python-scripts/31_youtube_sentiment.py
2016-01-27 17:35:03 -07:00

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Python

import sys
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs4
"""
Example usage:
$ python 31_youtube_sentiment.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vrAjAHhUsA
"""
def get_arguments():
if len(sys.argv) is 2:
return sys.argv[1]
else:
print('Specify at least 1 argument')
sys.exit()
def get_comments(url):
html = requests.get('https://plus.googleapis.com/u/0/_/widget/render/comments?first_party_property=YOUTUBE&href=' + url)
soup = bs4(html.text, 'html.parser')
return [comment.string for comment in soup.findAll('div', class_='Ct')]
def calculate_sentiment(comments):
positive = 0
negative = 0
negative_words = [
'hate', 'hated', 'dislike', 'disliked', 'awful', 'terrible', 'bad',
'painful', 'worst', 'suck', 'rubbish', 'sad', 'sodding'
]
positive_words = [
'love', 'loved', 'like', 'liked', 'awesome', 'amazing', 'good',
'great', 'excellent', 'brilliant', 'cool'
]
for comment in comments:
if comment is None:
continue
else:
for word in comment.split(' '):
if word in negative_words:
negative += 1
if word in positive_words:
positive += 1
return {'positive': positive, 'negative': negative}
def main():
url = get_arguments()
if url:
comments = get_comments(url)
if len(comments) <= 0:
print('This video has no comments.')
sys.exit()
sentiment = calculate_sentiment(comments)
positive_score = sentiment['positive']
negative_score = sentiment['negative']
total_score = positive_score + negative_score
if positive_score > negative_score:
print('This video is generally positive:')
print('{0} positive / {1} total hits'.format(
positive_score, total_score))
elif negative_score > positive_score:
print('This video is generally negative:')
print ('{0} negative / {1} total hits'.format(
negative_score, total_score))
else:
print('This video is mutual:')
print('{0} positive {1} negative'.format(
positive_score, negative_score))
else:
print('No url supplied')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()