Export csv of your YouTube subscriptions and import into histre.com

upload-youtube-subscriptions.py

import csv
import datetime
import getpass
import requests

urls = {}
urls["host"] = "https://histre.com/"
urls["api"] = f"{urls['host']}api/v1/"
urls["auth"] = f"{urls['api']}auth_token/"
urls["collection"] = f"{urls['api']}collections/"
urls["note"] = f"{urls['api']}note/?append=true"


def authenticate(username=None, password=None):
    if username is None:
        username = input("Enter your histre username or email: ")
    if password is None:
        password = getpass.getpass("Enter your histre password: ")
    json = {
        "username": username,
        "password": password,
    }
    r = requests.post(urls["auth"], json=json)
    if r.status_code != 200:
        print(r.text)
        raise Exception("Authentication failed")
    response = r.json()
    auth_token = response["data"]["access"]
    return auth_token


def auth_header(auth_token):
    return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {auth_token}"}


def create_collection(title, description, headers):
    json = {"title": title, "description": description}
    r = requests.post(urls["collection"], json=json, headers=headers)
    if r.status_code >= 400:
        print(r.text)
        raise Exception("Collection creation failed")
    response = r.json()
    book_id = response["data"]["book_id"]
    return book_id


def import_youtube_subscriptions():
    """Import YouTube subscriptions (exported as csv) into histre"""
    auth_token = authenticate()
    headers = auth_header(auth_token)

    # create collection
    title = "YouTube Subscriptions"
    utc_dt = datetime.datetime.now()
    desc = f"Uploaded at {utc_dt.astimezone().strftime('%c')}"
    book_id = create_collection(title, desc, headers)

    book_url = f"{urls['host']}collections/{book_id}/"
    print(f"Created collection {book_url}")

    # save notes to collection
    notes = []
    with open("youtube-subscriptions.csv") as csvfile:
        reader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=",")
        next(reader, None)  # skip headers
        for sub in reader:
            if len(sub) < 3:
                continue
            url = sub[1]
            title = sub[2]
            json = {
                "url": url,
                "title": title,
                "book_ids": [book_id],
            }
            notes.append(json)

        r = requests.post(urls["note"], json=notes, headers=headers)
        if r.status_code >= 400:
            print(r.text)
            raise Exception("Note creation failed")

    print("Successfully uploaded all subscriptions!")
    return


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import_youtube_subscriptions()