Watch Later

Easily add YouTube videos to your Watch Later playlist from Workflow

Configuration

Setup on Google API access

Login to the Google Developer Console and create a new project
Enable the following APIs:

Create new credentials for your application (Follow the yt gem's instructions, you'll want to create an application that requires user interactions)
Store the client id and secret for deployment

Deployment

The server requires 4 environment variables:

YT_CLIENT_ID - Taken from step 4 above
YT_CLIENT_SECRET - Also taken from step 4 above
RACK_COOKIE_SECRET - A key you should keep secret
REDISTOGO_URL - A URL to a redis server

Setup on Heroku

The application is a Sinatra app that can run on the Heroku Buildpack for Ruby. Clone the repository and push to heroku (or use the deploy button above) to create your instance. Once launched, be sure to configure your environment variables. You'll also need to add the Redis To Go add-on.

Once running, you can visit https://<application.hostname>/auth/google_oauth2 to authorize your YouTube account. Then add the workflow below and you are ready to roll.

Setup on Workflow

Add the workflow to your Workflow iOS app. At minimum, you'll want to adjust the rootUrl variable to point it to your web service location. The workflow is designed to run as an Action Extension. Typically I use it by sharing a YouTube URL (or shortlink) and invoking the Workflow from the share menu in iOS. Refer to the usage documentation for a more detailed explanation of how to use it.