✨ Add Example: List Videos for Channel

examples/list-channel-videos.py

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+import random
+import time
+
+from innertube import InnerTube
+
+
+def delay():
+ # A random duration between 2s and 5s
+ secs = random.randint(2000, 5000) / 1000
+
+ time.sleep(secs)
+
+
+def list_videos(channel_id=None, /, *, continuation=None):
+ # Client for YouTube (Web)
+ client = InnerTube("WEB", "2.20230728.00.00")
+
+ # If this is the first video listing, browse the "Videos" page
+ if continuation is None:
+ # Fetch the browse data for the channel
+ channel_data = client.browse(channel_id)
+
+ # Extract the tab renderer for the "Videos" tab of the channel
+ videos_tab_renderer = channel_data["contents"][
+ "twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer"
+ ]["tabs"][1]["tabRenderer"]
+
+ # Make sure this tab is the "Videos" tab
+ assert videos_tab_renderer["title"] == "Videos"
+
+ # Extract the browse params for the "Videos" tab of the channel
+ videos_params = videos_tab_renderer["endpoint"]["browseEndpoint"]["params"]
+
+ # Wait a bit so that Google doesn't suspect us of being a bot
+ delay()
+
+ # Fetch the browse data for the channel's videos
+ videos_data = client.browse(channel_id, params=videos_params)
+
+ # Extract the contents list
+ contents = videos_data["contents"]["twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer"]["tabs"][1][
+ "tabRenderer"
+ ]["content"]["richGridRenderer"]["contents"]
+ else:
+ # Fetch more videos by using the continuation token
+ continued_videos_data = client.browse(continuation=continuation)
+
+ contents = continued_videos_data["onResponseReceivedActions"][0][
+ "appendContinuationItemsAction"
+ ]["continuationItems"]
+
+ # Extract the rich video items and the continuation item
+ *rich_items, continuation_item = contents
+
+ # Loop through each video and log out its details
+ for rich_item in rich_items:
+ video_renderer = rich_item["richItemRenderer"]["content"]["videoRenderer"]
+
+ video_id = video_renderer["videoId"]
+ video_title = video_renderer["title"]["runs"][0]["text"]
+
+ print(f"[{video_id}] {video_title}")
+
+ # Extract the continuation token
+ continuation_token = continuation_item["continuationItemRenderer"][
+ "continuationEndpoint"
+ ]["continuationCommand"]["token"]
+
+ return continuation_token
+
+
+channel_browse_id = "UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw" # Linus Tech Tips
+
+# List the initial videos
+continuation = list_videos(channel_browse_id)
+
+# Wait a bit so that Google doesn't suspect us of being a bot
+delay()
+
+# Print an empty line to demarcate the initial items from the continuation
+print()
+
+# List the videos from the first continuation
+list_videos(continuation=continuation)