Youtube Comment Download Wrapper

yt-comments.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# (C) 2025 Henri Shustak
# simple script to download youtube comments from a single video in bulk
# usage : ./yt-comments.bash "youtube.video.url"
# requires : python package called youtube-comment-downlaoder
# dependcy install : pip install youtube-comment-downloader
# currently set to ues sublime text to view the file when download completes..(last line)

tempfile=$(mktemp /tmp/yt-comments.XXXXXX)
suffix="json"
echo "$1" > $tempfile.${suffix}
youtube-comment-downloader --url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E3tv_3D95g" >
subl -n $tempfile.${suffix}