play youtube playlist in vlc

youtube_in_vlc.py

'''
Well, it is to play youtube song playlists in your laptop (VLC).
you will say why would I do, it is much better 
Try it

prerequisites

add vlc to your PATH 
pip install pytube3

usage:
python youtube_in_vlc.py "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtDnEC4zak&list=PLjUxvbIPUHP2OjmL22waOqzvkOw-JAWrN&index=1"

'''
from pytube import Playlist
import subprocess as sub
import sys

def run_cmd(cmd):
    
    # create subprocess
    proc = sub.Popen(cmd, stdout=sub.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
    
    # read output line for line
    while proc.poll() is None:
        
        opt = proc.stdout.readline()
        print(opt)
    
    # print rest of output
    print(proc.stdout.read()) 
    return

try:
    url = sys.argv[1]
except Exception as e:
    url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtDnEC4zak&list=PLjUxvbIPUHP2OjmL22waOqzvkOw-JAWrN&index=1'

playlist = Playlist(url)
print('Number of videos in playlist: %s' % len(playlist.video_urls))

cmd = ["vlc"]
cmd.extend(playlist.video_urls)

run_cmd(cmd)