ytool

A command-line interface to the YouTube data API.

Status

Alpha. Not much is implemented, and breaking changes may occur.

Installation

Install or update via the go command:

go get -u github.com/jangler/ytool

Usage

ytool

Usage: ytool <cmd> [<arg>]...

A command-line interface to the YouTube data API. If not enough
command-line arguments are specified for a command, remaining arguments
are read from standard input.

For help regarding a specific command, see 'ytool <cmd> -h'.

Commands:
  playlist  print the URLs of videos in a playlist
  search    print the URLs of resources matching a query
  title     print the title of a video or playlist at a URL

ytool playlist

Usage: ytool playlist <url>

Print the URLs of the videos in the playlist at <url>, up to a maximum
of 50 videos.

ytool search

Usage: ytool search [<option>]... <query>...

Search YouTube for <query> (joined by spaces if multiple arguments are
given) and print the URLs of the top matches in descending order by
relevance.

Options:
  -n=1: maximum number of results, in the range [0, 50]
  -type="video,channel,playlist": restrict search to given resource types

ytool title

Usage: ytool title <url>

Print the title of the video or playlist at <url>.

Examples

$ ytool search -type=video ilkae | tee >(ytool title)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tCIJPYB3xUU
Ilkae - Ampersand
$ ytool search -type=playlist can future days | ytool playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbAmpn-_yEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7za3-tbYtPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rac1sLmyIPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThV4wwYSvHY

License

Public domain.