How to Download YouTube videos with Python?

YouTube has become the most popular video-sharing site on the internet. While there are a variety of methods for downloading YouTube videos, Python is one of the most straightforward.

I will show you how to download YouTube videos with Python in this article.

In a Python script, we can utilize the Pytube library to retrieve YouTube videos. It’s a completely free tool that you may get from the PyPI repository. When downloading videos, you can additionally specify the output format (e.g., mp4) and resolution (e.g., 720px).

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Downloading YouTube Videos in Python

Here’s a step-by-step guide to downloading YouTube videos in Python.

Step 1. Install Pytube using pip.

pip install pytube{codeBox}

Step 2. import the YouTube class from pytube package.

from pytube import YouTube{codeBox}

Step 3. Create an object of YouTube to pass the video URL

video_link = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlXj2T8xzm0"{codeBox}

Step 4. Use the filter method to specify the download format of the video

yt.streams.filter(file_extension='mp4'){codeBox}

Here’s what the completed script will look like.

from pytube import YouTube

#pip install pytube

save_to = "F:/Dropbox/PythonCodes/downloadYouTubeVideo"

#where to save

 

video_link = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlXj2T8xzm0" 

#link of the video to be downloaded

try:

 

    yt = YouTube(video_link)

except:

 

    print("Connection Error!!")

 

try:

    print('Downloading start....')

    yt.streams.filter(file_extension='mp4').first().download(save_to)

#filter mp4 extension

    print('Video Downloaded!!')

 

except:

 

    print("Error!"){codeBox}

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