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