including date published in model

video_finder.py

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# creating variable for time one week ago
today_date = datetime.today()
one_week_ago_date = today_date - timedelta(7)

one_week_ago_string = datetime(year=one_week_ago_date.year,month=one_week_ago_date.month,
                           day=one_week_ago_date.day).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')

# updating the search by adding 'publishedAfter'
results = youtube.search().list(q='coding', part='snippet', type='video',
                                order='viewCount', maxResults=100, publishedAfter=one_week_ago_string).execute()

# incorporating ratio limit and days since published into final custom score:
def custom_score(viewcount, ratio, days_since_published):
    if ratio > 5:
        ratio = 5
    score = (viewcount * ratio) / days_since_published
    return score