ytsearch2 is a youtube-search fork. The main focus is adding new features and patches.

Example usage

Using URL

from youtube_search2 import YoutubeSearch

search_engine = YTSearch()
video_info = search_engine.search_by_url("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw")

output: {'id': 'jNQXAC9IVRw', 'title': 'Me at the zoo', 'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jNQXAC9IVRw/maxresdefault.jpg', 'duration': '19063'}

Using keyword

from youtube_search2 import YoutubeSearch

search_engine = YTSearch()
video_info = search_engine.search_by_term("Me at the zoo", max_results=1)

output: [{'id': 'jNQXAC9IVRw', 'thumbnails': ['https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jNQXAC9IVRw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE9COADEI4CSFryq4qpAy8IARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDeAHwAQH4Ab4CgALwAYoCDAgAEAEYVCBYKGUwDw==&rs=AOn4CLC4lp5lwDTP5b30m6scq6a7lKyA8Q'], 'title': 'Me at the zoo', 'long_desc': None, 'channel': 'jawed', 'duration': '0:19', 'views': '310\xa0243\xa0516 views', 'publish_time': '18 years ago', 'url_suffix': '/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw&pp=ygUNTWUgYXQgdGhlIHpvbw%3D%3D'}]

Plans

• scrap more data like sub count for method search_by_url.

Please report any suggestions and issues here.