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.
At this point ytmusicapi supports nearly all content interactions in the YouTube Music web app. If you find something missing or broken, feel free to create an issue
Browsing:
- search (including all filters)
- 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
from ytmusicapi import YTMusic
yt = YTMusic('headers_auth.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.
- Python 3.8 or higher - https://www.python.org
See the Documentation for detailed instructions
Pull requests are welcome. There are still some features that are not yet implemented. Please, refer to CONTRIBUTING.rst for guidance.