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Extract YouTube subscription channel metadata from channel page
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| // goto https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels | |
| // set to a-z and scroll all the way down until loading ends | |
| // run in terminal: | |
| arr = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('ytd-channel-renderer')) | |
| data = [] | |
| arr.forEach((item, index) => { | |
| data.push({ | |
| title: item.querySelector('.ytd-channel-name').innerText, | |
| handle: item.querySelector('yt-formatted-string#subscribers').innerText, | |
| subs: item.querySelector('#video-count').innerText, | |
| description: item.querySelector('#description').innerText, | |
| link: 'https://youtube.com' + item.querySelector('a#main-link').href | |
| }) | |
| }) | |
| console.log(data) | |
| // side-note: why are YouTube using IDs? I thought that was inefficient... |
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Google sheets AI prompt:
=AI("Determine the high-level category for each YouTube channel based on its description, title, handle, and link. chosen from: STEM, Arts Philosophy and History, Social and Entertainment, Economics Business and Money, Medicine and Health, Technology and Innovation, Opinion News and Politics, Lifestyle & Life skills, Religion, Sports, Other",RANGE)