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CommunityDown

CommunityDown is a downloader for YouTube community pages. It is currently in early development and is only partially functional.

Usage

usage: main.py [-h] -c CHANNEL [-f {json}] -o OUTPUT [-P POST_LIMIT]
                     [-C COMMENT_LIMIT] [-S {top,chronological}]

A downloader for YouTube Community posts

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CHANNEL, --channel CHANNEL
                        The ID, username, or URL of the channel to export.
  -f {json}, --format {json}
                        The format of the export. Currently only JSON is
                        supported.
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        The file to export to.
  -P POST_LIMIT, --post-limit POST_LIMIT
                        The maximum number of posts to download. Defaults to
                        all.
  -C COMMENT_LIMIT, --comment-limit COMMENT_LIMIT
                        The maximum number of comments to download. Defaults
                        to all.
  -S {top,chronological}, --comment-sort {top,chronological}
                        Whether to use top or chronological comment sorting.

TODO

Fix test_fetch_comments_limit unit test intermittent failures (rate limits?)
Add ability to fetch comment replies, fetch more channel data, fetch individual posts, and fetch individual comments
Add more CLI options (exporting individual posts, comments, etc.)
Write better documentation
Add HTML option for export format

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