Quick script to automate video upload from CLI to YouTube. Replace 'francesco' with your own username.

youtube-uploader-cli.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Quick script to automate video upload from CLI to YouTube.
# More info and requirements at https://github.com/tokland/youtube-upload
# BEFORE starting: replace 'francesco' with your own username to make it work!

if [[ $# != 3 ]]; then
    echo "Error: wrong number of arguments. It should be 3, you put $#."
    echo "Usage: ./youtube-uploader-cli.sh [video title] [video path] [public | unlisted | private]"
    exit -1
fi

# running vars
VIDEO_TITLE="$1"
VIDEO_PATH="$2"
PRIVACY="$3"

# pre-set vars
CLIENT_SECRETS="/home/francesco/.config/youtube-upload/client_secrets.json"
CRED_FILE="/home/francesco/.config/youtube-upload/youtube-upload-credentials.json"

if [[ $(whoami) != "francesco" ]]; then
   echo "This script must be run by francesco users! Exiting..."
   exit 1
fi

PYTHONPATH=. python /home/francesco/documents/youtube-upload-master/bin/youtube-upload --title "$VIDEO_TITLE" "$VIDEO_PATH" --client-secrets=$CLIENT_SECRETS --credentials-file=$CRED_FILE --privacy=$PRIVACY

echo "Done!"