Add --no-shorts flag to filter Shorts from latest results

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ That feed is ordered by newest uploads, so fetching the first 3 entries gives th
 python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos"
 python3 latest3.py "@ludwig" --json
 python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos" --limit 3 --json
+python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos" --limit 3 --no-shorts
 ```
 
 ## Output fields
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos" --limit 3 --json
 - `url` - watch URL
 - `published` - ISO-8601 timestamp from the feed
 
+## Flags
+
+- `--limit N` how many videos to return (1-20)
+- `--json` output as JSON
+- `--no-shorts` exclude URLs matching `/shorts/`
+
 ## Notes
 
 - Works with `@handle` URLs and plain `@handle` input.

latest3.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def extract_channel_id(html: str) -> str:
     raise RuntimeError("Could not resolve channel ID from URL")
 
 
-def fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id: str, limit: int = 3):
+def fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id: str, limit: int = 3, no_shorts: bool = False):
     feed_url = f"https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}"
     xml_text = http_get(feed_url)
     root = ET.fromstring(xml_text)
@@ -65,13 +65,16 @@ def fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id: str, limit: int = 3):
     }
 
     out = []
-    for entry in root.findall("atom:entry", ns)[:limit]:
+    for entry in root.findall("atom:entry", ns):
         vid = entry.findtext("yt:videoId", default="", namespaces=ns)
         title = entry.findtext("atom:title", default="", namespaces=ns)
         published = entry.findtext("atom:published", default="", namespaces=ns)
         link_el = entry.find("atom:link", ns)
         url = link_el.attrib.get("href") if link_el is not None else (f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={vid}" if vid else "")
 
+        if no_shorts and "/shorts/" in (url or ""):
+            continue
+
         out.append(
             {
                 "id": vid,
@@ -81,16 +84,19 @@ def fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id: str, limit: int = 3):
             }
         )
 
+        if len(out) >= limit:
+            break
+
     if not out:
         raise RuntimeError("No videos found in channel feed")
     return out
 
 
-def get_latest_videos(channel_url_or_handle: str, limit: int = 3):
+def get_latest_videos(channel_url_or_handle: str, limit: int = 3, no_shorts: bool = False):
     normalized = normalize_channel_url(channel_url_or_handle)
     html = http_get(normalized)
     channel_id = extract_channel_id(html)
-    videos = fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id, limit=limit)
+    videos = fetch_latest_from_feed(channel_id, limit=limit, no_shorts=no_shorts)
     return {
         "input": channel_url_or_handle,
         "resolved_url": normalized,
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("channel", help="YouTube channel URL (including @handle) or @handle")
     ap.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=3, help="How many latest videos to return (default: 3)")
     ap.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="Print full JSON output")
+    ap.add_argument("--no-shorts", action="store_true", help="Exclude Shorts URLs")
     args = ap.parse_args()
 
     if args.limit < 1 or args.limit > 20:
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(2)
 
     try:
-        data = get_latest_videos(args.channel, limit=args.limit)
+        data = get_latest_videos(args.channel, limit=args.limit, no_shorts=args.no_shorts)
     except (urllib.error.URLError, urllib.error.HTTPError) as e:
         print(f"Network error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)