Filter livestreams

[Bluepengie]

Could you add a way to filter whether a search returns a livestream or not? When searching, I don't want any livestream results.

[dscrofts]

Livestream results don't have a duration, so you can filter the results as follows:

from youtubesearchpython import *

search = VideosSearch("whatever")
results = search.result()["result"]

results_without_livestreams = [r for r in results if r["duration"]]

[Bluepengie]

Works perfect. Thanks!

[mytja]

We've recently added livestream filter:
#168

You can use it within CustomSearch by using SearchMode.livestreams as a filter. I haven't tested this myself, if it doesn't work, please comment here.

[dscrofts]

We've recently added livestream filter: #168

You can use it within CustomSearch by using SearchMode.livestreams as a filter. I haven't tested this myself, if it doesn't work, please comment here.

@mytja I tested it out and it seems to be working great. However it doesn't appear there is a way to issue a query and exclude live streams from the (video) result set. I can't find a way to do this through the regular YouTube interface anyway, and some Googling shows that people recommend filtering out results manually, e.g. YouTube Data API: Exclude livestreams from Search.list result set.

[mytja]

I tested it out and it seems to be working great

So glad it's working for you. 💙

I can't find a way to do this through the regular YouTube interface anyway

If it isn't available in YouTube web app, we sadly cannot do anything...