Playlists are now checked for

Get_Playlist_URLs.py

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import sys
 import yt_dlp
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 def get_playlist_videos(playlist_url):
     ydl_opts = {
-        'extract_flat': True,
-        'skip_download': True,
-        'quiet': True
+        'extract_flat': True,        'skip_download': True,
+        'quiet': False
     }
 
-    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
-        info = ydl.extract_info(playlist_url, download=False)
+    try:
+        with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+            info = ydl.extract_info(playlist_url, download=False)
 
         if 'entries' in info:
             video_urls = [entry['url'] for entry in info['entries']]
@@ -18,19 +19,39 @@ def get_playlist_videos(playlist_url):
         else:
             print("No videos found in the playlist.")
             return [], None
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+        return [], None
+
 
 def save_to_file(video_urls, filename):
     with open(filename, 'w') as file:
         file.write('\n'.join(video_urls))
     print(f"Video URLs saved to {filename}")
 
+
+def parse_playlist_url(url):
+    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
+    query_params = parse_qs(parsed_url.query)
+
+    if 'list' in query_params:
+        playlist_id = query_params['list'][0]
+        base_url = f"{parsed_url.scheme}://{parsed_url.netloc}{parsed_url.path}"
+        playlist_url = f"{base_url}?list={playlist_id}"
+        return playlist_url
+    else:
+        return url
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         print("Please provide the playlist URL as a command-line argument.")
+        print("""Example:\n\t python Get_Playlist_URLs.py "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH15HpR5qRsWalnnt-9eYELxbEcYBPB6I" """)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     playlist_url = sys.argv[1]
-    video_urls, playlist_title = get_playlist_videos(playlist_url)
+    parsed_playlist_url = parse_playlist_url(playlist_url)
+    video_urls, playlist_title = get_playlist_videos(parsed_playlist_url)
 
     if video_urls:
         filename = f"{playlist_title}.txt"