added videos ids collection program

collectionsScripts/getVideoIds.py

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+# This program saves the videos' links using selenium
+# from a single channel in a channel_<channel's id>.csv file.
+# The channel's id has to be provided as an argument
+
+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
+from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
+
+import pandas as pd
+
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')
+
+import sys
+
+channelId = 'UCWeg2Pkate69NFdBeuRFTAw'#sys.argv[1]
+
+def getVideos(channelId):
+    # gets list of videos links from a channel
+    # channelId : id if the videos' channel
+    
+    # open the browser
+    driver = webdriver.Chrome('./chromedriver')
+    link = 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/'+channelId
+    driver.get(link)
+
+    # accept terms of services
+    button = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('button[aria-label="Accept all"]')
+    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", button)
+
+    # go to video section of the channel
+    videos = driver.find_elements_by_css_selector("div[style-target='tab-content']")[1]
+    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", videos)
+    
+    # keep scrolling enough (<<500) until at the bottom of the page (<<100000000)
+    for i in range(500):
+        driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0, 100000000);")
+
+    # collect of the thumbnails
+    links = driver.find_elements_by_css_selector('a[id="thumbnail"]')
+
+    videos = []
+    for l in links:
+        # and keep only the videos's link
+        videos.append(l.get_attribute("href"))
+    
+    driver.quit()
+    
+    return videos
+
+videos = getVideos(channelId)
+df = pd.DataFrame(videos, columns=["videoId"])
+
+# save file
+df.to_csv(f'channel_{channelId}.csv', index=False)