YouTube AutoPlaylist

Create personalized YouTube playlists from your subscriptions feed based on your preferences, using the following parameters:

• Keyword in video title (e g. titles that contain the word "music")
• How old the video is (e g. videos uploaded in the last 2 days)
• Number of videos looked up per channel (e g. look up the last 10 videos from each channel)

Table of contents

• Technologies
• Setup
• Usage
• Script version

Technologies

Backend

• Python 3.10.4
• Flask 2.1.0
• Redis server 5.0.3
• Google API Client for Python 2.47.0

Frontend

• TypeScript 4.6.4
• React.js 18.1.0
• Material UI 5.7.0

Setup

Clone or download this repository.

Backend

1. You need your own authorization credentials from Google to use the YouTube API. Follow this guide to register an app in Google Cloud Platform:

   • https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application

2. Insert your API keys and OAuth 2.0 client secrets in the corresponding files contained in backend/credentials.

3. You need to have python and pip installed on your computer to run this code:

   • Python: https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/installation/
   • pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/

4. Open a terminal/command prompt, cd to the backend folder and run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. To initialize the server run:

python -m main

Frontend

1. You need to have a package manager (like npm) installed on your computer to run this code:

   • npm: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm/

2. Open a terminal/command prompt, cd to the frontend folder and run:

npm install

3. To initialize the app run:

npm start

Usage

Main page

Complete the filters with your preferences:

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OAuth consent

Choose an account:

Authorize YouTube AutoPlaylist to manage your YouTube account:

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Search results

If videos were found:

You can find the new playlist in your YouTube library:

If the search returned no results:

Script version

YouTube AutoPlaylist is also a Python script that can be run locally from a terminal/command prompt. Check it out:

• https://github.com/ivan-svetlich/youtube_autoplaylist