Activities: insert

Apps Script

function postChannelBulletin() {
  var message = 'Thanks for subscribing to my channel!  This posting is from Google Apps Script';
  var videoId = 'qZRsVqOIWms';

  var resource = {
    snippet: {
      description: message
    },
    contentDetails: {
      bulletin: {
        resourceId: {
          kind: 'youtube#video',
          videoId: videoId
        }
      }
    }
  };

  var response = YouTube.Activities.insert(resource, 'snippet,contentDetails');
  Logger.log(response);
}
youtube.gs

Java

This example uses the Java client library.

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.api.services.samples.youtube.cmdline.data;

import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
import com.google.api.services.samples.youtube.cmdline.Auth;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.YouTube;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.*;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Create a video bulletin that is posted to the user's channel feed.
 *
 * @author Jeremy Walker
 */
public class ChannelBulletin {

    /**
     * Define a global instance of a Youtube object, which will be used
     * to make YouTube Data API requests.
     */
    private static YouTube youtube;

    /*
     * Define a global instance of the video ID that will be posted as a
     * bulletin into the user's channel feed. In practice, you will probably
     * retrieve this value from a search or your app.
     */
    private static String VIDEO_ID = "L-oNKK1CrnU";


    /**
     * Authorize the user, call the youtube.channels.list method to retrieve
     * information about the user's YouTube channel, and post a bulletin with
     * a video ID to that channel.
     *
     * @param args command line args (not used).
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
        // authenticated user's account.
        List<String> scopes = Lists.newArrayList("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube");

        try {
            // Authorize the request.
            Credential credential = Auth.authorize(scopes, "channelbulletin");

            // This object is used to make YouTube Data API requests.
            youtube = new YouTube.Builder(Auth.HTTP_TRANSPORT, Auth.JSON_FACTORY, credential).setApplicationName(
                    "youtube-cmdline-channelbulletin-sample").build();

            // Construct a request to retrieve the current user's channel ID.
            // See https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list
            YouTube.Channels.List channelRequest = youtube.channels().list("contentDetails");
            channelRequest.setMine(true);

            // In the API response, only include channel information needed
            // for this use case.
            channelRequest.setFields("items/contentDetails");
            ChannelListResponse channelResult = channelRequest.execute();

            List<Channel> channelsList = channelResult.getItems();

            if (channelsList != null) {
                // The user's default channel is the first item in the list.
                String channelId = channelsList.get(0).getId();

                // Create the snippet for the activity resource that
                // represents the channel bulletin. Set its channel ID
                // and description.
                ActivitySnippet snippet = new ActivitySnippet();
                snippet.setChannelId(channelId);
                Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                snippet.setDescription("Bulletin test video via YouTube API on " + cal.getTime());

                // Create a resourceId that identifies the video ID. You could
                // set the kind to "youtube#playlist" and use a playlist ID
                // instead of a video ID.
                ResourceId resource = new ResourceId();
                resource.setKind("youtube#video");
                resource.setVideoId(VIDEO_ID);

                ActivityContentDetailsBulletin bulletin = new ActivityContentDetailsBulletin();
                bulletin.setResourceId(resource);

                // Construct the ActivityContentDetails object for the request.
                ActivityContentDetails contentDetails = new ActivityContentDetails();
                contentDetails.setBulletin(bulletin);

                // Construct the resource, including the snippet and content
                // details, to send in the activities.insert
                Activity activity = new Activity();
                activity.setSnippet(snippet);
                activity.setContentDetails(contentDetails);

                // The API request identifies the resource parts that are being
                // written (contentDetails and snippet). The API response will
                // also include those parts.
                YouTube.Activities.Insert insertActivities =
                        youtube.activities().insert("contentDetails,snippet", activity);
                // Return the newly created activity resource.
                Activity newActivityInserted = insertActivities.execute();

                if (newActivityInserted != null) {
                    System.out.println(
                            "New Activity inserted of type " + newActivityInserted.getSnippet().getType());
                    System.out.println(" - Video id "
                            + newActivityInserted.getContentDetails().getBulletin().getResourceId().getVideoId());
                    System.out.println(
                            " - Description: " + newActivityInserted.getSnippet().getDescription());
                    System.out.println(" - Posted on " + newActivityInserted.getSnippet().getPublishedAt());
                } else {
                    System.out.println("Activity failed.");
                }

            } else {
                System.out.println("No channels are assigned to this user.");
            }
        } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.err.println("There was a service error: " + e.getDetails().getCode() + " : "
                    + e.getDetails().getMessage());

        } catch (Throwable t) {
            t.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
ChannelBulletin.java

Python

This example uses the Python client library.

