README.md



youtube-comment-downloader

Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API. The output is in line delimited JSON.


Dependencies


Python 2.7+
requests
lxml
cssselect


The python packages can be installed with

pip install requests
pip install lxml
pip install cssselect


Usage

usage: downloader.py [--help] [--youtubeid YOUTUBEID] [--output OUTPUT]

Download Youtube comments without using the Youtube API

optional arguments:
  --help, -h            Show this help message and exit
  --youtubeid YOUTUBEID, -y YOUTUBEID
                        ID of Youtube video for which to download the comments
  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                        Output filename (output format is line delimited JSON)