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[Youtube Playlist List Download] Download a YouTube playlist a a list of URLs. #youtube
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youtube_list.py
# Get a YouTube playlist as a list of URLs
#
# Assumes `youtube-dl` is installed
#
# python3 youtube_list.py
import sys
import json
from subprocess import check_output
output = check_output(['youtube-dl', '-j', '--flat-playlist', sys.argv[1]])
for entry in output.decode('utf-8').split('\n'):
if entry == '':
continue
data = json.loads(entry)
#print('{} - https://youtu.be/{}'.format(data['title'], data['id']))
print('https://youtu.be/{:14} {}'.format(data['id'], data['title']))
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ShannonScott commented Jul 15, 2019 •
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Original Bash Version

youtube-dl -j --flat-playlist $1 | jq -r "[.id, .title] | @tsv" | awk -v FS="," '{printf "https://youtu.be/%s\t%s%s",$1,$2, ORS}'

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