yt-unlist-saver/README.md

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
4. Save the API key to a file called youtube.key

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.

python yt-unlist-saver.py [Playlist ID]