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OBS script that updates the YouTube livechat URL on a browser source on stream start.

youtube-live-chat-update.py

OBS script that updates the YouTube livechat URL on a browser source on stream start to the livechat associated with the (first) current livestream on a given channel. If no livestream is active, a placeholder page saying "No Stream." will be injected. You can style the text via the css class .nostream to match your background etc.

You will need a YouTube API key, see https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started and https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application for more information on how to go about that.

Additionally you will require the channel ID of the channel for which you want to query the current live stream. You can retrieve that by inspecting the web site source of the channel in question and looking for externalId.

To use, download youtube-live-chat-update.py and add it as script to OBS Studio. Note: Be sure to configure a valid Python environment first, see here for more details.

"""
youtube-live-chat-update.py
OBS script that updates the YouTube livechat URL on a browser source on stream
start to the livechat associated with the (first) current livestream on a
given channel.
To use this you will need a YouTube API key, see
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
and
https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application
for more information on how to go about that.
Additionally you will require the channel ID of the channel for which you want
to query the current live stream. You can retrieve that by inspecting the
web site source of the channel in question and looking for `externalId`.
---
Copyright (c) 2021 Gina Häußge
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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IN THE SOFTWARE.
"""
import obspython as obs
import urllib.request
import urllib.error
import json
__author__ = "Gina Häußge"
__license__ = "MIT"
channelid = ""
apikey = ""
source_name = ""
delay = 5
YOUTUBE_QUERY_URL = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&channelId={channelid}&eventType=live&type=video&key={apikey}"
YOUTUBE_CHAT_URL = "https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?v={vid}"
NO_STREAM = "data:text/html;base64,PGh0bWw+Cjxib2R5IHN0eWxlPSJkaXNwbGF5OiBmbGV4OyBoZWlnaHQ6IDEwMCU7IHBhZGRpbmc6IDA7IG1hcmdpbjogMDsgYWxpZ24taXRlbXM6IGNlbnRlcjsganVzdGlmeS1jb250ZW50OiBjZW50ZXI7IGZvbnQtZmFtaWx5OiBzYW5zLXNlcmlmIj4KICA8ZGl2IGNsYXNzPSJub3N0cmVhbSI+Tm8gU3RyZWFtLjwvZGl2Pgo8L2JvZHk+CjwvaHRtbD4="
# ------------------------------------------------------------
def update_url():
global channelid
global apikey
global source_name
obs.timer_remove(update_url)
source = obs.obs_get_source_by_name(source_name)
if apikey and source is not None:
url = YOUTUBE_QUERY_URL.format(channelid=channelid, apikey=apikey)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
data = response.read()
body = data.decode('utf-8')
data = json.loads(body)
items = data.get("items")
if items:
vid = items[0]["id"]["videoId"]
print("Found live stream, vid: {}".format(vid))
livechat = YOUTUBE_CHAT_URL.format(vid=vid)
print("Setting livechat URL to {}".format(livechat))
else:
livechat = NO_STREAM
print("No active stream, setting placeholder")
settings = obs.obs_data_create()
obs.obs_data_set_string(settings, "url", livechat)
obs.obs_source_update(source, settings)
obs.obs_data_release(settings)
except urllib.error.URLError as err:
obs.script_log(obs.LOG_WARNING, "Error retrieving livechat URL for channel '" + channelid + "': " + err.reason)
obs.remove_current_callback()
obs.obs_source_release(source)
def refresh_pressed(props, prop):
print("Refresh pressed")
update_url()
def on_frontend_event(event):
if event == obs.OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_STREAMING_STARTED:
global delay
print("Streaming started")
obs.timer_remove(update_url)
obs.timer_add(update_url, delay * 1000)
elif event == obs.OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_STREAMING_STOPPED:
print("Streaming stopped")
obs.timer_remove(update_url)
# ------------------------------------------------------------
def script_description():
return "Updates the YouTube livechat URL on a browser source on stream start.\n\nby @foosel"
def script_update(settings):
global channelid
global apikey
global source_name
global delay
channelid = obs.obs_data_get_string(settings, "channelid")
apikey = obs.obs_data_get_string(settings, "apikey")
source_name = obs.obs_data_get_string(settings, "source")
delay = obs.obs_data_get_int(settings, "delay")
def script_defaults(settings):
obs.obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "delay", 5)
def script_properties():
props = obs.obs_properties_create()
obs.obs_properties_add_text(props, "channelid", "YouTube Channel ID", obs.OBS_TEXT_DEFAULT)
obs.obs_properties_add_text(props, "apikey", "YouTube API key", obs.OBS_TEXT_DEFAULT)
p = obs.obs_properties_add_list(props, "source", "Browser Source", obs.OBS_COMBO_TYPE_EDITABLE, obs.OBS_COMBO_FORMAT_STRING)
sources = obs.obs_enum_sources()
if sources is not None:
for source in sources:
source_id = obs.obs_source_get_unversioned_id(source)
if source_id == "browser_source":
name = obs.obs_source_get_name(source)
obs.obs_property_list_add_string(p, name, name)
obs.source_list_release(sources)
obs.obs_properties_add_int(props, "delay", "Execution delay (seconds)", 5, 3600, 1)
obs.obs_properties_add_button(props, "button", "Refresh", refresh_pressed)
return props
def script_load(settings):
obs.obs_frontend_add_event_callback(on_frontend_event)
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