A script that downloads banned youtube videos shared by a twitter user

get.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# A python that fetches the 200 latest tweets from a user
# then downloads any youtube video linked to.
#
# User can be changed with the variable below

user="YoutubeSandbox"

import re
import twitter
import youtube_dl

api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='',
                  consumer_secret='',
                  access_token_key='',
                  access_token_secret='')

statuses = api.GetUserTimeline(screen_name=user, count=200)
for s in statuses:
  ydl_opts = {'outtmpl':'./video/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s'}
  with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
ydl.download([re.search("(?P<url>https?://[^\s]+)", s.text).group("url")])

Banned-from-youtube-downloader

A script that downloads banned youtube videos shared by a twitter user

Setup

Get twitter app credentials at apps.twitter.com, fill them out in get.py:

api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='',                                        
  consumer_secret='',                                     
  access_token_key='',                                    
  access_token_secret='')

Install requirments with pip:

pip install youtube-dl python-twitter

Optional, change source user for downloads:

user="YoutubeSandbox"

Run Script

After setup run with:

python get.py