ytmusicapi: Unofficial API for YouTube Music

ytmusicapi is a Python 3 library to send requests to the YouTube Music API. It emulates YouTube Music web client requests using the user's cookie data for authentication.

Features

Browsing:

search (including all filters) and suggestions
get artist information and releases (songs, videos, albums, singles, related artists)
get user information (videos, playlists)
get albums
get song metadata
get watch playlists (next songs when you press play/radio/shuffle in YouTube Music)
get song lyrics

Exploring music:

get moods and genres playlists
get latest charts (globally and per country)

Library management:

get library contents: playlists, songs, artists, albums and subscriptions
add/remove library content: rate songs, albums and playlists, subscribe/unsubscribe artists
get and modify play history

Playlists:

create and delete playlists
modify playlists: edit metadata, add/move/remove tracks
get playlist contents
get playlist suggestions

Uploads:

upload songs and remove them again
list uploaded songs, artists and albums

If you find something missing or broken, check the FAQ or feel free to create an issue.

Usage

from ytmusicapi import YTMusic

yt = YTMusic('oauth.json')
playlistId = yt.create_playlist('test', 'test description')
search_results = yt.search('Oasis Wonderwall')
yt.add_playlist_items(playlistId, [search_results[0]['videoId']])

The tests are also a great source of usage examples.

Requirements

Python 3.8 or higher - https://www.python.org

Setup and Usage

See the Documentation for detailed instructions

Contributing