YT-Playlist-Sorter

You can find the sorter here

Sort any YouTube playlist based on selected attributes. The playlist does not have to necessarily be your own. Because of API limits, only the first 200 videos can be retrieved from the playlist.

Getting Started

1. Dependencies

Install dependencies

npm install

Install packages in functions

cd functions
npm install

Install Firebase CLI. Documentation on Firebase CLI can be found here

npm install -g firebase-tools

2. Setting up Firebase

Create a web app on Firebase. More information here

Replace firebaseConfig.js with your own firebase config

export default {
  projectId: "YOUR_PROJECT_ID_HERE",
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
  authDomain: "YOUR_AUTH_DOMAIN_HERE",
};

Then, login to Firebase through the command line and follow the instructions

firebase login

Initialize a project and follow the command line instructions

firebase init

3. Setting up YouTube Data API

To obtain a valid YouTube API key, follow the instructions here

Create .env in functions

cd functions
touch .env

Enter your own API key in this format

YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

4. Deploying to Firebase

Make sure this line is commented out within playlistUtil.js, which is used by Firebase Emulators for testing

// connectFunctionsEmulator(functions, "localhost", 5001);

Generate a build for production

npm run build

Deploy to firebase (make sure you're logged in to Firebase-CLI)

firebase deploy

5. Testing locally

To use Firebase Emulators, make sure this line is uncommented within playlistUtil.js

connectFunctionsEmulator(functions, "localhost", 5001);

Run Firebase Emulators

firebase emulators:start

Navigate to http://locahost:4000 to view the Emulator UI

Contributing

Feel free to open a PR or submit a issue. Whether it's a new feature or a bug, feedback is always welcome!