YT_Live_Comments_Log

This is a simple project that logs the comments of a live stream on Youtube. It uses a get request to the chat url of the live stream and logs the comments in a file. It receives a HTML file with the comments and a JSON file with the comments inside a script tag with a unique identifier. that allows us to extract the comments using regex.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/rn0x7f/YT_Live_Comments_Log
cd YT_Live_Comments_Log

Install dependencies

You must have node.js installed in your system. If you don't have it installed, you can download it from here.

npm install axios
npm install express

Usage

node yt_live_chat.js 

The program will ask you for the URL of the comment section of the live stream. You can get this URL by going to the live stream and clicking on the three dots on the right side of the screen and then clicking on "Open chat in a new window". The URL will be something like this: https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?is_popout=1&v=VIDEO_ID

Then the program will ask you for the name of the file where you want to save the comments. The comments will be saved in a file with the name you provide in the same directory where the program is located.