youtube-latest3

Fetch the latest uploads from a YouTube channel URL (including dynamic @handle URLs like https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos).

Why this approach

This tool resolves the channel ID from the exact channel URL, then reads YouTube's official uploads feed:

• https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<CHANNEL_ID>

That feed is ordered by newest uploads, so fetching the first 3 entries gives the latest 3 videos.

Usage

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
python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos" --limit 3 --no-vods
python3 latest3.py "https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig/videos" --limit 3 --no-shorts --no-vods

Output fields

• id - video ID
• title - video title
• 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/
• --no-vods exclude livestream VODs (isLiveContent=true on watch page)

Notes

• Works with @handle URLs and plain @handle input.
• No API key required.
• If YouTube changes page markup for channel ID extraction, update extract_channel_id().