/newpipe-to-youtube

A Python script to bulk subscribe to YouTube channels using the YouTube Data API v3 based on your NewPipe subscriptions.

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NewPipe to YouTube

A Python script to bulk subscribe to YouTube channels using the YouTube Data API v3 based on your NewPipe subscriptions.

Features

  • Bulk subscribe to channels from NewPipe subscriptions JSON file
  • Handles existing subscriptions (skips duplicates)

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.6+
  • Google API project with YouTube Data API v3 enabled
  • client_secrets.json from Google Cloud Console

Setup

  1. Enable YouTube Data API

    • Create a project at Google Cloud Console
    • Enable "YouTube Data API v3"
    • Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app type)
    • Download credentials as client_secrets.json

  2. Install dependencies

    pip install google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 google-api-python-client

Usage

  • Clone repo or just download newpipe-to-youtube.py

  • Export subscriptions from NewPipe - subscriptions.json

  • Place newpipe-to-youtube.py, client_secrets.json and subscriptions.json in the same folder

  • Run the script

    python newpipe-to-youtube.py

  • Authenticate when prompted:

    1. Browser will open for Google sign-in
    2. Grant "Manage YouTube subscriptions" permission