Binary package “python3-pafy” in ubuntu jammy
Download videos and retrieve metadata from YouTube
Pafy is a Python library for interacting with YouTube from within your
Python programs. Its main features include:
* Retrieve metadata such as viewcount, duration, rating, author, thumbnail,
keywords
* Download video or audio at requested resolution / bitrate / format /
filesize
* Command line tool (ytdl) for downloading directly from the command line
* Retrieve the URL to stream the video in a player such as vlc or mplayer
* Works with age-restricted videos and non-embeddable videos
* Small, standalone, single importable module file (pafy.py)
* Select highest quality stream for download or streaming
* Download video only (no audio) in m4v or webm format
* Download audio only (no video) in ogg or m4a format
* Retrieve playlists and playlist metadata