nicoclient

A python client to interact with nicovideo.jp.

Installation

pip install nicoclient

Features

Get video metadata

metadata = nicoclient.get_video('sm34734479')

{
  "id": "sm34734479",
  "views": 3033,
  "likes": 163,
  "thumbnail_url": "http://tn.smilevideo.jp/smile?i=34734479.81262",
  "title": "出来るだけ感情的に「ヘイトクライム」を歌いました。",
  "uploader_id": "33765098",
  "description": "最後まで聴いてもらえると嬉しいです。素晴らしい原曲  sm33841308MIX　みけ　mylist/58924781　https://twitter.com/rnike_san 歌　ててて　mylist/41403147　https://twitter.com/tetete2525"
}

Get trending videos

videos = nicoclient.get_daily_trending_utattemita_videos()
for video in videos:
    print(f"'{video['id']}' has {video['views']} views and {video['likes']} likes")

'sm34658459' has 40057 views and 1293 likes
'sm34248511' has 278194 views and 14274 likes
'sm34676260' has 96529 views and 6554 likes
...

Get videos in a playlist

playlist = nicoclient.get_playlist('58924781')
for video in playlist.videos:
    print(f"'{video.id}' has {video.views} views and {video.likes} likes")

'sm29118726' has 1104 views and 28 likes
'sm29299741' has 837 views and 19 likes
'sm29816849' has 1476 views and 32 likes
...

Get related videos

Use case 1

If the video is a Vocaloid Original, then the function returns Utattemita videos.

related_videos = nicoclient.get_related_videos('sm32076378')
print('\n'.join([v['title'] for v in related_videos]))

"ドラマツルギー 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"ドラマツルギー　歌ってみた【そらる】",
"【ウォルピス社】ドラマツルギーを歌ってみました【提供】",
"【浦島坂田船歌ってみたツアー】ドラマツルギー【うらたぬき】",
"【爽快に】ドラマツルギー 歌ってみた ver.Sou",
"『ドラマツルギー』を 歌ってみた。by天月",
...

Use case 2

If the video is NOT a Vocaloid Original, then the function returns other videos by the uploader.

related_videos = nicoclient.get_related_videos('sm32103696')
print('\n'.join([v['title'] for v in related_videos]))

"Marygold 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"沙上の夢喰い少女 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"BEAUTIFUL DREAMER 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"夜と虹色 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"Starduster 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
"ピエロ 歌ってみた【りぶ】",
...