| Name | yt-comment-dl JSON |
| Version |
0.1.0
JSON |
| download |
| home_page | None |
| Summary | Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API |
| upload_time | 2025-08-28 19:40:37 |
| maintainer | None |
| docs_url | None |
| author | egbertbouman, Jo. Adly |
| requires_python | >=3.10 |
| license | The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Egbert Bouman
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE. |
| keywords |
youtube
comments
scraper
downloader
api-free
|
| VCS |
 |
| bugtrack_url |
|
| requirements |
No requirements were recorded.
|
| Travis-CI |
No Travis.
|
| coveralls test coverage |
No coveralls.
|
# yt-comment-dl
Simple script for downloading YouTube comments without using the YouTube API. The output is in JSON format.
**This is a maintained fork of [egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader](https://github.com/egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader).**
## Installation
Preferably inside a [python virtual environment](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) install this package via:
```bash
pip install yt-comment-dl
```
Or directly from the GitHub repository:
```bash
pip install git+https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl.git
```
## Usage as command-line interface
```bash
$ yt-comment-dl --help
usage: yt-comment-dl [-h] [--output OUTPUT] [--pretty] [--limit LIMIT] [--language LANGUAGE] [--sort {0,1}] url
Download YouTube comments without using the YouTube API
positional arguments:
url YouTube video URL or video ID
options:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
--output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT Output filename (default: comments_<video_id>.json)
--pretty, -p Pretty-print JSON output
--limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT Maximum number of comments to download
--language LANGUAGE, -a LANGUAGE Language for YouTube generated text (e.g. en)
--sort {0,1}, -s {0,1} Sort by: 0=popular, 1=recent (default: 1)
```
## Examples
Download comments using a YouTube URL:
```bash
yt-comment-dl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4" --output ScMzIvxBSi4.json
```
Download comments using just the video ID:
```bash
yt-comment-dl ScMzIvxBSi4 --output ScMzIvxBSi4.json
```
Download the 50 most popular comments with pretty formatting:
```bash
yt-comment-dl ScMzIvxBSi4 --sort 0 --limit 50 --pretty
```
For YouTube IDs starting with `-` (dash), you may need to use quotes:
```bash
yt-comment-dl "-idwithdash"
```
## Usage as library
You can also use this script as a library. For instance, if you want to print out the 10 most popular comments for a particular YouTube video you can do the following:
```python
from itertools import islice
from yt_comment_dl import YoutubeCommentDownloader
downloader = YoutubeCommentDownloader()
comments = downloader.get_comments('ScMzIvxBSi4', sort_by=0) # 0 = popular
for comment in islice(comments, 10):
print(comment.to_dict())
```
## Output format
The output is a JSON array containing comment objects. Each comment has the following structure:
```json
[
{
"cid": "comment_id",
"text": "Comment text",
"time": "2 hours ago",
"author": "Author Name",
"channel": "author_channel_id",
"votes": 42,
"photo": "author_profile_photo_url",
"heart": false,
"reply": false,
"time_parsed": 1234567890
}
]
```
## License
MIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details
Raw data
{
"_id": null,
"home_page": null,
"name": "yt-comment-dl",
"maintainer": null,
"docs_url": null,
"requires_python": ">=3.10",
"maintainer_email": null,
"keywords": "youtube, comments, scraper, downloader, api-free",
"author": "egbertbouman, Jo. Adly",
"author_email": "egbertbouman <ebouman@gmail.com>, Jo. Adly <youssefadly237@gmail.com>",
"download_url": "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/21/6a/754a185800e0b5dff0e6871f718162081ce994c9070eca8fd4328da66c13/yt_comment_dl-0.1.0.tar.gz",
"platform": null,
"description": "# yt-comment-dl\n\nSimple script for downloading YouTube comments without using the YouTube API. The output is in JSON format.\n\n**This is a maintained fork of [egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader](https://github.com/egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader).**\n\n## Installation\n\nPreferably inside a [python virtual environment](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) install this package via:\n\n```bash\npip install yt-comment-dl\n```\n\nOr directly from the GitHub repository:\n\n```bash\npip install git+https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl.git\n```\n\n## Usage as command-line interface\n\n```bash\n$ yt-comment-dl --help\nusage: yt-comment-dl [-h] [--output OUTPUT] [--pretty] [--limit LIMIT] [--language LANGUAGE] [--sort {0,1}] url\n\nDownload YouTube comments without using the YouTube API\n\npositional arguments:\n url YouTube video URL or video ID\n\noptions:\n -h, --help Show this help message and exit\n --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT Output filename (default: comments_<video_id>.json)\n --pretty, -p Pretty-print JSON