Harvest YouTube Playlist Videos

ytapi.py

"""
A python script that uses YouTube's API to 
harvest a private playlist list.
It grabs video titles, publish dates, uploader information, etc.

You'll need a client_secret.json, which can be obtained here:

https://console.cloud.google.com/
(OAuth 2.0 Client IDs)

"""

# Sample Python code for youtube.playlistItems.list
# See instructions for running these code samples locally:
# https://developers.google.com/explorer-help/guides/code_samples#python

import os

import google_auth_oauthlib.flow
import googleapiclient.discovery
import googleapiclient.errors
import json

scopes = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly"]


def main():
    # Disable OAuthlib's HTTPS verification when running locally.
    # *DO NOT* leave this option enabled in production.
    os.environ["OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT"] = "1"

    result_list: list = []

    api_service_name = "youtube"
    api_version = "v3"
    client_secrets_file = "client_secret.json"

    # Get credentials and create an API client
    flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
        client_secrets_file, scopes)
    credentials = flow.run_console()
    youtube = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
        api_service_name, api_version, credentials=credentials)

    request = youtube.playlistItems().list(
        part="snippet",
        maxResults=1000,
        # Change this to your own playlist.
        playlistId="PLPUbnsLOxvidE_IAhdn82YHq2TZwwR-QB"
    )
    response = request.execute()

    # result_list.append(response)
    for item in response['items']:
        result_list.append(item['snippet']['title'])

    print(response)

    try:
        while(response["nextPageToken"]):

            request = youtube.playlistItems().list(
                part="snippet",
                pageToken=response["nextPageToken"],
                maxResults=1000,
                # Change this to your own playlist.
                playlistId="PLPUbnsLOxvidE_IAhdn82YHq2TZwwR-QB"
            )

            response = request.execute()
            print(response)
            # result_list.append(response)
            for item in response['items']:
                result_list.append(item['snippet']['title'])

    except KeyError:
        print("End of list.")

        with open('result.json', 'w') as fout:
            json.dump(result_list, fout)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()