How to install pafy via python pip

pafy - Retrieve YouTube content and metadata, it belongs to Classifiers:

- License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)
- Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS 9
- Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
- Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 7
- Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows Vista
- Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows XP
- Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
- Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
- Topic :: Multimedia
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Capture/Recording
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Video

When you know about this project and you want to new install pafy to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "pafy" or ImportError: cannot import name "pafy" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install pafy

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Optional - If you want to install in virtual environment:

In Windows (CMD):

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

py -m venv test_pafy_env

- Active the virtual environment

test_pafy_env\Scripts\active

In Unix/macOS:

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

pip3 install virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv test_pafy_env

- Active the virtual environment

source test_pafy_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pafy

To install pafy on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install pafy

To install pafy on Unix/macOs:

pip install pafy

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pafy version, add ==<pafy version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install pafy==0.1

Please see the version list below table:

Version	Released date	Command
pafy 0.5.5	2019-11-22T07:14:11	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.5` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.5`
pafy 0.5.4	2018-02-11T21:19:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.4` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.4`
pafy 0.5.3.1	2017-01-15T22:10:23	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.3.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.3.1`
pafy 0.5.3	2017-01-14T03:32:33	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.3`
pafy 0.5.2	2016-08-18T19:08:47	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.2`
pafy 0.5.1	2016-06-01T01:07:57	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.1`
pafy 0.5.0	2016-02-28T21:13:12	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.5.0` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.5.0`
pafy 0.4.3	2016-01-01T22:11:32	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.4.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.4.3`
pafy 0.4.2	2015-11-11T18:30:43	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.4.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.4.2`
pafy 0.4.1	2015-10-04T22:57:30	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.4.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.4.1`
pafy 0.4.0	2015-10-04T15:42:38	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.4.0` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.4.0`
pafy 0.3.82	2016-01-01T22:02:06	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.82` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.82`
pafy 0.3.80	2015-12-21T01:51:11	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.80` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.80`
pafy 0.3.78	2015-11-11T16:16:31	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.78` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.78`
pafy 0.3.76	2015-10-04T15:21:32	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.76` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.76`
pafy 0.3.74	2015-06-01T13:19:29	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.74` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.74`
pafy 0.3.72	2015-02-02T13:34:00	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.72` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.72`
pafy 0.3.70	2015-02-01T12:52:59	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.70` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.70`
pafy 0.3.68	2015-01-13T21:08:00	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.68` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.68`
pafy 0.3.66	2014-11-22T14:38:48	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.66` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.66`
pafy 0.3.64	2014-10-18T14:39:01	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.64` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.64`
pafy 0.3.62	2014-08-26T16:16:18	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.62` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.62`
pafy 0.3.60	2014-08-15T15:24:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.60` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.60`
pafy 0.3.58	2014-07-24T19:00:14	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.58` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.58`
pafy 0.3.56	2014-07-16T01:19:50	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.56` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.56`
pafy 0.3.54	2014-07-12T14:41:20	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.54` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.54`
pafy 0.3.52	2014-06-22T19:30:15	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.52` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.52`
pafy 0.3.50	2014-06-19T15:56:23	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.50` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.50`
pafy 0.3.48	2014-06-12T10:34:32	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.48` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.48`
pafy 0.3.46	2014-06-05T22:03:58	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.46` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.46`
pafy 0.3.44	2014-05-21T13:38:11	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.44` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.44`
pafy 0.3.42	2014-04-30T17:29:28	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.42` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.42`
pafy 0.3.41	2014-03-06T00:09:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.41` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.41`
pafy 0.3.40	2014-03-05T23:47:03	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.40` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.40`
pafy 0.3.39	2014-03-02T20:41:39	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.39` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.39`
pafy 0.3.38	2014-02-27T13:18:14	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.38` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.38`
pafy 0.3.37	2014-02-25T02:45:16	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.37` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.37`
pafy 0.3.36	2014-02-20T03:45:09	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.36` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.36`
pafy 0.3.35	2014-02-17T01:04:08	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.35` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.35`
pafy 0.3.34	2014-02-11T00:31:53	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.34` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.34`
pafy 0.3.33	2014-02-07T03:50:02	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.33` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.33`
pafy 0.3.32	2014-02-05T18:29:35	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.32` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.32`
pafy 0.3.31	2014-02-04T17:43:56	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.31` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.31`
pafy 0.3.30	2014-02-03T04:04:45	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.30` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.30`
pafy 0.3.29	2014-02-02T17:54:17	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.29` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.29`
pafy 0.3.28	2014-02-02T00:15:27	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.28` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.28`
pafy 0.3.27	2014-01-14T05:13:56	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.27` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.27`
pafy 0.3.26	2013-12-18T15:53:03	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.26` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.26`
pafy 0.3.25	2013-12-15T15:14:55	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.25` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.25`
pafy 0.3.24	2013-12-12T14:50:58	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.24` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.24`
pafy 0.3.23	2013-11-14T13:50:43	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.23` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.23`
pafy 0.3.22	2013-10-28T13:03:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.22` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.22`
pafy 0.3.21	2013-10-24T00:08:16	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.21` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.21`
pafy 0.3.20	2013-10-19T20:20:04	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.20` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.20`
pafy 0.3.09	2013-09-20T02:22:05	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.09` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.09`
pafy 0.3.08	2013-09-20T02:19:36	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.08` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.08`
pafy 0.3.07	2013-09-05T23:34:34	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.07` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.07`
pafy 0.3.06	2013-09-04T06:55:01	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.06` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.06`
pafy 0.3.05	2013-09-01T00:12:35	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.05` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.05`
pafy 0.3.04	2013-08-30T09:23:20	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.04` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.04`
pafy 0.3.03	2013-08-29T00:22:43	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.03` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.03`
pafy 0.3.02	2013-08-25T15:08:27	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.02` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.02`
pafy 0.3.01	2013-08-25T15:02:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.3.01` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.3.01`
pafy 0.1	2013-05-20T11:47:23	Windows: `py -m pip install pafy==0.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pafy==0.1`

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pafy from local archives:

Download the distribution file from pafy-0.5.5.tar.gz or the specific pafy version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_pafy_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_pafy_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

Project link:

- Homepage
- Download

How to install pafy via python pip

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pafy

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pafy version, add ==<pafy version> to the end command line

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pafy from local archives:

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