fetch_youtube_data.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import argparse
import json
import urllib

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Fetch Youtube movie info by movie id",
                                 formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
                                 epilog='Ex: python fetch_ytmovie.py rMHdqOyp6tc'
                                 )
parser.add_argument('movie_id', metavar='id', type=str, nargs='?', help='Movie ID string')
args = parser.parse_args()


def main():
    if args.movie_id is None:
        parser.print_help()
        return

    url = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/%s?alt=json' % args.movie_id
    print("Start fetch %s" % url)
    f = urllib.urlopen(url)
    ret = f.read()
    data = json.loads(ret)
    output(data)


def output(data):
    print('======= Title ==========')
    print(data['entry']['title']['$t'])
    print('======= Description ==========')
    print(data['entry']['media$group']['media$description']['$t'])
    print('======= thumbnails ==========')
    for t in data['entry']['media$group']['media$thumbnail']:
        print('%s*%s %s' % (t['width'], t['height'], t['url']))



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()