George Karanikolas

Posted on May 21, 2020

Python Download YouTube Video With PyTube How to Download YouTube videos in Python.

#python #pytube #download #youtube

Hello everyone!

This tutorial is "How to Download Youtube videos in Python.

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Download Pytube Library

pip install pytube # python2

pip3 install pytube # python3

pip install pytube3 # if not work with pytube.

First of all, we need to import Pytube library :

import pytube

After that, You need copy the URL of the Youtube video :

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFhwxzfXNc'

Load url in function Youtube :

 youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)

Set Streams Resolution :

video = youtube.streams.first()
# or
video = youtube.streams.get_highest_resolution()

Download Video :

video.download() # In Same Folder
# or
video.download('/Downloads') # In Other Folder

Get Information of Video :

video.title # Title
video.video_id # Id
video.age_restricted # Age

Streams Format :

video.streams.all()
stream = video.streams.all()
for i in stream:
  print(i)

Example 1 :

import pytube

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SFhwxzfXNc'

youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
video = youtube.streams.first()
video.download('../Video')

Example 2 :

import pytube

print("Give URL:")
url = input()

pytube.YouTube(url).streams.get_highest_resolution().download('../Video')

I hope you liked it!

Library Creator : https://github.com/nficano/pytube

Top comments (18)

Mwangi Denis • May 21 '20

i getting this error:

AttributeError: partially initialized module 'pytube' has no attribute 'YouTube' (most likely due to a circular import)

My file:

`import pytube

print("Give URL:")
url = 'input()'

pytube.YouTube(url).streams.get_highest_resolution().download()`

Aria Enggar Pamungkas • May 23 '20 • Edited

I'm getting the same error.. python 3.8, using pytube3 library.

update: it worked after I uninstall then reinstall pytube3, I think you must install pytube3 in the first place and don't try to install pytube.

George Karanikolas • May 21 '20

Have you download the module?
With this command - > pip install pytube

Mwangi Denis • May 22 '20

That was the first thing I did.

George Karanikolas • May 22 '20

Try to install pytube3 (sometimes is need it)

Mwangi Denis • May 22 '20

Still Nothing;

youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
AttributeError: partially initialized module 'pytube' has no attribute 'YouTube' (most likely due to a circular import)

TangoPJ • May 22 '20

I got this error: ImportError: cannot import name 'quote' from 'pytube.compat'. Then I installed pytube3 - now it works. Thank you a lot :)

brahimbc • Sep 2 '20

Hi,
verify that the name of your script is not "pytube.py"

Mwangi Denis • May 22 '20

That was the first thing I did

MarieMN • Dec 14 '20

I would so much love to use this!! (So yes, I liked it!) :) But unfortunately I also get an error message. The problem seems to be in line 202 of a file called extract.py

I have been trying to change a little in it, but since my knowledge of Python is still in the basics I don't really want to mess up the file without really knowing what I am doing, so please come with tips on how I can solve the following problem:

File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pytube\extract.py", line 202, in get_ytplayer_config
raise RegexMatchError(caller="get_ytplayer_config", pattern="config_patterns")

RegexMatchError: get_ytplayer_config: could not find match for config_patterns

With kind regards,
Marie

Mahdy2020 • Jan 13 '21

I think you're using an old version of pytube. Please run the following to uninstall pytube, and then reinstall it from the source code:

python -m pip uninstall pytube pytube3 pytubex
python -m pip install git+github.com/nficano/pytube

I had the same problem last week and i have solved it with above instructions.

Kerry Gip • Dec 17 '20

I have this issue too. I'm using Python 3.9 and in it's own IDLE
pytube.exceptions.RegexMatchError: get_ytplayer_config: could not find match for config_patterns

Kolombooo • Aug 30 '21

I am getting an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Kolombo\Desktop\pytube.py", line 1, in
from pytube import *
File "C:\Users\Kolombo\Desktop\pytube.py", line 5, in
youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
NameError: name 'pytube' is not defined

from code:

from pytube import *

url = 'youtube.com/watch?v=4SFhwxzfXNc'

youtube = pytube.YouTube(url)
video = youtube.streams.first()
video.download()

Atul Chandra Dash • May 18 '21

If use that module and it working but sometimes it said http error. When i try 3/4 time’s then it working. I don’t know why i am facing this problem. And also i get only 360p high resolution video with audio. Have any solutions on this module.