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Extraction: Use accessibility data to get timestamp and to get views for recommended videos

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James Taylor 2019-12-18 20:53:11 -08:00
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youtube/yt_data_extract.py
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@ -386,6 +386,16 @@ def extract_item_info(item, additional_info={}):
if primary_type == 'video': if primary_type == 'video':
info['id'] = item.get('videoId') info['id'] = item.get('videoId')
info['view_count'] = extract_int(item.get('viewCountText')) info['view_count'] = extract_int(item.get('viewCountText'))
# dig into accessibility data to get view_count for videos marked as recommended, and to get time_published
accessibility_label = deep_get(item, 'title', 'accessibility', 'accessibilityData', 'label', default='')
timestamp = re.search(r'(\d+ \w+ ago)', accessibility_label)
if timestamp:
conservative_update(info, 'time_published', timestamp.group(1))
view_count = re.search(r'(\d+) views', accessibility_label.replace(',', ''))
if view_count:
conservative_update(info, 'view_count', int(view_count.group(1)))
if info['view_count']: if info['view_count']:
info['approx_view_count'] = '{:,}'.format(info['view_count']) info['approx_view_count'] = '{:,}'.format(info['view_count'])
else: else: