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YouTube upload from Terminal

Examples

  • youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" anne_sophie_mutter.flv
  • ./youtubeuploader -filename blob.mp4

tokland/youtube-upload

Command-line script to upload videos to Youtube using theYoutube APIv3. It should work on any platform (GNU/Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows, …) that runs Python.

Install

$ sudo pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client oauth2client progressbar2
$ wget https://github.com/tokland/youtube-upload/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd youtube-upload-master
$ sudo python setup.py install

Setup

The package used to include a default client_secrets.json file. It does not work anymore, Google has revoked it. So you now must create and use your own OAuth 2.0 file, it’s a free service. Steps:

  • Go to the Google console.
  • Create project.
  • Side menu: APIs & auth -> APIs
  • Top menu: Enabled API(s): Enable all Youtube APIs.
  • Side menu: APIs & auth -> Credentials.
  • Create a Client ID: Add credentials -> OAuth 2.0 Client ID -> Other -> Name: youtube-upload -> Create -> OK
  • Download JSON: Under the section “OAuth 2.0 client IDs”. Save the file to your local system.

  • Use this JSON as your credentials file: –client-secrets=CLIENT_SECRETS or copy it to ~/client_secrets.json.

  • GitHub tokland / youtube-upload

porjo/youtubeuploader

Scripted uploads to youtube.

  • upload video files from local disk or from the web.
  • ratelimit upload bandwidth

It has precompiled binary for Linux, Mac or Windows.

Setup

Talking to the Youtube API requires oauth2 authentication. As such, you must:

  • Create an account on the Google Developers Console
  • Register a new app there
  • Enable the Youtube API (APIs & Auth -> APIs)
  • Create Client ID (APIs & Auth -> Credentials), select ‘Web application’
  • Add an ‘Authorized redirect URI’ of ‘http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback'
  • Take note of the Client ID and Client secret values

  • The utility looks for client_secrets.json in the local directory. Create it first using the details from above:

    {
"installed": {
"client_id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"client_secret": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"redirect_uris": ["http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback"],
"auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
"token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token"
}
}

Update client_id and client_secret to match your details