Get information about a YouTube video

youtube_api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Python wrapper for REST API for some of the YouTube API.
+from requests import get, post
+import json
+
+class YouTubeAPI(object):
+  def __init__(self, key):
+    self.url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/'
+    self.key = key
+
+  # Sends get requests and turns requested data.
+  def getRequest(self, domain):
+    response = get('{}{}&key={}'.format(self.url,
+                                        domain,
+                                        self.key))
+    return json.loads(response.text)
+
+  def getVideo(self, part, id):
+    return self.getRequest('videos?part={}&id={}'.format(part, 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']
+    date = snippet['publishedAt']
+    channel = snippet['channelTitle']
+    description = snippet['description']
+    tags = snippet['tags']
+    privacy = status['privacyStatus']
+    return title, date, channel, description, tags, privacy
+
+  

yt-unlist-saver.py

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from youtube_api import YouTubeAPI
+import sys
+
 # Read YouTube API Key
 def getYouTubeAPIKey():
   return open('youtube.key', 'r').read()
 
-print(getYouTubeAPIKey())
+api = YouTubeAPI(getYouTubeAPIKey())
-exit(0)
+print(api.getVideoInfo(sys.argv[1]))