Script to extract youtube urls from a json file returned by the google takeout export.

extract_urls.py

"""
Extract youtube urls from a json file returned by the google takeout export.
Usage : python extract_urls.py <name of json file>
"""
import logging
import argparse
import json
from pathlib import Path

logger = logging.getLogger()


def main():
    args = parse_args()

    with open(args.file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        content = json.loads(f.read())

    ids = [
        "https://youtube.com/watch?v=" + x["contentDetails"]["videoId"]
        for x in content
    ]

    with open(f"Export_{Path(args.file).stem}.txt", "w") as f:
        for i in ids:
            f.write(i + "\n")


def parse_args():
    format = "%(levelname)s :: %(message)s"
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="Extract youtube urls from a json file returned by the google takekout export."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--debug",
        help="Display debugging information.",
        action="store_const",
        dest="loglevel",
        const=logging.DEBUG,
        default=logging.INFO,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "file",
        help="Youtube playlist JSON file from a google takeout export.",
        type=str,
    )
    parser.set_defaults(boolean_flag=False)
    args = parser.parse_args()

    logging.basicConfig(level=args.loglevel, format=format)
    return args


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

It worked, thank you very much!