YouTube Description Updaterer | How to use Python + API

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An update on the updater Python code for the Google/YouTube API to get data from YouTube, such as video description, and then add to it, and then I attempt to upload it back up to YouTube.


This shows me wrestling with OAuth, and experimenting with the code from GitHub : https://github.com/youtube/api-samples/blob/master/python/upload_video.py



I also look at how to get the secret json file and get the authentication code - sorry for blocking out some of the screen, but I had to for obvious reasons....


If anyone has done similar please contact me or comment below.


Progress summary =


1. Download thumbnails of all videos in a channel
2. Download video id, title, description
3. Save id, title and description to a json file.
All working


4. Next : Upload amended description - Use code from YouTube/GitHub :

https://github.com/youtube/api-samples/blob/master/python/upload_video.py


#------------------------------ After some testing it appears that :


"id", video['id']


Saved with my ytapithumbget has been creating a video id which looks something like :
"id", "VVV0dkdDYUV6UVpYN0d3VUppLUUzQUxRLnRmbC1VWHE4SV9B"


But the id that *actually works* with the updater code is the id from the URL :
eg:


tfl-UXq8I_A


At least this has now verified that OAuth is correctly configured with the secret_json file.

 
Todo : Add search for video_id rather than current playlist_id

#search_result.id.videoId
#search_result.id.channelId

#search_result.id.playlistId


Also get the tags, they weren't saved into the JSON..but they soon will be!

KBO


reference =

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search/list?apix_params=%7B%22part%22%3A%22list%22%2C%22channelId%22%3A%22update_video%22%7 #usage

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