youtube-upload

Introduction

Youtube-upload is a command-line script that uploads videos to Youtube (it should work on any platform -GNU/Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows, ...- that runs Python).

Dependencies

• Python 2.6 or 2.7. Python 3.0 is NOT supported.
• Python Google API

Install

$ wget https://github.com/tokland/youtube-upload/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd youtube-upload-master
$ sudo python setup.py install

• If you don't want (or you can't) install software on the computer, run it directly from sources:

  $ cd youtube-upload-master
  $ PYTHONPATH=. python youtube_upload/youtube_upload.py ...
  

Examples

• Upload a video

  $ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
               --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" anne_sophie_mutter.flv
  pxzZ-fYjeYs
  

• Upload a video with your own client_secrets.json:

  $ youtube-upload --title="A.S. Mutter" --description="A.S. Mutter plays Beethoven" \
               --category=Music --tags="mutter, beethoven" 
               --client-secrets=my_client_secrets.json anne_sophie_mutter.flv
  pxzZ-fYjeYs
  

• Split a video with ffmpeg

Youtube currently limits videos to <2Gb and <15' for almost all users. You can use the example script to split it before uploading:

$ bash examples/split_video_for_youtube.sh video.avi
video.part1.avi
video.part2.avi
video.part3.avi

• Use a HTTP proxy

Set environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy:

$ export http_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ export https_proxy=http://user:password@host:port
$ youtube-upload ....

Caveats

• The package includes a default client_secrets.json file. If you plan to make a heavy use of the script, please create and use your own OAuth 2.0 file.

• If a video does not comply with Youtube size limitations you must split it (using ffmpeg/avconv, for example).

Notes for developers

• Main logic of the upload: main.py (function upload_video).
• Check the Youtube Data API.
• Some examples.

More

• License: GNU/GPLv3.

• Bugs: Open a issue.

• New features: I'll try to fix bugs, but, to add functionality, please send a pull request.

• Donations.