kwisser / youtube-subscription-analyzer

YouTube Subscriptions Analyzer is a Python script that authenticates with the YouTube API, fetches a user's subscriptions, and visualizes the distribution of topics in a pie chart.

YouTube Subscriptions Analyzer

YouTube Subscriptions Analyzer is a Python script that authenticates with the YouTube API, fetches a user's subscriptions, and visualizes the distribution of topics in a pie chart.

Features

• Retrieves a user's YouTube subscriptions
• Aggregates topics across all subscriptions
• Visualizes the distribution of topics in a pie chart

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• Google API credentials
• Libraries: google-auth-oauthlib, googleapiclient, matplotlib

Setup

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/kwisser/YoutubeSubscriptions.git
   cd youtube-subscriptions-analyzer
   

2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 google-api-python-client matplotlib

3. Set up Google API credentials:

   • Visit the Google Developer Console.
   • Create a project and set up the YouTube API v3 credentials.
   • Download the client_secret.json file and place it in the project's root directory.

Usage

Run the script with:

python main.py

Follow the on-screen instructions to authenticate with your Google account. The script will fetch your YouTube subscriptions and generate a pie chart.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

License

This project is free to use under the MIT License.