Agent-Hellboy / humdrum

This is a CLI tool for youtube data api v3

humdrum

This a CLI tool for youtube data v3 API

Installation

Install with pip:

pip install humdrum

Or from git:

git clone https://github.com/princekrroshan01/humdrum/
cd humdrum
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

General Info

Why two options to download

if you install using pip then it creates a binary/executable in /usr/bin folder.
You could locate it using locate command line utility of unix/linux.
if You want to avoid this clone the repo and create an alias.

Prerequisites

Get the youtube data v3 api key from (https://console.developers.google.com/apis/) and set a environment variable with the name API_KEY Reference for setting environment variable in linux (https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-environment-variables) and for windows (https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/r-enterprise/1.5.1/oread/creating-and-modifying-environment-variables-on-windows.html#GUID-DD6F9982-60D5-48F6-8270-A27EC53807D0)

Make a python alias by typing

alias humdrum="python3 (location of file cli.py)" in terminal

No need to create alias if you download this package using pip

using

Type humdrum --help in terminal This will guide you through the process

humdrum --help
Usage: humdrum [OPTIONS]

Options:
   --count INTEGER  enter the number of video you are looking for.
   --title TEXT     enter the title name of video you are looking for
   --order TEXT     to sort the video by date rating viewCount
   --type TEXT      to search for type of video like channel video playlist
   --help           Show this message and exit.

demo

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.