🔍 How To List All Videos in a YouTube Channel (For Obsidian)

Prerequisites:

• Python
• yt-dlp
• YouTube Channel ID, Found here: https://www.youtube.com/account_advanced

Code:

import subprocess
import json
import re

playlist_url = "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUpdrY4TWv2GhlCNjiATkugg"

result = subprocess.run(
    ["yt-dlp", "--flat-playlist", "-J", playlist_url],
    capture_output=True,
    text=True
)

data = json.loads(result.stdout)

def escape_markdown(text):
    # Escape characters that could break markdown or Obsidian links
    return re.sub(r'([\[\]#*`_])', r'\\\1', text)

for entry in data.get("entries", []):
    raw_title = entry.get("title", "Untitled")
    clean_title = escape_markdown(raw_title)
    video_id = entry.get("id", "")
    url = f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}"

    # Format: [[Title]] - [Video](URL)
    print(f"[[{clean_title}]] ([Video]({url}))")

Disclaimer

The above was Vibe Coded, it may not be the most efficient way of doing this.

Caveats

• The links don't play nice with Obsidian's formatting, so some safety things are included