YouTube Comments Sentiment Analyzer

YouTube comments sentiment analyzer tool that makes polarity analysis. The result is saved as a pie chart output.

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How to setup

• Run the following commands to install the required packages

  • cd <project directory>
  • python -m venv env
  • source env/bin/activate
  • python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

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How to use

usage: python yt_comments_analyzer.py [-h] [-u URL] [-c] [-cf CONFIGFILE] [-ir] [-o OUTPUT]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                              show this help message and exit
  -u URL, --url URL                       Video URL to analyze comments
  -c, --useconfig                         Read configuration from config.json file
  -cf CONFIGFILE, --configfile CONFIGFILE Read configuration from given file
  -ir, --include_replies                  Include replies to top level comments
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT              Name or absolute path of the output chart

Example Commands

• Get comments for the given video and output results to sentiment_analysis_chart.png file.
  • python yt_comments_analyzer.py -u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2-FPm1EhI

• Get comments with replies for the given video and output results to result_chart.png file.
  • python yt_comments_analyzer.py -u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixzKvJeXrY4 -ir -o result_chart.png

• Get parameters from config.json file.

  • python yt_comments_analyzer.py -c

• Get parameters from the given config file.

  • python yt_comments_analyzer.py -c -cf custom_config.json

• Example video of an execution