Add file for coming-soon Python quickstart guide.

AndyDiamondstein · web-flow · commit 55bf40114f1c · 2017-04-24T16:50:49.000-04:00
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+# Sample Python code for user authorization
+
+import httplib2
+import os
+import sys
+
+from apiclient.discovery import build
+from apiclient.errors import HttpError
+from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets
+from oauth2client.file import Storage
+from oauth2client.tools import argparser, run_flow
+
+# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
+# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
+# client_secret.
+CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secret.json"
+
+# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
+# authenticated user's account and requires requests to use an SSL connection.
+YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SSL_SCOPE = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly"
+API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
+API_VERSION = "v3"
+
+# This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is
+# missing.
+MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = "WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0"
+
+# Authorize the request and store authorization credentials.
+def get_authenticated_service(args):
+  flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scope=YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SSL_SCOPE,
+    message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)
+
+  storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0])
+  credentials = storage.get()
+
+  if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
+    credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args)
+
+  # Trusted testers can download this discovery document from the developers page
+  # and it should be in the same directory with the code.
+  return build(API_SERVICE_NAME, API_VERSION,
+      http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()))
+
+args = argparser.parse_args()
+service = get_authenticated_service(args)
+
+### END BOILERPLATE CODE
+
+# Sample python code for channels.list
+
+def channels_list_by_username(service, **kwargs):
+  results = service.channels().list(
+    **kwargs
+  ).execute()
+
+  print('This channel\'s ID is %s. Its title is %s, and it has %s views.' %
+       (results['items'][0]['id'],
+        results['items'][0]['snippet']['title'],
+        results['items'][0]['statistics']['viewCount']))
+
+channels_list_by_username(service, part='snippet,contentDetails,statistics', forUsername='GoogleDevelopers')
