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pythonyoutube-dl

youtube-dl option for getting video titles and NOT downloading videos

I want to get video titles from a video list.

--flat-playlist option returns video id's, and I can't find an options that returns video titles. 

youtube-dl --flat-playlist "https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/openid-and-oauth2-securing-angular-apps"
[pluralsight:course] openid-and-oauth2-securing-angular-apps: Downloading JSON metadata
[download] Downloading playlist: Securing Angular Apps with OpenID Connect and OAuth 2
[pluralsight:course] playlist Securing Angular Apps with OpenID Connect and OAuth 2: Collected 58 video ids (downloading 58 of them)
[download] Downloading video 1 of 58
[download] Downloading video 2 of 58
[download] Downloading video 3 of 58
...



--get-filename option and --get-title option, prints the name just for the first video, then they throw ExtractorError('No video formats found'):

youtube-dl --get-title "https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/openid-and-oauth2-securing-angular-apps" --verbose
Solution

  • That is indeed the way to pull a list of videos without downloading them, the issue with your query is that the URL you are using requires you to be signed in (and youtube-dl doesn't have access to your credentials)

    Both this

     youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/@Wondrium/videos -e

    and this

     youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/@Wondrium/videos --get-title

    works.

    For example: Example