Add support to new URL scheme for Youtube channels without the "@"

[NannoSilver]

After adopt the "@" to designate channels URLs, seems Youtube is allowing an additional scheme.

The new scheme is similar to the one with @ but without the @.

Here is an example:

Former channel URL scheme: https://www.youtube.com/c/joerogan URL scheme with @: https://www.youtube.com/@joerogan

New scheme: https://www.youtube.com/joerogan

[JuanBindez]

I'll upload a branch with a possible fix, if you can test it, I'd appreciate it.

[JuanBindez]

in my tests:

>>> from pytubefix import Channel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> urls = {
...     "url1": "https://www.youtube.com/joerogan",
...     "url2": "https://www.youtube.com/c/joerogan",
...     "url3": "https://www.youtube.com/@joerogan"
... }
>>> 
>>> 
>>> for key, url in urls.items():
...     c = Channel(url)
...     print(f'Channel name: {c.channel_name}')
... 
Channel name: PowerfulJRE
Channel name: PowerfulJRE
Channel name: PowerfulJRE
>>> 

[JuanBindez]

is now available in the "channel" branch

[NannoSilver]

Seems it is working properly.

I installed the branch at pycharm with the command: pip install https://github.com/JuanBindez/pytubefix/archive/channel.zip

Pytubefix was updated to version 7.4.0.

Tested code:

from pytubefix import Channel

url = 'https://www.youtube.com/joerogan'
c = Channel(url)
print(c.channel_name)

Outcome:

PowerfulJRE

Process finished with exit code 0

I tested a few other Youtube channels as well, and all worked well.

[JuanBindez]

It seems so, I'll do more tests later to see if everything is correct.

[felipeucelli]

Although YouTube supports channel urls without the '@', some names can generate bugs

Example:

from pytubefix.contrib.channel import Channel

c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/null')

print(c.channel_name)
print(c.videos)

null
[]

from pytubefix.contrib.channel import Channel

c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/@null')

print(c.channel_name)
print(c.videos)

null
[<pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=kqeOjDEchlo>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=M6ZjMWLqJvM>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=9SjHLau-DWE>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=KvkNPCCLyVk>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=BbHsxrYzdIg>]

Others, for example, cause:

from pytubefix.contrib.channel import Channel

c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/None')

print(c.channel_name)
print(c.videos)

urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

from pytubefix.contrib.channel import Channel

c = Channel('https://www.youtube.com/@None')

print(c.channel_name)
print(c.videos)

None
[<pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=o1RZIxzEFPI>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=VU_0OQ51kuc>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=JG9cyL5FW90>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=jikRvNK0LKc>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=qc1ArRy3j8I>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=P0nfuhazyt0>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=_jBeDtT080s>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=RfYU_PX9DBs>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=7zRUmcFN-Xc>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=7-mgU3wzEsg>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=8HfzI6Dhpgw>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=qOmZY6YzEXM>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=gypDP4n1Ddo>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=dljOGm0x6Uo>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=I6h81Uy4mK4>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=ibwu3osov6I>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=xm9CD3wEm6w>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=ccQ2CANWAyw>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=SpHWz_cqvfk>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=wRLd3HU7aFg>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=_TA_lBYsZog>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=mhkGkkdGybU>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=8ZFTwgP94o0>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=v1fZ2mYn1E4>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=uKvQUuM4eCo>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=hmhvv73MTfU>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=27oBFGhFfUs>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=ID15D1Wz2bA>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=gaek_48LhtY>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=xNjeWaTGrl4>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=t1iGRIMljIY>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=3TbngrUGE6I>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=qTWkTSZHXik>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=cZAdWzpExgk>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=BTiH7yK2n3Y>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=rQwZ2RZrSb8>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=tw7k_CzBAmU>, <pytubefix.__main__.YouTube object: videoId=fgTGjXl4duo>]

These are just basic examples, some urls can even redirect to other channels with the same name. So although YouTube supports urls without '@', I believe that now would not be the right time to implement.

[JuanBindez]

I took tests yesterday and thought the same