/youtup

simple nodejs youtube upload

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Install

npm install youtup

Usage

Pre-coding

  1. Create a project in Google Console API
  2. Enable YouTube Data API v3
  3. Create credentials for OAuth client ID:
  4. Get a Refresh Token from OAuth Playground

Code

youtup.upload({settings},onSuccess(res)*,onFail(res)*,onProgress(res)*)

Uploads a video to youtube channel.

  • {settings}: The upload settings, including authentication parameters and video data.
    • {auth}: Authentication parameters.
      • "email": The channel email.
      • "clientId": The credentials client id.
      • "clientSecret": The credentials client secret.
      • "refreshToken": The refresh token you've got from oauth playground.
    • {video}: The video data.
      • "filepath": Path to video file.
      • "title": Youtube video title.
      • "description"*: Youtube video description.
      • ["tags"]*: Youtube video tags.
      • #categoryId*: -22- Youtube video category id
    • #retry*: -3- The number of upload retries.
  • onSuccess()*: The function to run on success.
    • res: Response.
  • onFail()*: The function to run on fail.
    • res: Response.
  • onProgress()*: The function to run on progress.
    • res: Response.

Eg:

var youtup = require('./')

var settings = {
    auth: {
        email: 'mission.tatwyr@gmail.com',
        clientId: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcom',
        clientSecret: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXk3P7',
        refreshToken: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXPNcaPCm7Jzp7Ltk"
    },
    video: {
        filepath: 'video.mp4',
        title: 'youtup test',
        description: 'wanna test youtup in case it does not work',
        tags: ['tag1','tag2','tag3'],
        privacyStatus: 'private'
    }
}

youtup.upload(settings);