https://github.com/srimur/youtubeplaylistscraper

A simple CLI tool to extract and save video details from YouTube playlists in Notion Checklist or text or JSON format. Perfect for quick and easy playlist data management.
https://github.com/srimur/youtubeplaylistscraper

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A simple CLI tool to extract and save video details from YouTube playlists in Notion Checklist or text or JSON format. Perfect for quick and easy playlist data management.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/srimur/youtubeplaylistscraper
• Owner: srimur
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-17T17:52:10.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-19T14:28:39.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-19T15:33:16.922Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: mini-project, mini-tools, notion, scraper, youtube-playlist
• Language: Python
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• Size: 64.5 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ytscrapper

A simple, robust CLI tool to scrape video details from YouTube playlists—no API key required.  

Supports Notion-compatible markdown, JSON, CSV, and text exports.  

Automatically falls back to a secondary scraping method if needed.

## Features

- Extract video titles, URLs, channels, durations from any YouTube playlist

- Output formats: JSON, CSV, Markdown (Notion checklist), text table

- Copy Notion markdown directly to clipboard (`-c` flag)

- No API key or authentication needed

- Cross-platform, Python 3.7+

## Installation

    pip install -e .

## Usage

    ytscrapper PLAYLIST_URL [OPTIONS]

### Example

    ytscrapper "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=YOUR_PLAYLIST_ID" -f notion -c -n my_videos

### Options

- `-f, --format [json|csv|notion|text|all]`  Output format (default: all)

- `-n, --name TEXT`                         Base name for output files

- `-e, --export PATH`                       Export directory for saved files

- `-c, --copy`                              Copy Notion markdown to clipboard

- `--test`                                  Test both scraping methods

- `--verbose`                               Enable detailed output

## Development

- Python 3.7+

- See `requirements.txt` for dependencies.

## License

MIT License