Python Youtube Oembed

Mar 27, 2020
import requestsfrom urllib.parse import urlencodeurl = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe8fIjxicoo'query_string = urlencode({'url': url, 'format': 'json'})oembed_url = f"http://www.youtube.com/oembed?{query_string}"r = requests.get(oembed_url)if r.status_code == 200:    result = r.json()    html = result['html'].strip()
{
   "author_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDtalksDirector",
   "version":"1.0",
   "title":"How we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic | Bill Gates",
   "thumbnail_height":360,
   "type":"video",
   "width":480,
   "provider_name":"YouTube",
   "thumbnail_width":480,
   "html":"\u003ciframe width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xe8fIjxicoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e",
   "provider_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/",
   "author_name":"TED",
   "height":270,
   "thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Xe8fIjxicoo\/hqdefault.jpg"
}

NOTE: Just embed the html and the player will load without additional javascript required.

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