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#!/usr/bin/python
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# Usage example:
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# python comments.py --videoid='<video_id>' --text='<text>'
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import httplib2
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import os
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import sys
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from apiclient.discovery import build_from_document
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from apiclient.errors import HttpError
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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 argparser, run_flow
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# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
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# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
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# client_secret. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from
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# the {{ Google Cloud Console }} at
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# {{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}.
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# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
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# For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see:
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# https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication
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# For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see:
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# https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
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CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secrets.json"
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# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
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# authenticated user's account and requires requests to use an SSL connection.
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YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SSL_SCOPE = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl"
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YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
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YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"
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# This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is
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# missing.
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MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = """
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WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0
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To make this sample run you will need to populate the client_secrets.json file
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found at:
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%s
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with information from the APIs Console
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https://developers.google.com/console
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For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, please visit:
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https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
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""" % os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
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CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE))
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# Authorize the request and store authorization credentials.
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def get_authenticated_service(args):
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flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scope=YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SSL_SCOPE,
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message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)
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storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0])
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credentials = storage.get()
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if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
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credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args)
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# Trusted testers can download this discovery document from the developers page
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# and it should be in the same directory with the code.
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with open("youtube-v3-discoverydocument.json", "r") as f:
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doc = f.read()
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return build_from_document(doc, http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()))
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# Call the API's commentThreads.list method to list the existing comment threads.
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def get_comment_threads(youtube, video_id):
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results = youtube.commentThreads().list(
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part="snippet",
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videoId=video_id,
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textFormat="plainText"
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).execute()
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for item in results["items"]:
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comment = item["snippet"]["topLevelComment"]
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author = comment["snippet"]["authorDisplayName"]
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text = comment["snippet"]["textDisplay"]
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print "Comment by %s: %s" % (author, text)
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return results["items"]
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# Call the API's comments.list method to list the existing comment replies.
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def get_comments(youtube, parent_id):
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results = youtube.comments().list(
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part="snippet",
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parentId=parent_id,
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textFormat="plainText"
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).execute()
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for item in results["items"]:
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author = item["snippet"]["authorDisplayName"]
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text = item["snippet"]["textDisplay"]
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print "Comment by %s: %s" % (author, text)
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return results["items"]
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# Call the API's comments.insert method to reply to a comment.
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# (If the intention is to create a new to-level comment, commentThreads.insert
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# method should be used instead.)
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def insert_comment(youtube, parent_id, text):
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insert_result = youtube.comments().insert(
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part="snippet",
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body=dict(
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snippet=dict(
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parentId=parent_id,
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textOriginal=text
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)
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)
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).execute()
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author = insert_result["snippet"]["authorDisplayName"]
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text = insert_result["snippet"]["textDisplay"]
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print "Replied to a comment for %s: %s" % (author, text)
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# Call the API's comments.update method to update an existing comment.
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def update_comment(youtube, comment):
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comment["snippet"]["textOriginal"] = 'updated'
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update_result = youtube.comments().update(
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part="snippet",
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body=comment
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).execute()
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author = update_result["snippet"]["authorDisplayName"]
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text = update_result["snippet"]["textDisplay"]
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print "Updated comment for %s: %s" % (author, text)
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# Call the API's comments.setModerationStatus method to set moderation status of an
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# existing comment.
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def set_moderation_status(youtube, comment):
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youtube.comments().setModerationStatus(
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id=comment["id"],
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moderationStatus="published"
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).execute()
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print "%s moderated succesfully" % (comment["id"])
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# Call the API's comments.markAsSpam method to mark an existing comment as spam.
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def mark_as_spam(youtube, comment):
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youtube.comments().markAsSpam(
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id=comment["id"]
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).execute()
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print "%s marked as spam succesfully" % (comment["id"])
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# Call the API's comments.delete method to delete an existing comment.
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def delete_comment(youtube, comment):
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youtube.comments().delete(
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id=comment["id"]
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).execute()
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print "%s deleted succesfully" % (comment["id"])
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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# The "videoid" option specifies the YouTube video ID that uniquely
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# identifies the video for which the comment will be inserted.
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argparser.add_argument("--videoid",
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help="Required; ID for video for which the comment will be inserted.")
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# The "text" option specifies the text that will be used as comment.
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argparser.add_argument("--text", help="Required; text that will be used as comment.")
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args = argparser.parse_args()
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if not args.videoid:
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exit("Please specify videoid using the --videoid= parameter.")
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if not args.text:
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exit("Please specify text using the --text= parameter.")
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youtube = get_authenticated_service(args)
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# All the available methods are used in sequence just for the sake of an example.
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try:
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video_comment_threads = get_comment_threads(youtube, args.videoid)
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parent_id = video_comment_threads[0]["id"]
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insert_comment(youtube, parent_id, args.text)
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video_comments = get_comments(youtube, parent_id)
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update_comment(youtube, video_comments[0])
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set_moderation_status(youtube, video_comments[0])
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mark_as_spam(youtube, video_comments[0])
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delete_comment(youtube, video_comments[0])
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except HttpError, e:
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print "An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status, e.content)
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else:
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print "Inserted, listed, updated, moderated, marked and deleted comments."

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