Open a YouTube livestream chat

open-youtube-chat

#!/bin/python
import re
import argparse
import subprocess
try:
    import sys
    from PyQt5.Qt import *
    from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import *
    from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
except ImportError:
    pyqtwebengine_installed=0

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Open YouTube Chat.')
parser.add_argument('-u','--url', dest='url',help='URL')
parser.add_argument('-b','--browser', dest='browser',help='Browser to open the URL',default='internal')

args = parser.parse_args()
video_id=re.search("(?:(?<=(watch\?v=))|(?<=(youtu\.be\/)))(([0-z]*))",args.url)
chat_url="https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v="+video_id.group()
if args.browser == 'internal':
    app=QApplication(sys.argv)
    web=QWebEngineView()
    web.load(QUrl(chat_url))
    web.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
else:
    subprocess.run([args.browser, chat_url])