Effortless Video Uploading: Automating YouTube Uploads with Python Code (Free source code)

Videos :

Package :

googleapiclient

oauth2client

httplib2

pytz

Source code :

from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets from oauth2client.file import Storage from oauth2client.tools import run_flow from googleapiclient import discovery import httplib2 from datetime import datetime, timedelta import pytz def getScheduleDateTime(days = 0): # Set the publish time to 2 PM Eastern Time (US) on the next day eastern_tz = pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles') publish_time = datetime.now(eastern_tz) if days>0: publish_time = datetime.now(eastern_tz) + timedelta(days) publish_time = publish_time.replace(hour=14, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0) # Set the publish time in the UTC timezone publish_time_utc = publish_time.astimezone(pytz.utc).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ') return publish_time_utc # Start the OAuth flow to retrieve credentials def authorize_credentials(): CLIENT_SECRET = 'client_secret.json' SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube' STORAGE = Storage('credentials.storage') # Fetch credentials from storage credentials = STORAGE.get() # If the credentials doesn't exist in the storage location then run the flow if credentials is None or credentials.invalid: flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRET, scope=SCOPE) http = httplib2.Http() credentials = run_flow(flow, STORAGE, http=http) return credentials def getYoutubeService(): credentials = authorize_credentials() http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()) discoveryUrl = ('https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/youtube/v3/rest') service = discovery.build('youtube', 'v3', http=http, discoveryServiceUrl=discoveryUrl) return service def upload_video(file_path, title, description='', tags=[], privacy_status = 'public',day=0): print("Uploading...") youtube = getYoutubeService() try: # Define the video resource object body = { 'snippet': { 'title': title, 'description': description, 'tags': tags, }, 'status': { 'privacyStatus': privacy_status } } if privacy_status == 'private': body['status']['publishAt'] = getScheduleDateTime(day) # Define the media file object media_file = MediaFileUpload(file_path) # Call the API's videos.insert method to upload the video videos = youtube.videos() response = videos.insert( part='snippet,status', body=body, media_body=media_file ).execute() # Print the response after the video has been uploaded print('Video uploaded successfully!\n') print(f'Title: {response["snippet"]["title"]}') print(f'URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={response["id"]}') except HttpError as e: # print(f'An HTTP error {error.resp.status} occurred:\n{error.content}') raise Exception(f"An HTTP error {e.resp.status} occurred: {e.content.decode('utf-8')}") vid_path='your video path' upload_video(vid_path,'video title')

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from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError

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from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload

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from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets

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from oauth2client.file import Storage

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from oauth2client.tools import run_flow

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from googleapiclient import discovery

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import httplib2

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from datetime import datetime, timedelta

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import pytz

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​

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​

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def getScheduleDateTime(days = 0):

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    # Set the publish time to 2 PM Eastern Time (US) on the next day

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    eastern_tz = pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles')

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    publish_time = datetime.now(eastern_tz)

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    if days>0:

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        publish_time = datetime.now(eastern_tz) + timedelta(days)

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    publish_time = publish_time.replace(hour=14, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)

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​

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    # Set the publish time in the UTC timezone

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    publish_time_utc = publish_time.astimezone(pytz.utc).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')

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    return publish_time_utc

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​

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# Start the OAuth flow to retrieve credentials

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def authorize_credentials():

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    CLIENT_SECRET = 'client_secret.json'

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    SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube'

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    STORAGE = Storage('credentials.storage')

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    # Fetch credentials from storage

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    credentials = STORAGE.get()

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    # If the credentials doesn't exist in the storage location then run the flow

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    if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:

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        flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRET, scope=SCOPE)

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        http = httplib2.Http()

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        credentials = run_flow(flow, STORAGE, http=http)

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    return credentials

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​

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def getYoutubeService():

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    credentials = authorize_credentials()

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    http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http())

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    discoveryUrl = ('https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/youtube/v3/rest')

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    service = discovery.build('youtube', 'v3', http=http, discoveryServiceUrl=discoveryUrl)

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    return service

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​

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def upload_video(file_path, title, description='', tags=[], privacy_status = 'public',day=0):

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    print("Uploading...")

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    youtube = getYoutubeService()

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    try:

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        # Define the video resource object

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        body = {

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            'snippet': {

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                'title': title,

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                'description': description,

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                'tags': tags,

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            },

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            'status': {

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                'privacyStatus': privacy_status

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            }

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        }

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​

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        if privacy_status == 'private':

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            body['status']['publishAt'] = getScheduleDateTime(day)

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​

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        # Define the media file object

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        media_file = MediaFileUpload(file_path)

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​

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        # Call the API's videos.insert method to upload the video

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        videos = youtube.videos()

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        response = videos.insert(

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            part='snippet,status',

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            body=body,

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            media_body=media_file

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        ).execute()

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        # Print the response after the video has been uploaded

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        print('Video uploaded successfully!\n')

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        print(f'Title: {response["snippet"]["title"]}')

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        print(f'URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={response["id"]}')

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​

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    except HttpError as e:

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        # print(f'An HTTP error {error.resp.status} occurred:\n{error.content}')

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        raise Exception(f"An HTTP error {e.resp.status} occurred: {e.content.decode('utf-8')}")

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​

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vid_path='your video path'

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upload_video(vid_path,'video title')