From 4bf3432f2d94d3cb4bcec4d4494edf5c6c509cb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kim Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:19:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Change README.md to be more helpful --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c084387..791f0ba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ # 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.