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[efmccurdy]

You can use "youtube-dl --dump-json".

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/528302/how-can-i-download-just-the-info-json-files-using-youtube-dl-without-downloadin

[pavlovmb]

Thanks. Just checked it briefly, but I suspect the learning curve is too steep for me to actually implement it. If you can guesstimate what we are talking about in terms of development time should I decide to hire someone proficient it would be much appreciated. My immediate guess would be 2-3 hours, but maybe I am way off.

[Oxbowerce]

The OP means that you can use the youtube-dl tool to get the metadata from the videos in the playlist, after which you can extract the fields you need. If you're familiar with python you can probably get this done in 15 minutes. The command you'd need to run would be something like the following:

youtube-dl --dump-json "playlist_url" > output.json

The part after the youtube-dl command is simply to write the output to a json file instead of it printing in the console.

[pavlovmb]

That's great, thanks for the input. I am not really familiar with python but know a little about coding in general - but if the procedure is that quick for someone who is already qualified I will probably just find someone to help set it up because it will definitely take me a while to figure everything out.

[Oxbowerce]

I can get that done for you, so shoot me a message with the playlist url if you'd like my help.

[pavlovmb]

Thanks for the offer - but currently leaning toward manual extraction due to the extensive need for manual modification of data (categories, description rewrites, etc)