Anyone know how many Youtube comments are created per second on average?
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Wait -- does Youtube not have the exact timestamp for comments anywhere in the HTML return?? Just things like "3 months ago?"
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I was checking the HTML for this link to test: youtu.be/8xiGTLynSo8?t= -- I couldn't find the exact timestamps anywhere in the HTML. I thought they were available in the HTML at some point. Maybe they're only available via the Youtube API itself.
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So far, this is the best metadata I can extract at a rapid speed from Youtube. I'd like to find a way to get exact comment times, though.
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Interestingly, this site seems to be able to get the exact timestamps, but I'm not sure what method they are using.
hadzy.com
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Check out Invidious. You can install it on a server and it appears to return full API responses without actually needing an API account.
invidio.us/api/v1/comment
github.com/omarroth/invid
Also, Invidious looks like a possible solution that can be installed. I'm able to get full data without using the Youtube API.
invidio.us/api/v1/comment
github.com/omarroth/invid
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You might want to try this, which is using the same APIs Invidious is using (YT Private API): github.com/terorie/ytwrk I can give more info on Slack
probably fetching it using the API. don't think they've got replies to comments and comments for users with multiple comments covered though. from their ToS:
"Hadzy is only gathering publicly available data from YouTube API services."
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