📺 YouTube Comment Extractor

The YouTube Comment Extractor is a web-based application that allows users to extract comments from any public YouTube video using the YouTube Data API. It provides a simple UI to input a video URL and download the comments in both CSV and JSON formats. The application is built using Python and Flask, and is deployable with Docker for scalable setups.

live https://youtube-comment-extractor-1.onrender.com/

📌 Table of Contents

1. Features
2. Screenshots
3. Input & Output
4. Technologies Used
5. Project Structure
6. Installation Guide
7. Docker Deployment
8. Usage
9. License
10. Author

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✨ Features

• ✅ Extracts all top-level and nested YouTube comments using the video URL
• ✅ Supports comment metadata (author, time, likes, etc.)
• ✅ Download data as CSV or JSON
• ✅ Simple and clean Flask-based web UI
• ✅ Docker support for easy deployment

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📸 Screenshots

🔹 Home Page

🔹 Extracted Comments Displayed

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🧪 Input & Output

📝 Input:

Paste a public YouTube video URL in the input box, for example:

📤 Output:

You’ll get a table of comments with the following fields:

Comment ID	Author Name	Comment Text	Published At	Like Count
abc123	John Smith	Great content! 👍	2024-06-10 11:30 AM	102
def456	Jane Doe	Thanks for sharing 🙏	2024-06-10 12:00 PM	87

You can download this as:

• comments.csv
• comments.json

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🧰 Technologies Used

Area	Tools and Frameworks
Language	Python 3.8+
Backend	Flask
API	YouTube Data API v3
Data Export	Pandas
UI	HTML, CSS
Deployment	Docker, Docker Compose

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📁 Project Structure

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⚙️ Installation Guide

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• YouTube Data API Key
• Git

Steps

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ankulmaurya88/YouTube-Comment-Extractor.git
cd YouTube-Comment-Extractor

# Create and activate virtual environment (optional but recommended)
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Add your YouTube API Key
cp .env.example .env
# Edit the .env file and add your API key

# Run the Flask app
python3 manage.py runserver

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✨ Docker Deployment

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# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/ankulmaurya88/YouTube-Comment-Extractor.git
cd YouTube-Comment-Extractor

# Add your API key
cp .env.example .env

# Build and run with Docker Compose
docker-compose up --build

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🚀 Usage

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1.Open the app in your browser.

2.Paste a valid YouTube video URL.

3.Click “Extract Comments.”

4.View results in a table format.

5.Download the comments in CSV or JSON format.

📄 License

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-This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

👤 Author

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Ankul Maurya

GitHub: @ankulmaurya88

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ankulmaurya

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Key Updates:

• Input and Output: Clearly describes the expected format of the input (YouTube URL) and output (comments table with fields).
• Technologies Used: Listed the main tools and frameworks.
• Project Structure: Detailed the file structure, making it easier for developers to understand the organization of the codebase.