Gets YouTube Channels Latest Videos

YouTubeGetChannelsLatest100Videos.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import json
# pip install google-api-python-client
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from pprint import pprint
import isodate

api_service_name = "youtube"
api_version = "v3"
api_key = "asdf"

youtube = build( api_service_name , api_version , developerKey=api_key )

def get_channel_id(channel_name):
	request = youtube.search().list(
		part="snippet",
		q=channel_name,
		type="channel",
		maxResults=1
	)
	response = request.execute()
	if 'items' in response and len(response['items']) > 0:
		return response['items'][0]['id']['channelId']
	else:
		return None

def get_video_details(video_ids):
	request = youtube.videos().list(
		part="contentDetails",
		id=",".join(video_ids)
	)
	response = request.execute()
	return response['items']

def get_channel_videos(channel_id, max_results=300):
	videos = []
	next_page_token = None

	while len(videos) < max_results:
		request = youtube.search().list(
			part="snippet",
			channelId=channel_id,
			maxResults=min(max_results - len(videos), 50),
			pageToken=next_page_token,
			order="date"
		)
		response = request.execute()

		video_ids = [item['id']['videoId'] for item in response['items'] if item['id']['kind'] == 'youtube#video']
		video_details = get_video_details(video_ids)
		for item, detail in zip(response['items'], video_details):
			if item['id']['kind'] == 'youtube#video':
				duration = isodate.parse_duration(detail['contentDetails']['duration']).total_seconds()
				# Exclude shorts (videos with a duration less than 60 seconds)
				if duration > 90:
					videos.append({
						'videoId': item['id']['videoId'],
						'title': item['snippet']['title'],
						'publishedAt': item['snippet']['publishedAt'],
						'duration': duration
					})

		next_page_token = response.get('nextPageToken')
		if not next_page_token:
			break

	return videos[:max_results]

def write_json( file_path , python_object ):
	with open( file_path , 'w', encoding='utf-8' ) as f:
		json.dump( python_object , f , ensure_ascii=False , indent=4 )

def read_json( file_path ):
	with open( file_path ) as f:
		return json.load( f )

def write_text( file_path , text_lines_list ):
	with open( file_path , 'w', encoding='utf-8' ) as f:
		f.writelines( text_lines_list )

def read_text( file_path ):
	with open( file_path ) as f:
		return f.read().splitlines()

channel_name = sys.argv[ 1 ]
channel_id = get_channel_id( channel_name )
print( f"Channel ID: {channel_id}" )
videos = get_channel_videos( channel_id )
write_json( f"{channel_name}.json" , videos )
text_lines = []
for video in videos:
	yt_url = f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video['videoId']}"
	text_lines.append( f"{yt_url}\n" )
text_lines[ -1 ] = text_lines[ -1 ].strip()
write_text( f"{channel_name}.txt" , text_lines )