I had the initial idea that content between platform is very transformative. A lot of Youtube's content could be transformed into TikTok content, Instagram to Facebook, Reddit to YouTube, etc. I decided to start with a slice of this idea. Reddit to Youtube. I chose to make the videos in Youtube shorts format since it's a new field, less established, more likely to gain following.
At the same time, I wanted to work with automated video editing and learning to manage code in a more pythonic way.
Conda the easiest way to install the dependencies for this project. If you don't have conda already, follow this tutorial for Linux/Mac, or this one for Windows.
If you're unfamiliar, conda allows us manage package dependencies needed in a contained format, thus won't clash with other projects' dependencies.
After you've install conda, create the conda environment needed for this project via:
conda env create -f conda_env.yml
From there, if successfully installed, you'll be able to access the environment via:
conda activate shorts-gen
Alternatively, you can manually download FFmpeg and pip install all the packages needed in your desired virtual environment manager. To install FFmpeg, see this. Here are the manual pip installs:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Edit
config.pyto your desired settings. You'll input your Reddit API information here. Follow this tutorial on how to set up the Reddit's API. -
Next you'll need to set up the YouTube side of things. Follow this tutorial on how to set up YouTube Data 4 API to obtain your unique
client_secrets.jsonfile. Place this file in the same directory as tomain.py.
Note: To get the ability to make your videos public, your program has to go through an audit process. Check out this: https://support.google.com/youtube/contact/yt_api_form
You should now be all set to run the script! Simply type python main.py into your terminal. It should download a relevant video, edit it, and upload it all in one step.
If you're super new to coding/python, and don't know how to run a script by python main.py, then right-clicking on main.py file and running it using open with and python's launcher should do the trick.
If you're having any issues: feel free to create an issue request, and/or join this project's discord server. If you'd like to contribute, feel free to start a pull request! (and maybe join the server so it's easier to communicate :) )
Join our Discord for this project!
2023-06-22:
Added ability to install dependencies via a conda .yml file.
Added ability to uploaded videos as is from Reddit, without rendering.
2023-04-15: Google's authentication has changed, and now it's much harder to authenticate through the terminal. I recommend using a computer with a user interface to authenticate and run the program! So, imo, don't bother with EC2, and just use an old/spare laptop if you have one.
I wrote this project early in my programming career, and thought I'd come back to it to re-write most of the code to make it much more readable and dynamic. Hope this helps with the issues!
Rights: "Automatic YouTube Shorts Generator and Uploader" is released under an open source MIT License (see LICENSE file). It is free for non-profit, for-profit, and personal use.