YouTube PowerShell Module

The purpose of this PowerShell module is to enable you to manage YouTube data from PowerShell.

🚀 Features

• Search for YouTube videos or channels
• Get details for YouTube videos (ie. duration, like count, comment count)
• Retrieve top-level comments from YouTube videos
• Delete a comment, from a YouTube video you own
• Post a comment on a video
• Subscribe or unsubscribe from a YouTube channel

📦 Installation

We recommend installing this module on PowerShell Core edition, for cross-platform compatibility. You can install this module from the PowerShell Gallery.

Install-Module -Name YouTube, Pode -Scope CurrentUser -Force

This YouTube module relies on the Pode web server to handle the oAuth flow. A temporary web server will be created in order to

📄 Configuration

In order to use this module, you will need to configure an application in Google Cloud Console.

Standard oAuth Flow

• Create a Google Cloud Project
• Add the YouTube Data API v3 to your project
• Go to APIs & Services --> Credentials
• Choose Create Credentials --> oAuth Client ID
• For Application Type, choose Web Application
• Use the generated Client ID and Client Secret values to configure the module
• Add the RedirectURI of http://localhost:8000/auth/complete

After doing this, run the following command:

Set-YouTubeConfiguration

After configuring the client ID and client secret values, you will need to login to your YouTube account.

Grant-YouTubeOAuth

🌎 NOTE: Browser detection is not all that great. If you want to override the browser command line, use the -Browser parameter. Feel free to recommend improvements to browser detection!

Smart TV Auth Flow

• Follow the steps above to create an application
• For Application Type, choose TVs and Limited Input devices instead
• Run the Grant-YouTube command to initiate authentication

⚠️ It's important to note that this login method has reduced access to APIs, so generally you'll want to use the standard oAuth flow for server-side web applications.

Usage

Search for YouTube videos.

PS /> Find-YouTubeVideo -Query 'trevor sullivan'

VideoId     Channel Title                   Published Date         Title
-------     -------------                   --------------         -----
LFWxH-bexNk Trevor Sullivan                 2/2/2020 9:49:30 PM    Handling Errors in PowerShell with Try..Catch..Finally
8dZbdl3wzW8 Trevor Sullivan                 12/12/2020 11:01:24 PM Run Tasks on Timers in PowerShell
jh361zZvOlg Trevor Sullivan                 1/21/2016 6:27:39 PM   Trevor Sullivan: Organ donation makes a difference (full clip)
4Ink31WKRmQ Midwest Management Summit       3/24/2016 2:20:03 AM   MMS 2016 Speaker Interview - Trevor Sullivan
-nGpXnjQVIQ Trevor Sullivan - NanangoCFC    1/16/2022 1:26:24 PM   2022.01.16 Isaiah 64 - The Heart's Cry of Believers in a Fallen World
8D23XL0b4zo Trevor Sullivan - NanangoCFC    1/22/2022 11:35:13 PM  2022.01.23 Isaiah 65 New Heavens & New Earth
Y3_N9S6ZoEg Midwest Management Summit       10/13/2015 5:24:33 AM  MMS 2015 - Speaker Interview - Trevor Sullivan
bO264A6eoW0 Trevor Sullivan                 5/6/2019 3:11:15 AM    Original Choreography by Trevor Sullivan
-7uuXvQrvX8 Midwest Management Summit       10/25/2014 8:31:09 PM  MMS Speaker Interview - David O'Brien and Trevor Sullivan
qwwnbXSm700 Trevor Sullivan                 11/12/2015 5:32:39 AM  Authoring Custom PowerShell Intellisense with Trevor Sullivan
D5W1HarSaZU Ignite Talks Burlington         2/26/2019 1:11:32 AM   Trevor Sullivan - Broccoli. Broccoli? BROCCOLI! - IgniteBTV 2/20/2019
tPs2ROyqrxI Trevor Sullivan                 1/20/2022 7:07:15 AM   Ya daddy
VqKD3JjA7Eo The QB School                   12/22/2021 2:00:11 PM  Free Trevor
qye_c4_pWQ4 CBT Nuggets                     1/18/2022 12:15:13 PM  What is InfluxDB and Why Use It?

Get Details for a YouTube Video

PS /> Get-YouTubeVideo -Id LFWxH-bexNk

VideoId     Channel Title   Views Likes Dislikes Comments Duration
-------     -------------   ----- ----- -------- -------- --------
LFWxH-bexNk Trevor Sullivan 6307  265   0        22       PT18M48S

Get Details for Multiple YouTube Videos

PS /> Get-YouTubeVideo -Id LFWxH-bexNk,8dZbdl3wzW8

VideoId     Channel Title   Views Likes Dislikes Comments Duration
-------     -------------   ----- ----- -------- -------- --------
LFWxH-bexNk Trevor Sullivan 6307  265   0        22       PT18M48S
8dZbdl3wzW8 Trevor Sullivan 4035  150   0        10       PT17M8S

Get Comments for a Video

PS /> Get-YouTubeComment -VideoId LFWxH-bexNk

PS /> Get-YouTubeCommentThread -VideoId LFWxH-bexNk

CommentId                  PublishedAt            Updated At             Replies Like Count Commenter       Text
---------                  -----------            ----------             ------- ---------- ---------       ----
UgwJX6qbSv6qyfKiXFB4AaABAg 11/7/2021 1:33:41 PM   11/7/2021 1:33:41 PM   0       0          BRANESH G       Fantastic! Thanks a lot for the perfect explanation. 👍
Ugwj7UBjIIJPNQ1kxbx4AaABAg 10/28/2021 11:45:30 AM 10/28/2021 11:45:30 AM 0       0          닉네임          잘 보고 있습니다. 눈이 이쁘시네요.
UgwjrWy5th_EO7FDxwx4AaABAg 9/9/2021 8:06:25 PM    9/9/2021 8:06:25 PM    0       0          Ausaf Ahmed     Hi Trevor<br><br>Please share your secret how you learn about all these details just going through microsoft documentation in deta… 
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Ugy2qdM7_KMJ_zvZTKF4AaABAg 2/9/2020 10:35:14 AM   2/9/2020 10:35:14 AM   0       1          tutu            Excellent! As usual, your teaching talents are exceptional! Thank you so much for sharing your videos with us!
UgwWPyE_qmAnzPBWf5t4AaABAg 2/8/2020 2:38:45 PM    2/8/2020 2:38:45 PM    0       0          Ay Jay          Under normal circumstances, how does PowerShell know when a given exception is terminating or not?
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Get Multiple Pages of Comments for Specific Video

Use the -Raw parameter to obtain the entire HTTP response payload. Then use the value of the nextPageToken property and pass it into the -PageToken parameter.

PS /> $VideoId = '2guC4Badq2s'
PS /> $Page1 = Get-YouTubeCommentThread -VideoId $VideoId -Raw
PS /> $Page2 = Get-YouTubeCommentThread -VideoId $VideoId -Raw -PageToken $Page1.nextPageToken
PS /> $Page3 = Get-YouTubeCommentThread -VideoId $VideoId -Raw -PageToken $Page2.nextPageToken

🗨️ Remove a YouTube Comment

PS />  Remove-YouTubeComment -Id <commentId>

🗨️ Post Comment on YouTube Video

PS /> New-YouTubeComment -ChannelId <channelId> -VideoId <videoId> -Text 'This is a great video! 📺'