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Upload video to youtube using Google APIs Node.js Client with express.

Purpose

Youtube is not allowing to upload a video using OAuth 2.0 Service Account. This library will help to upload a server to server video using OAuth 2.0 authentication. It needs to take offline & upload video to youtube permission only one time. After that it will save the credentials in files system & use the same to upload all video from videos directory using background process like cronjob.

Dependecies

"express": "~4.8.6",
"ejs": "~0.8.5",
"mime": "^1.2.11",
"googleapis": "^1.0.12",
"underscore": "^1.7.0"

#Direct Installation#

• In the root directory nginx configuration file is provided. Copy this file in nginx config folder and restart the server.
• Change the google api configuration options in vim config/googleyoutube.json

{
  "CLIENT_ID"      : "", # add application google client id
  "CLIENT_SECRET"  : "", # application goolge client secret
  "REDIRECT_URL"   : "http://example.com/", #change the host
  "scope"          : ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload"],
  "token_dir_path" : "/tmp/googleyoutube/",
  "token_file"     : "token.txt",
  "video_dir_path" : "pathtoapplication/videos/"
}

• Add host entry for example.com
• Run node web application -

cd nodejs-upload-youtube-video-using-google-api
DEBUG=* && npm start

• Authorized the application using web based OAuth 2.0
• Added video in videos/ directory.
• Run the node backend script node scripts/youtube.js. This scripts takes video(s) from videos/ directory
• Check uploaded video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/my_videos

Read the full API docs on the Google+ website https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/

Uses the Google APIs Client Library for Node.js https://github.com/google/google-api-nodejs-client

Google Registration

1. https://console.developers.google.com

2. Create New Project

3. To get Google+ API Access go to: APIs & Auth->APIs

4. To Get client_id & client_secret go to: APIs & Auth->Credentials->Create new Client ID

5. To Get api_key go to: APIs & Auth->Credentials->Create New Key->Browser key