ytmusicapi - Man Page
Unofficial API for YouTube Music
Synopsis
ytmusicapi [Options] {oauth|browser} [SUBOPTIONS]
Description
ytmusicapi is a command-line tool to setup authentication credentials for the ytmusicapi Python library.
Options
- -h, --help
Show help message and exit.
- -v, --version
Show program's version number and exit.
Subcommands
oauth
Setup OAuth authentication credentials.
- --file FILE
Optional path to output JSON file.
- --client-id CLIENT_ID
Use specified Google YouTube Data API client ID.
- --client-secret CLIENT_SECRET
Use specified Google YouTube Data API client secret.
browser
Setup browser cookie credentials (deprecated).
- --file FILE
Optional path to output JSON file.
Author
ytmusicapi was written by sigma67.
See Also
The online documentation at https://ytmusicapi.readthedocs.io/
Info
June 2026