is youtube video blocked in youtube? python script, requires "pip install requests"

test.md

In [7]: youtube_video_is_blocked("tMhzINs6DjA") Out[7]: (False, None)

In [8]: youtube_video_is_blocked("2VfMafuY6o8") Out[8]: (True, [u'CO'])

video_search_utils.py

import requests

def youtube_video_is_blocked(video_id):
    """
    is the video bloked in youtube?
    :param video_id: like "tMhzINs6DjA"
    :return: tuple, if blocked: True, list of country codes where video is blocked, else: False, None.
    """

    params = {
        "part": "contentDetails",
        "id": video_id,
        "key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
    url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos"
    res = requests.get(url, params=params)
    items = res.json().get("items")

    for v in items:
        if "regionRestriction" in v["contentDetails"]:
            blocked_in = v["contentDetails"]["regionRestriction"]["blocked"]
            if len(blocked_in) > 0:
                return True, blocked_in
    return False, None