Retrieve (max.) resolution of YouTube Video

getResolutionOfYouTubeVideo.py

import urllib2, argparse
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def getWidthAndHeight(videoURL):
	video = urllib2.urlopen(videoURL)
	videoSoup = BeautifulSoup(video)
	width = height = 0
	for element in videoSoup.find_all('meta'):
		if (element.get('property') == 'og:video:width'):
			width = int(element.get('content'))
		if (element.get('property') == 'og:video:height'):
			height = int(element.get('content'))
	return (width, height)


if __name__ == '__main__':
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Retrieve max resolution of youtube video")
	parser.add_argument('-url', type=str, help="Youtube Video URL")
	args = parser.parse_args()

	(width, height) = getWidthAndHeight(args.url)
	print(str(width) + "x" + str(height) + " (" + str(round(float(width)/float(height),4)) + " ratio)" )