casttube

library0.2.1pypypi✓ verified 84d ago

A Python library for interacting with the YouTube Chromecast API, providing methods to send videos to Chromecast devices. Currently at version 0.2.1, with sporadic maintenance.

communication http-networking

pip install casttube

github ↗package ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · CASTTUBE

casttube

communicationpythonv0.2.1

Install

2.0s avg

Import

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Disk

19MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v0.2.1 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.000s · 21MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 2.0s · import 0.000s · 21MB

19MB installed

● package 19MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

YouTubeSession

✓ from casttube import YouTubeSession

✗ from casttube import YouTubeChromecast

Initialize a YouTubeChromecast instance and obtain a watch key for a given video ID.

from casttube import YouTubeChromecast ytc = YouTubeChromecast() ytc.get_watch_key('dQw4w9WgXcQ')

Debug

Known issues

gotchaThe library requires a network connection to Google's YouTube APIs and may break if YouTube changes their internal endpoints.

fix

Handle exceptions such as requests.exceptions.ConnectionError or ValueError in production code.

affects: all

deprecatedThe project has not seen updates since 2020; consider alternatives like pytube or yt-dlp for more reliable YouTube interaction.

fix

Evaluate if this library meets your needs or switch to actively maintained alternatives.

affects: 0.2.0, 0.2.1

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Version history

0.2.1latest on PyPI · released Apr 8, 2020

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Resources

githubhttp://github.com/ur1katz/casttube ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/casttube/ ↗