.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 youtube.key
-/playlists/
 
 # ---> Python
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files

youtube_api.py

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class YouTubeAPI(object):
   def getVideo(self, part, id):
     return self.getRequest('videos?part={}&id={}'.format(part, id))
 
-  def getVideoInfo(self, id):
-    snippet = self.getVideo('snippet', id)
-    status = self.getVideo('status', id)
+  def getVideoInfo(self, tag):
+    snippet = self.getVideo('snippet', tag)
+    status = self.getVideo('status', tag)
     snippet = snippet['items'][0]['snippet']
     status = status['items'][0]['status']
     title = snippet['title']
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class YouTubeAPI(object):
     except:
       tags = ''
     privacy = status['privacyStatus']
-    return title, date, channel, channelId, description, tags, privacy, id
+    return title, date, channel, channelId, description, tags, privacy
 
   def getPlaylist(self, id, pageToken=''):
     if(pageToken):

yt-unlist-saver.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from youtube_api import YouTubeAPI
-import sys, os
+import sys
 import youtube_dl
 
 # Read YouTube API Key.
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ def getYear(info):
 def getPrivacy(info):
   return info[6]
 
-def getId(info):
-  return info[7]
-
 # Print out information about a video.
 def printVideoInfo(info):
   title, date, channel, channelId, description, tags, privacy = info
@@ -28,28 +25,13 @@ def printVideoInfo(info):
   print('Channel: {} ({})'.format(channel, channelId) )
   print('Description: ' + description)
   print('Tags: ', tags)
-  print('Privacy: ' + privacy)
+  print('Privacy: ' + privacy)  
 
-playlistId = sys.argv[1]
-
-# Create download directory
-downloadDir = 'playlists'
-playlistDir = downloadDir+'/'+playlistId
-if not os.path.exists(downloadDir):
-  os.mkdir(downloadDir)
-if not os.path.exists(playlistDir):
-  os.mkdir(playlistDir)
-  
 api = YouTubeAPI(getYouTubeAPIKey())
-videos = api.getPlaylistVideos(playlistId)
+videos = api.getPlaylistVideos(sys.argv[1])
 
 videoInfo = [api.getVideoInfo(video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']) for video in videos]
 filteredVideos = [video for video in videoInfo if getPrivacy(video) == 'unlisted' and getYear(video) <= 2017]
 
-ydl_opts = {
-  'outtmpl': '{}/%(extractor)s-%(id)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s'.format(playlistDir)
-}
 for v in filteredVideos:
-  print(getYear(v), getId(v))
-  with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
-    ydl.download(['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='+getId(v)])
+  print(getYear(v))