Read correct YouTube Playlist views from the YT data API with Python (here Neo4j Twitch Stream videos)

playlist.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# https://developers.google.com/explorer-help/guides/code_samples#python

# pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib
# python playlist.py

import os
import sys
import json

import google_auth_oauthlib.flow
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
import googleapiclient.discovery
import googleapiclient.errors

from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload, MediaIoBaseUpload
from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets
from oauth2client.file import Storage
from oauth2client.tools import run_flow

scopes = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly"]

def main():
    # Disable OAuthlib's HTTPS verification when running locally.
    # *DO NOT* leave this option enabled in production.
    os.environ["OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT"] = "1"
    playlistId = "PL9Hl4pk2FsvXjk0hrerr78pLN-477pDLo"
    if len(sys.argv)>1:
        playlistId = ",".join(sys.argv[1:])
    api_service_name = "youtube"
    api_version = "v3"
    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52200589/where-to-download-your-client-secret-file-json-file/52222827
    client_secrets_file = "client_secret.json"

    # https://developers.google.com/docs/api/quickstart/python
    if os.path.exists('token.json'):
        credentials = Credentials.from_authorized_user_file('token.json')
    else:        
        # Get credentials and create an API client
        flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
            client_secrets_file, scopes)
        credentials = flow.run_local_server()
        with open('token.json', 'w') as token:
            token.write(credentials.to_json())

    youtube = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
        api_service_name, api_version, credentials=credentials)

    nextPageToken = None
    total = 0
    count = 0
    while True:

        request = youtube.playlistItems().list(
            part="id,contentDetails",
            playlistId=playlistId,
            maxResults=25,
            pageToken = nextPageToken
        )
        response = request.execute()
        nextPageToken = response.get("nextPageToken",None)
        videos = [item["contentDetails"]["videoId"] for item in response["items"]]

        request = youtube.videos().list(
            part="snippet,contentDetails,statistics,status",
            id=",".join(videos)
        )
        response = request.execute()
        # print(response)
        # video format: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos#resource
        for v in response["items"]:
            row = [v["id"],v["snippet"]["title"],v["snippet"]["publishedAt"],v["statistics"]["viewCount"],\
                   v["status"]["privacyStatus"]]
            total += int(row[3])
            print("\t".join(row))
        count += len(response["items"])
        if (nextPageToken is None):
            break
    print("%d videos. Total views: %d" % (count, total), file=sys.stderr)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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