ytanalysis

ytanalysis is a Python package designed to analyze YouTube channel statistics using the YouTube Data API. With this package, you can retrieve information about a YouTube channel, including subscriber count, video details, views, likes, comments, and more. It also provides visualization tools to help analyze video views and monthly posting frequency.

Features

• Retrieve detailed YouTube channel statistics (subscribers, views, total videos, etc.)
• Extract video statistics such as views, likes, and comments
• Export video data to a CSV file for further analysis
• Generate visualizations for top-performing videos and monthly posting frequency

Installation

To install this package, use pip:

pip install ytanalysis

Prerequisites

You need a YouTube Data API key to use this package. Follow these steps to obtain one:

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.
2. Create a new project (or select an existing one) and navigate to APIs & Services > Library.
3. Search for "YouTube Data API v3" and enable it for your project.
4. Go to APIs & Services > Credentials and create an API key.
5. Copy the API key for later use.

Usage

Initialization

To initialize the YTAnalysis class, replace YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY with your actual API key and CHANNEL_URL with the YouTube channel URL you want to analyze:

from ytanalysis import YTAnalysis

api_key = "YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY"
channel_url = "https://www.youtube.com/channel/CHANNEL_ID"

yt = YTAnalysis(channelURL=channel_url, apikey=api_key)

Methods

Get Channel Details

channel_info = yt.getChannelDetail()
print(channel_info)

Get Video Details

video_details = yt.getVideoDetail()
print(video_details)

Export Data to CSV

yt.export_csv()

Plot Most Viewed Videos

yt.plotViews(values=10, mostViewed=True, save=False)

Plot Monthly Video Counts

yt.plotVideoCount(save=False)