#!/usr/bin/python # Update the snippet metadata for a video. Sample usage: # python update_video.py --video_id= --tags="" --title="New title" --description="New description" import argparse import os import google.oauth2.credentials import google_auth_oauthlib.flow from googleapiclient.discovery import build from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow # 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. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from # the {{ Google Cloud Console }} at # {{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}. # Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project. # For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see: # https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication # For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see: # https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = 'client_secret.json' # This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the # authenticated user's account. SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube'] API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube' API_VERSION = 'v3' # Authorize the request and store authorization credentials. def get_authenticated_service(): flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, SCOPES) credentials = flow.run_console() return build(API_SERVICE_NAME, API_VERSION, credentials = credentials) def update_video(youtube, args): # Call the API's videos.list method to retrieve the video resource. videos_list_response = youtube.videos().list( id=args.video_id, part='snippet' ).execute() # If the response does not contain an array of 'items' then the video was # not found. if not videos_list_response['items']: print 'Video "%s" was not found.' % args.video_id sys.exit(1) # Since the request specified a video ID, the response only contains one # video resource. This code extracts the snippet from that resource. videos_list_snippet = videos_list_response['items'][0]['snippet'] # Set video title, description, default language if specified in args. if args.title: videos_list_snippet['title'] = args.title if args.description: videos_list_snippet['description'] = args.description # Preserve any tags already associated with the video. If the video does # not have any tags, create a new array. Append the provided tag to the # list of tags associated with the video. if 'tags' not in videos_list_snippet: videos_list_snippet['tags'] = [] if args.tags: videos_list_snippet['tags'] = args.tags.split(',') elif args.add_tag: videos_list_snippet['tags'].append(args.add_tag) print(videos_list_snippet); # Update the video resource by calling the videos.update() method. videos_update_response = youtube.videos().update( part='snippet', body=dict( snippet=videos_list_snippet, id=args.video_id )).execute() print('The updated video metadata is:\n' + 'Title: ' + videos_update_response['snippet']['title'] + '\n') if videos_update_response['snippet']['description']: print ('Description: ' + videos_update_response['snippet']['description'] + '\n') if videos_update_response['snippet']['tags']: print ('Tags: ' + ','.join(videos_update_response['snippet']['tags']) + '\n') if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--video_id', help='ID of video to update.', required=True) parser.add_argument('--tags', help='Comma-separated list of tags relevant to the video. This argument ' + 'replaces the existing list of tags.') parser.add_argument('--add_tag', help='Additional tag to add to video. ' + 'This argument does not affect current tags.') parser.add_argument('--title', help='Title of the video.') parser.add_argument('--description', help='Description of the video.') args = parser.parse_args() youtube = get_authenticated_service() try: update_video(youtube, args) except HttpError, e: print 'An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s' % (e.resp.status, e.content) print 'Tag "%s" was added to video id "%s".' % (args.add_tag, args.video_id)