yt_upload.py

def youtube_upload(package):

    if package.youtube == '1' or package.youtube == '2':

        
        dev_email= G_USER
        dev_password= G_PASS
        dev_application= PROD_NAME
        dev_key= API_KEY
        youtube_user= YT_USER
        youtube_password= YT_PASS
        exclude = set(string.punctuation)
        s =  ''.join(ch for ch in package.youtube_name if ch not in exclude)
        title = description = s[:60]
        keywords = 'Al Arabiya'

        my_media_group = gdata.media.Group(

            title=gdata.media.Title(text=title),
            description=gdata.media.Description(description_type='plain',
                text=description),
            keywords=gdata.media.Keywords(text=keywords),
            category=gdata.media.Category(
                text='People',
                scheme='http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007/categories.cat',
                label='People & Blogs'),
            player=None,
            #private=gdata.media.Private(),
        )

        entry = YouTubeVideoEntry(media=my_media_group)
        service = YouTubeService(email=dev_email,
            password=dev_password,
            source=dev_application,
            client_id=dev_application,
            developer_key=dev_key)

        token_file = "youtube_login_token.txt"
        login_token = None

        try:
            
            f = open(token_file, 'r')
            login_token = f.readline().strip()
            f.close()
            service.SetClientLoginToken(login_token)
        except Exception:
            print "unable to set previous login token, continuing with default login settings"
            pass

        while True:
            captcha_token = None
            captcha_response = None
            try:
                print "trying login with captcha_token=%s and captcha_response=%s" % (captcha_token, captcha_response)
                service.ClientLogin(dev_email,dev_password, captcha_token=captcha_token, captcha_response=captcha_response)
                # all good, lets get out of here
                print "login succeeded continuing on to upload"
                break
            except BadAuthentication:
                print "BadAuthentication returned with credentials of user: %s password: %s" % (youtube_user, youtube_password)
                print 'Could not upload the video to youtube'
                print "BadAuthentication: Incorrect login credentials. Rejected by server."
                return package
            except CaptchaRequired:
                print "Captcha Required  .. "
                
                #print "CaptchaRequired returned from clientlogin(). requesting credentials"
                #print "CaptchaRequired: required captcha input from user for uploading please supply it.\n"
                #print "Captcha Address: " + self.captcha_url
                #os.system('open ' + self.captcha_url)
                #print "attempted to open url in browser window on mac using open command"
                #in_captcha = raw_input("Type in the captha you see:")
                #print "captcha input received from user (%s)" % in_captcha
                #captcha_token = self.captcha_token
                #captcha_response = in_captcha.strip()
                #print "set new client login info from captcha, looping back"
                # loop back now and try with new credentials
            except Exception, e:
                print "Uh oh, big error doing ClientLogin: %s" % e.message
                print 'Could not upload the video to youtube'
                return package


        try:
            print "saving token (%s) to token file (%s)" % (service.GetClientLoginToken(), token_file)
            f = open(token_file, 'w')
            f.write(service.GetClientLoginToken())
            f.close()
        except Exception:
            print "error occurred while writing to token file : %s " % Exception
            pass

        try:
            print "starting to upload video entry"
            service.InsertVideoEntry(entry, package.get_video())
            print "completed upload of video entry"
            return package
        except Exception, e:
            print 'Could not upload the video to youtube'
            return package
    else:
        #no upload to youtube
        print 'Youtube upload is not required !'
        return package