pytubefix

Release v8.7.0. (Installation)

pytubefix is a lightweight, Pythonic, dependency-free, library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube Videos.

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Behold, a perfect balance of simplicity versus flexibility:

from pytubefix import YouTube
from pytubefix.cli import on_progress

url = input("URL >")

yt = YouTube(url, on_progress_callback = on_progress)
print(yt.title)

ys = yt.streams.get_highest_resolution()
ys.download()

Features

• Support for Both Progressive & DASH Streams

• Easily Register on_download_progress & on_download_complete callbacks

• Command-line Interfaced Included

• Caption Track Support

• Outputs Caption Tracks to .srt format (SubRip Subtitle)

• Ability to Capture Thumbnail URL.

• Extensively Documented Source Code

• No Third-Party Dependencies

The User Guide

This part of the documentation begins with some background information about the project, then focuses on step-by-step instructions for getting the most out of pytubefix.

• Installation of pytubefix
  • Get the Source Code
• Quickstart
  • Downloading a Video
• Working with Streams and StreamQuery
  • DASH vs Progressive Streams
• Filtering Streams
  • Filtering by streaming method
  • Filtering for audio-only streams
  • Filtering for MP4 streams
• Downloading Streams
• Add Authentication Oauth
• Reset Cache
• M4a Download (MPEG-4 AAC audio codec)
• Subtitle/Caption Tracks
• Using Playlists
  • Creating a Playlist
  • Interacting with a playlist
• Using Channels
  • Creating a Channel
  • Interacting with a channel
• Using the Search Feature
• Additional functionality
• Using Filters
• Getting Channel Playlists
• Command-line Interface (CLI)
• Exception Handling
• Chapters
• Filtering Dubbed Streams
• Extracting key moments
• Add PoToken
• Info
• Output Path
• Using Buffer

The API Documentation

If you are looking for information on a specific function, class, or method, this part of the documentation is for you.

• API
  • YouTube Object
  • KeyMomentsThumbnail Object
  • KeyMoments Object
  • Playlist Object
  • Channel Object
  • Stream Object
  • StreamQuery Object
  • Caption Object
  • CaptionQuery Object
  • Search Object
  • ChapterThumbnail Object
  • Chapter Object
  • Extract
  • Cipher
  • Exceptions
  • Helpers
  • Request

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Using the Search Feature