How to get information from youtube-dl in python ??
python, youtube-dl
Solution
Try something like this:
from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
video = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc"
with YoutubeDL(youtube_dl_opts) as ydl:
info_dict = ydl.extract_info(video, download=False)
video_url = info_dict.get("url", None)
video_id = info_dict.get("id", None)
video_title = info_dict.get('title', None)
You may have figured this out by now, but it might help someone else.
Problem
I am making an `API` for youtube-dl in `tkinter` & `python` and need to know: - How to get the info dict from youtube-dl in realtime (speed, percentage finished, file size, etc.) ?? I have tried: ``` import subprocess def execute(command): process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) # Poll process for new output until finished while True: nextline = process.stdout.readline() if nextline == '' and process.poll() != None: break sys.stdout.write(nextline.decode('utf-8')) sys.stdout.flush() output = process.communicate()[0] exitCode = process.returncode if (exitCode == 0): return output else: raise ProcessException(command, exitCode, output) execute("youtube-dl.exe www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 -t") ``` from this Question But it had to wait until finishing downloading to give me the info; maybe there is a way of getting the info from the youtube-dl source code.