Random YouTube Video

random_youtube.py

'''
Random YouTube Video
It's just for fun, generate a random string 
and try to find a youtube video with that string's id
'''

import random
import string
import requests

def separated(youtube_url, key='?v='):
    ''' Split address with id extraction '''
    return youtube_url.split(key)

def check_video_url(youtube_url):
    ''' Check address using native service '''
    video_id = separated(youtube_url)
    checker_url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="
    video_url = checker_url + video_id[1]
    request = requests.get(video_url)
    return request.status_code == 200

def random_url(url, key='?v='):
    ''' Generate random id '''
    separated_url = separated(url)
    string_size = len(separated_url[1])
    characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
    rand_string = ''.join(random.choice(characters) for i in range(string_size))
    return separated_url[0]+key+rand_string

if __name__ == "__main__":
    line = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuBhzx17w8'
    print('Real url: ', line)
    print(check_video_url(line))

    rand_line = random_url(line)    
    print('\nRand url: ', rand_line)
    print(check_video_url(rand_line))

    sep_line = separated(line)
    sep_rand_line = separated(line)
    print('Id Size Comparison: ', len(sep_line[1]) == len(sep_rand_line[1]))

    while True:
        rand_youtube = random_url(line)
        print(rand_youtube)
        if check_video_url(rand_youtube):
            print('*', check_video_url(rand_youtube))
            break

        break