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# youtube_newest_video_from_channel
Small Python script to get the latest video from a specific Youtube channel and prints it's title and url
Small Python script to get the latest video from a specific Youtube channel and returns it's title and url
You need to get an Google API Key for the Youtube V3 API
and the ID of the Channel you want to use. -> Is part of the URL if you go on this channel (after 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/' and before the first '?&'
* You need to get an API Key for the [Youtube Data API V3](https://console.developers.google.com/) -> Create a project, then add a key to it
* The Channel ID -> May be Part of the URL if you go to the channel (after 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/' and before the first '?&'
Needs module 'requests' to work.
**Hint:**
Nowadays the channel url not always shows the channel id, but sometimes the channel name.
However the script needs the channel id. You can get the id from here when you only have the channel name: https://commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php
Requires '_requests_' to work.