#!/usr/bin/python

import httplib2
import os
import sys

from apiclient.discovery import build
from apiclient.errors import HttpError
from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets
from oauth2client.file import Storage
from oauth2client.tools import argparser, run_flow


# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
# client_secret. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from
# the {{ Google Cloud Console }} at
# {{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}.
# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
# For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see:
#   https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication
# For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see:
#   https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secrets.json"

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
# authenticated user's account.
YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SCOPE = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube"
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"

# This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is
# missing.
MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = """
WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0

To make this sample run you will need to populate the client_secrets.json file
found at:

   %s

with information from the {{ Cloud Console }}
{{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}

For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, please visit:
https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
""" % os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                                   CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE))

def get_authenticated_service(args):
  flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE,
    scope=YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SCOPE,
    message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)

  storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0])
  credentials = storage.get()

  if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
    credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args)

  return build(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION,
    http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()))

# This method calls the API's youtube.activities.insert method to post the
# channel bulletin.
def post_bulletin(youtube, args):
  body = dict(
    snippet=dict(
      description=args.message
    )
  )

  if args.video_id:
    body["contentDetails"] = dict(
      bulletin=dict(
        resourceId=dict(
          kind="youtube#video",
          videoId=args.video_id
        )
      )
    )

  if args.playlist_id:
    body["contentDetails"] = dict(
      bulletin=dict(
        resourceId=dict(
          kind="youtube#playlist",
          playlistId=args.playlist_id
        )
      )
    )

  youtube.activities().insert(
    part=",".join(body.keys()),
    body=body
  ).execute()

if __name__ == "__main__":
  argparser.add_argument("--message", required=True,
    help="Text of message to post.")
  argparser.add_argument("--video-id",
    help="Optional ID of video to post.")
  argparser.add_argument("--playlist-id",
    help="Optional ID of playlist to post.")
  args = argparser.parse_args()

  # You can post a message with or without an accompanying video or playlist.
  # However, you can't post a video and a playlist at the same time.
  if args.video_id and args.playlist_id:
    exit("You cannot post a video and a playlist at the same time.")

  youtube = get_authenticated_service(args)
  try:
    post_bulletin(youtube, args)
  except HttpError, e:
    print "An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status, e.content)
  else:
    print "The bulletin was posted to your channel."
channel_bulletin.py

Ruby

This example uses the Ruby client library.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'google/api_client/auth/file_storage'
require 'google/api_client/auth/installed_app'
require 'trollop'

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
# authenticated user's account.
YOUTUBE_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_authenticated_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  file_storage = Google::APIClient::FileStorage.new("#{$PROGRAM_NAME}-oauth2.json")
  if file_storage.authorization.nil?
    client_secrets = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    flow = Google::APIClient::InstalledAppFlow.new(
      :client_id => client_secrets.client_id,
      :client_secret => client_secrets.client_secret,
      :scope => [YOUTUBE_SCOPE]
    )
    client.authorization = flow.authorize(file_storage)
  else
    client.authorization = file_storage.authorization
  end

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  opts = Trollop::options do
    opt :message, 'Required text of message to post.', :type => String
    opt :video_id, 'Optional ID of video to post.', :type => String
    opt :playlist_id, 'Optional ID of playlist to post.', :type => String
  end

  # You can post a message with or without an accompanying video or playlist.
  # However, you can't post a video and a playlist at the same time.
  if opts[:video_id] and opts[:playlist_id]
    Trollop::die 'You cannot post a video and a playlist at the same time'
  end
  Trollop::die :message, 'is required' unless opts[:message]

  client, youtube = get_authenticated_service

  begin
    body = {
      :snippet => {
        :description => opts[:message]
      }
    }

    if opts[:video_id]
      body[:contentDetails] = {
        :bulletin => {
          :resourceId => {
            :kind => 'youtube#video',
            :videoId => opts[:video_id]
          }
        }
      }
    end

    if opts[:playlist_id]
      body[:contentDetails] = {
        :bulletin => {
          :resourceId => {
            :kind => 'youtube#playlist',
            :playlistId => opts[:playlist_id]
          }
        }
      }
    end

    # Call the youtube.activities.insert method to post the channel bulletin.
    client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.activities.insert,
      :parameters => {
        :part => body.keys.join(',')
      },
      :body_object => body
    )

    puts "The bulletin was posted to your channel."
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main
channel_bulletin.rb