youtube -> markdown

command

youtube-dl --skip-download --write-info-json <>

videos.py

import json
from os import listdir
from pytablewriter import MarkdownTableWriter
# directory to find the JSON file from youtube-dl output
place_to_find = '<dir>'
def run():
    files = listdir(place_to_find)
    value_matrix = list()
    for file in files:
        print(file)
        doc = json.load(open(place_to_find + file, 'r'))
        value_matrix.append([
            '[{}]({})'.format(doc['title'], doc['webpage_url']),
            doc['description'],
            int(doc['upload_date'])
        ])
    # sort based on date (ascending)
    value_matrix.sort(key=lambda x: x[2])
    writer = MarkdownTableWriter(
        table_name = 'youtube channel videos',
        headers= ['title', 'description', 'upload_date'],
        value_matrix = value_matrix
    )
    writer.dump('table.md')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    run()