Intro: So I am trying to make a pytube project but I am stuck on this one step,
Problem: I can't figure out how to make pytube list all the available resolutions
from pytube import YouTube
# import the package
print("Please Paste The URL of the youtube video")
url = input()
# URL (user input)
my_video = YouTube(url)
print(my_video.title)
# Title of The Video
#Now for the Thumbnail Image
print("Thumbnail URL")
print(my_video.thumbnail_url)
#To Download the video with the users Choice of resolution
print("Choose A Resolution Please")
for stream in my_video.stream:
print(stream)
#command for downloading the video
my_video.download()
There's an attribute for the stream object that goes by resolution. For example
You have:
for stream in my_video.stream:
print(stream)
But since you want to display the resolution of each stream objects, you can try:
for stream in my_video.streams:
print(stream.resolution)
(Note this also corrects my_video.stream
to my_video.streams
)
I took the time to write a script to test my thought.
from pytube import YouTube
def download(video_resolutions, videos):
while True:
# Looping through the video_resolutions list to be displayed on the screen for user selection...
i = 1
for resolution in video_resolutions:
print(f'{i}. {resolution}')
i += 1
# To Download the video with the users Choice of resolution
choice = int(input('\nChoose A Resolution Please: '))
# To validate if the user enters a number displayed on the screen...
if 1 <= choice < i:
resolution_to_download = video_resolutions[choice - 1]
print(f"You're now downloading the video with resolution {resolution_to_download}...")
# command for downloading the video
videos[choice - 1].download()
print("\nVideo was successfully downloaded!")
break
else:
print("Invalid choice!!\n\n")
def sort_resolutions(url):
# URL (user input)
my_video = YouTube(url)
print(my_video.title)
# Title of The Video
# Now for the Thumbnail Image
print("Thumbnail URL")
print(my_video.thumbnail_url)
video_resolutions = []
videos = []
for stream in my_video.streams.order_by('resolution'):
# print(stream)
video_resolutions.append(stream.resolution)
videos.append(stream)
# print(video_resolutions)
return video_resolutions, videos
print("Please Paste The URL of the youtube video")
url = "https://youtu.be/o9aaoiyJlcM"
video_resolutions, videos = sort_resolutions(url)
download(video_resolutions, videos)
The url = "https://youtu.be/o9aaoiyJlcM"
is just a static line that I don't have to be re-entering the url, you can change it back to the input if you wish. After assigning the link to the url
variable I then pass that url
to a function called sort_resolutions(url)
where the link will be used and extract all that we will need. I used the function because it just makes the code more organized.
Within the sort_resolution
function notice where I have created two lists objects... video_resolutions
and videos
, video_resolutions = []
, videos = []
, I have these populated by the stream objects.
for stream in my_video.streams.order_by('resolution'):
video_resolutions.append(stream.resolution) # Populating the resolution list
videos.append(stream) # Populating the video list
my_video.streams.order_by('resolution')
this is just sorting the stream objects by resolution in order.
return video_resolutions, videos
is just returning the lists that has been populated, video_resolutions, videos = sort_resolutions(url)
.
The values returned is now going to be passed to the download
function download(video_resolutions, videos)
. Please note that within this function the while loop
is to keep a display of the menu on the screen of all the available resolutions that can be downloaded. If the user selects a valid number that choice
variable collects the value and we will then use choice - 1
to find that index of the desired resolution by resolution_to_download = video_resolutions[choice - 1]
, but this will only find the resolution. In order to download the video that matches the same index number in the videos list, you'll have to videos[choice - 1].download()
. In order words, videos[choice - 1]
is a stream object so by calling the download method videos[choice - 1].download()
still works.
One more notice, the resolution list may contain duplication for the resolution. So maybe you can fine tune that.