for item in data.get("items", []): video = ET.SubElement(root, "video") ET.SubElement(video, "id").text = item["id"] ET.SubElement(video, "title").text = item["snippet"]["title"] ET.SubElement(video, "channel").text = item["snippet"]["channelTitle"] ET.SubElement(video, "published_at").text = item["snippet"]["publishedAt"] ET.SubElement(video, "views").text = item["statistics"]["viewCount"] ET.SubElement(video, "likes").text = item["statistics"].get("likeCount", "0") ET.SubElement(video, "comments").text = item["statistics"].get("commentCount", "0")
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Here's a practical Python script that demonstrates how to retrieve and download metadata for the top 50 trending videos: for item in data