YouTube Comments Scraper

This repository contains a script that scrapes comments from YouTube videos using the YouTube Data API v3.

Requirements

• Python 3.11.0
• A Google account with access to the YouTube Data API v3

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install the required dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. Follow the instructions here to create a project, enable the YouTube Data API v3, and obtain an API key.
4. Set the YOUTUBE_API_KEY environment variable to your API key.

Usage

To scrape comments from a video, run the script with the video ID as an argument:

python scraper.py VIDEO_ID

you can see it in action at https://rahim-khan.azurewebsites.net/ The script will output the comments to a file named comments_VIDEO_ID.txt.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.