output\n --limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT Maximum number of comments to download\n --language LANGUAGE, -a LANGUAGE Language for YouTube generated text (e.g. en)\n --sort {0,1}, -s {0,1} Sort by: 0=popular, 1=recent (default: 1)\n```\n\n## Examples\n\nDownload comments using a YouTube URL:\n\n```bash\nyt-comment-dl \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4\" --output ScMzIvxBSi4.json\n```\n\nDownload comments using just the video ID:\n\n```bash\nyt-comment-dl ScMzIvxBSi4 --output ScMzIvxBSi4.json\n```\n\nDownload the 50 most popular comments with pretty formatting:\n\n```bash\nyt-comment-dl ScMzIvxBSi4 --sort 0 --limit 50 --pretty\n```\n\nFor YouTube IDs starting with `-` (dash), you may need to use quotes:\n\n```bash\nyt-comment-dl \"-idwithdash\"\n```\n\n## Usage as library\n\nYou can also use this script as a library. For instance, if you want to print out the 10 most popular comments for a particular YouTube video you can do the following:\n\n```python\nfrom itertools import islice\nfrom yt_comment_dl import YoutubeCommentDownloader\n\ndownloader = YoutubeCommentDownloader()\ncomments = downloader.get_comments('ScMzIvxBSi4', sort_by=0) # 0 = popular\nfor comment in islice(comments, 10):\n print(comment.to_dict())\n```\n\n## Output format\n\nThe output is a JSON array containing comment objects. Each comment has the following structure:\n\n```json\n[\n {\n \"cid\": \"comment_id\",\n \"text\": \"Comment text\",\n \"time\": \"2 hours ago\",\n \"author\": \"Author Name\",\n \"channel\": \"author_channel_id\",\n \"votes\": 42,\n \"photo\": \"author_profile_photo_url\",\n \"heart\": false,\n \"reply\": false,\n \"time_parsed\": 1234567890\n }\n]\n```\n\n## License\n\nMIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details\n",
"bugtrack_url": null,
"license": "The MIT License (MIT)\n \n Copyright (c) 2015 Egbert Bouman\n \n Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy\n of this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal\n in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights\n to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell\n copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is\n furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n \n The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all\n copies or substantial portions of the Software.\n \n THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR\n IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,\n FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE\n AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER\n LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,\n OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE\n SOFTWARE.",
"summary": "Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API",
"version": "0.1.0",
"project_urls": {
"Changelog": "https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl/releases",
"Homepage": "https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl",
"Issues": "https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl/issues",
"Repository": "https://github.com/youssefadly237/yt-comment-dl"
},
"split_keywords": [
"youtube",
" comments",
" scraper",
" downloader",
" api-free"
],
"urls": [
{
"comment_text": null,
"digests": {
"blake2b_256": "79760c1751d624459a1a1023817d5fd9b226a55a80232464c39b3de9cf2e61bc",
"md5": "45104af764a6a2d243a8a621587ace71",
"sha256": "4383cabfee9bef04c7708b4e91bc239e1f09cc6ca10774eac5c04d4704cf08b6"
},
"downloads": -1,
"filename": "yt_comment_dl-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
"has_sig": false,
"md5_digest": "45104af764a6a2d243a8a621587ace71",
"packagetype": "bdist_wheel",
"python_version": "py3",
"requires_python": ">=3.10",
"size": 11964,
"upload_time": "2025-08-28T19:40:36",
"upload_time_iso_8601": "2025-08-28T19:40:36.128764Z",
"url": "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/79/76/0c1751d624459a1a1023817d5fd9b226a55a80232464c39b3de9cf2e61bc/yt_comment_dl-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
"yanked": false,
"yanked_reason": null
},
{
"comment_text": null,
"digests": {
"blake2b_256": "216a754a185800e0b5dff0e6871f718162081ce994c9070eca8fd4328da66c13",
"md5": "c32a17a843c6115856d55d4f2ab3b842",
"sha256": "b33352b0d0414df22e067ed1b56557b61968eed199d69e878644d8d1a2f7ff6b"
},
"downloads": -1,
"filename": "yt_comment_dl-0.1.0.tar.gz",
"has_sig": false,
"md5_digest": "c32a17a843c6115856d55d4f2ab3b842",
"packagetype": "sdist",
"python_version": "source",
"requires_python": ">=3.10",
"size": 8915,
"upload_time": "2025-08-28T19:40:37",
"upload_time_iso_8601": "2025-08-28T19:40:37.081874Z",
"url": "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/21/6a/754a185800e0b5dff0e6871f718162081ce994c9070eca8fd4328da66c13/yt_comment_dl-0.1.0.tar.gz",
"yanked": false,
"yanked_reason": null
}
],
"upload_time": "2025-08-28 19:40:37",
"github": true,
"gitlab": false,
"bitbucket": false,
"codeberg": false,
"github_user": "youssefadly237",
"github_project": "yt-comment-dl",
"travis_ci": false,
"coveralls": false,
"github_actions": true,
"lcname": "yt-comment-dl"
}
