YouTube Data API

YouTube is a social media platform that is often overlooked in academic research. This package seeks to make this data source more accessible, while introducing new applications and methods to analyze this platform.

This client is built for GET requests from public data on YouTube. It does not work for updating data on YouTube Channels you own, or getting data from managed accounts from the Reporting API.

You can find the software on Github.

Installation

You can download the package from PyPI:

pip install youtube-data-api

Quickstart

In order to access the API, you’ll need to get a service key from the Google Cloud Console.

from youtube_api import YouTubeDataAPI

api_key = 'AKAIXXXXXXXX'
yt = YouTubeDataAPI(api_key)

yt.search('alexandria ocasio-cortez')

There’s a more detailed section on the Quickstart page.

User Guide / Tutorial:

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