ReplayChat

Warning :

ReplayChat is deprecated and will be removed.

This feature is already integrated into LiveChat

ReplayChat object

• fetches past chat data of archived videos and stores them in buffer with ThreadpoolExecutor.
• responds to user inquiries of get().
• invokes callback function with processed chat data.
• can retrieve chat data disabled by editing video.

from pytchat import ReplayChat
import time

chat = ReplayChat("gb01h_eT0pw", seektime = 1000, callback = disp)
while chat.is_alive():
  time.sleep(3)

def disp(data):
  for c in data.items:
    print(f"{c.datetime} [{c.author.name}]-{c.message} {c.amountString}")
    time.sleep(3)

#constructor params

name	type	required	remarks	default value
video_id	str	*	ID of youtube video.	-
processor	ChatProcessor			DefaultProcessor
buffer	Buffer		buffer of chat data fetched background.	Buffer(maxsize=20)
interruptable	bool			True
callback	func		[optional] function called from _listen() periodically.	None
done_callback	func		[optional] function called when listener ends.	None
direct_mode	bool		If True, invoke specified callback function without using buffer.	False
seektime	int		seek time of chat (seconds).	0 (*start of chat data. If youtube stores chatdata of waiting time, the start timestamp is negative value.)

get()

description	return value
Get processed chat data from buffer.	processed chat data

pause()

description	return value
pause chat fetching to buffer.	-

resume()

description	return value
resume chat fetching to buffer.	-

is_alive()

description	return value
Check if chat stream is alive.	bool

terminate()

description	return value
Terminate fetching chat.	-