YouTube PlayList Duration from command-line

youtube_playlist_duration.py

import re
import requests


def playlist_data(search_string):
    end_point = "https://ytplaylist-len.herokuapp.com"
    params = {"search_string": search_string.strip()}
    text = requests.post(end_point, data=params).text
    number_of_videos = (
        re.search(r"<p>No of videos : ([0-9]*?)</p>", text).group(1).strip()
    )
    average_length_of_video = (
        re.search(r"<p>Average length of video :(.*?)</p>", text).group(1).strip()
    )
    total_length_of_playlist = (
        re.search(r"<p>Total length of playlist :(.*?)</p>", text).group(1).strip()
    )
    return (number_of_videos, average_length_of_video, total_length_of_playlist)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    search_string = input("Enter Playlist Id : ").strip()
    playlist_data(search_string)
    number_of_videos, average_length_of_video, total_length_of_playlist = playlist_data(
        search_string
    )
    print(" TOTAL VIDEOS     : ", number_of_videos)
    print(" AVERAGE DURATION : ", average_length_of_video)
    print(" TOTAL DURATION   : ", total_length_of_playlist)

alias plistdur="/home/akamhy/.pyenv/versions/3.9.1/bin/python /home/akamhy/projects/youtube_playlist_duration.py"