1+ import requests
2+ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
3+ import json
4+ 5+ def getAbout (channel_username ):
6+ """
7+ Returns:
8+ ```
9+ {
10+ "name": Name of the channel
11+ "description": Description of the channel
12+ "channel_url": Link to the channel
13+ "channel_avatar": Channel avatar
14+ "channel_banner": Channel banner
15+ "subscriber_count": No. of subscribers of the channel
16+ "toal_videos": Total videos uploaded in the channel
17+ "total_views": Total views till date of the channel
18+ "join_date": Date the channel joined YouTube
19+ "country": Country of origin of the channel
20+ "links": Additional links provided from the channel
21+ }
22+ ```
23+ """
24+ url = f"https://www.youtube.com/@{ channel_username }
25+ try :
26+ res = requests .get (url )
27+ soup = BeautifulSoup (res .text , "html.parser" )
28+ channel_data = {"channel_data" : []}
29+ link_data = {"link_data" : []}
30+ scripts = soup .find_all ("script" )
31+ req_script = scripts [35 ].text .strip ()
32+ script = req_script [20 :- 1 ]
33+ data = json .loads (script )
34+ 35+ metadata = data ["metadata" ]["channelMetadataRenderer" ]
36+ title = metadata ["title" ]
37+ desc = metadata ["description" ]
38+ channel_url = metadata ["vanityChannelUrl" ]
39+ channel_avatar = metadata ["avatar" ]["thumbnails" ][0 ]["url" ]
40+ header = data ["header" ]["c4TabbedHeaderRenderer" ]
41+ channel_banner = header ["banner" ]["thumbnails" ][5 ]["url" ]
42+ subs = header ["subscriberCountText" ]["simpleText" ]
43+ total_videos = header ["videosCountText" ]["runs" ][0 ]["text" ]
44+ 45+ baser = data ["contents" ]["twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer" ]["tabs" ]
46+ for b in baser :
47+ try :
48+ base = b ["tabRenderer" ]["content" ]["sectionListRenderer" ][
49+ "contents"
50+ ][0 ]["itemSectionRenderer" ]["contents" ][0 ][
51+ "channelAboutFullMetadataRenderer"
52+ ]
53+ 54+ total_views = base ["viewCountText" ]["simpleText" ]
55+ join_date = base ["joinedDateText" ]["runs" ][1 ]["text" ]
56+ country = base ["country" ]["simpleText" ]
57+ 58+ links = base ["primaryLinks" ]
59+ for i in links :
60+ link_data ["link_data" ].append (
61+ {
62+ "link_url" : i ["navigationEndpoint" ]["urlEndpoint" ][
63+ "url"
64+ ],
65+ "link_name" : i ["title" ]["simpleText" ],
66+ "link_icon" : i ["icon" ]["thumbnails" ][0 ]["url" ],
67+ }
68+ )
69+ except :
70+ pass
71+ 72+ channel_data ["channel_data" ].append (
73+ {
74+ "name" : title ,
75+ "description" : desc ,
76+ "channel_url" : channel_url ,
77+ "channel_avatar" : channel_avatar ,
78+ "channel_banner" : channel_banner ,
79+ "subscriber_count" : subs ,
80+ "toal_videos" : total_videos ,
81+ "total_views" : total_views ,
82+ "join_date" : join_date ,
83+ "country" : country ,
84+ "links" : link_data ,
85+ }
86+ )
87+ return channel_data ["channel_data" ][0 ]
88+ except :
89+ return None
90+ 91+ if __name__ == "__main__" :
92+ print (getAbout ("BeaBetterDev" ))
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