # mode 1: get a new renderer by iterating. # goes down the stack for an iterator if one has been exhausted if not renderer: try: renderer = current_iter.__next__() except StopIteration: try: current_iter = iter_stack.pop() except IndexError: return items, ctoken # Get new renderer or check that the one we got is good before # proceeding to mode 2 continue # mode 2: dig into the current renderer key, value = list(renderer.items())[0] # the renderer is an item if key in item_types: items.append(renderer) # has a list in it, add it to the iter stack elif get_nested_renderer_list_function(key): renderer_list, cont = get_nested_renderer_list_function(key)(value) if renderer_list: iter_stack.append(current_iter) current_iter = iter(renderer_list) if cont: ctoken = cont # new renderer nested inside this one elif key in nested_renderer_dispatch: renderer = nested_renderer_dispatch[key](value) continue # don't reset renderer to None renderer = None def extract_items(response, item_types=_item_types): '''return items, ctoken''' if 'continuationContents' in response: # sometimes there's another, empty, junk [something]Continuation key # find real one for key, renderer_cont in get(response, 'continuationContents', {}).items(): # e.g. commentSectionContinuation, playlistVideoListContinuation if key.endswith('Continuation'): items, cont = extract_items_from_renderer({key: renderer_cont}, item_types=item_types) if items: return items, cont return [], None elif 'contents' in response: renderer = get(response, 'contents', {}) return extract_items_from_renderer(renderer, item_types=item_types) else: return [], None