Youtube-rs

About

Youtube-rs is a simple easy to use youtube api library make for the programming language rust. The library is still a work and progress so expect new features to be out or unexpected errors. The library uses python binding to call the youtube api. This library currently supports uploading videos, editing thumbnails, and rating videos.

Getting Started

First install pip if you havent already. Next install all of the required modules with pip3 by pasting the following command into a terminal.

pip3 install google-api-python-client==1.7.2 && 
pip3 install google-auth==1.8.0 &&
pip3 install google-auth-httplib2==0.0.3 &&
pip3 install google-auth-oauthlib==0.4.1

Tutorial

Watch this simple video to find out how to upload a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWl6vFP2uU

Example

Here is how to upload a video using this library.

use youtube_rs::*;
fn main() {
    // Put your own youtube secret file here
    let client = YTClient::from_secret_path("./secret.json").unwrap();
    let options = VideoData {
        title: "test video",
        desc: "cool description",
        keywords: Some("test,cool"),
        category:video::CategoryID::SciTech as u32,
        privacy_status: video::PrivacyStatus::Private,
        file: "./test.mp4",
        for_kids:false
    };
    // Creates the settings for the video
    let opt = client.create_upload_options(options).unwrap();
    client.upload_request(opt).expect("Could not upload");
}