How To Set Up

1. Pull this repository using the command git pull https://github.com/Aadeshp/Youtube-Search.git
2. Change directory into the folder: cd Youtube-Search
3. Move the script inside the folder to the local bin folder: mv youtube.py ~/bin/ (If you do not have a local bin folder, follow the steps under Set Up Bin
4. Change directory to the local bin folder
5. Run the command ls to double check that the file youtube.py is in the bin folder, if not retrace your steps
6. Now you need to add the executable permission to the script, so run the command chmod +x ~/bin/youtube.py
7. Now you can use youtube.py as a command (For help on how to use it run youtube.py -h
8. OPTIONAL: Instead of having to run the command youtube.py [OPTION] [ARGUMENT], you can get rid of the .py extension by changing directory into the local bin folder cd ~/bin and changing the name of the script with the command mv youtube.py youtube. Now you can run the command as youtube [OPTION] [ARGUMENT]

Set Up Bin

1. Create a local bin folder: mkdir ~/bin
2. Open up either .bashrc or .bash_profile (Depending on Machine) in a text editor: vim ~/.bashrc or vim ~/.bash_profile
3. Add PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin at the top of the file and save
4. Now run the command source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bash_profile (Depending on which you used from step 2)
5. Now run the command $PATH to double check that your local bin folder is now in $PATH

How To Use

Below I will briefly explain how to use this script and the types of arguments:

Positional (Mandatory) Argument(s):

• Search
  • youtube.py [SEARCH TEXT] ([SEARCH TEXT] would be your search text surrounded by QUOTES) - This will open up the youtube video search page with the provided SEARCH TEXT

Optional Argument(s):

• youtube.py "SEARCH TEXT" --upload-date [DATE ARG] OR youtube.py "SEARCH TEXT" -u [DATE ARG] - This will do the same as the above command, except it will add the filter for Upload Date. Below are appropriate arguments to replace the [DATE ARG] placeholder
  • hour
  • today
  • week
  • month
  • year
• For Additional Options/Filters, run the command youtube.py -h