Is it possible to stream video from https:// (e.g. YouTube) into python with OpenCV?

Question

This link has a tidy little example of how to use python\'s OpenCV library, cv2 to stream data from a camera into your python shell. I\'m looking to do some exp

Answer 1

it is possible with pafy (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pafy)

import cv2, pafy

url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKX8uaoy9c8"
videoPafy = pafy.new(url)
best = videoPafy.getbest(preftype="webm")

video=cv2.VideoCapture(best.url)