Fixed private videos breaking the script

README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,23 @@
 # yt-unlist-saver
 
+This program will download all unlisted videos and descriptions in a given YouTube playlist that were uploaded on or before 2017.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Clone the repository.
+2. Install youtube-dl Python library
+3. Get a YouTube API key following the instructions here [YouTube Data API Overview](https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application)
+4. Save the API key to a file called `youtube.key`
+```sh
+pip install youtube_dl
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Go to the desired playlist in your browser.
+2. On the address bar you will see an URL like the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swRkBEDmaqk&list=PLRmPOFgS7WQFiijsHm-nAlpVAZaNXYRkx
+3. The playlist ID is after the `list=` On the playlist above it would be `PLRmPOFgS7WQFiijsHm-nAlpVAZaNXYRkx`
+4. Run the following command to download the playlist.
+```sh
+python yt-unlist-saver.py [Playlist ID]
+```

youtube_api.py

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class YouTubeAPI(object):
   def getVideoInfo(self, id):
     snippet = self.getVideo('snippet', id)
     status = self.getVideo('status', id)
+
+    # Check for private videos
+    if len(snippet['items']) == 0:
+      return '', '', '', '', '', '', 'private', id
     snippet = snippet['items'][0]['snippet']
     status = status['items'][0]['status']
     title = snippet['title']

yt-unlist-saver.py

@@ -8,12 +8,29 @@ import youtube_dl
 def getYouTubeAPIKey():
   return open('youtube.key', 'r').read()
 
+def getTitle(info):
+  return info[0]
+
 def getUploadTime(info):
   return info[1]
 
 def getYear(info):
   return int(getUploadTime(info)[:4])
 
+def getChannel(info):
+  return info[2]
+
+def getChannelId(info):
+  return info[3]
+
+def getDescription(info):
+  return info[4]
+
+def getTags(info):
+  if isinstance(info[5], list):
+    return '[' + ','.join(info[5]) + ']'
+  return info[5]
+
 def getPrivacy(info):
   return info[6]
 
@@ -47,9 +64,28 @@ videoInfo = [api.getVideoInfo(video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']) for vid
 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)
+  'outtmpl': '{}/%(uploader)s-%(title)s-%(id)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)])
+
+  # Save metadata to file
+  descriptionFile = '{}/{}-{}-{}.txt'.format(playlistDir,
+                                              getChannel(v),
+                                              getTitle(v).replace('/', ''),
+                                              getId(v))
+  if not os.path.exists(descriptionFile):
+    description = open(descriptionFile, 'w')
+    description.write('Title: ' + getTitle(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Uploaded: ' + getUploadTime(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Channel: ' + getChannel(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Channel ID: ' + getChannelId(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Description: ' + getDescription(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Tags: ' + getTags(v) + '\n')
+    description.write('Video ID: ' + getId(v) + '\n')
+    description.close()
+    
+    videoURL = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='+getId(v)
+    with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+      ydl.download([videoURL])
+