fs.youtube

A PyFilesystem2 implementation for accessing YouTube Videos and Playlists

Installation

Install directly from PyPI, using pip:

pip install fs.youtube

Usage

Opener

Use fs.open_fs to open a filesystem with an Youtube FS URL:

import fs
yt_fs = fs.open_fs('youtube://youtubeplaylistid')

The opener can use either use the YouTube Playlist ID or the whole Youtube URL.

Also Single Youtube Videos are supported.

Constructor

import fs.youtube
yt_fs = fs.youtube.YoutubeFS(
        url, playlist=True, seekable=True
        )

with each argument explained below:

url The Playlist/Video URL or simly use the YouTube ID

playlist If the ID or URL is one Video only, set this to False

seekable Use a seekable implementation to move inside the videofile.

Once created, the YoutubeFS filesystem behaves like any other filesystem (see the Pyfilesystem2 documentation).

Feedback

Found a bug ? Have an enhancement request ? Head over to the GitHub issue tracker of the project if you need to report or ask something. If you are filling in on a bug, please include as much information as you can about the issue, and try to recreate the same bug in a simple, easily reproductible situation.

See also

• fs, the core Pyfilesystem2 library
• Index of Filesystems, a list of PyFilesystem 2 implementations