Download and Installation

Installation

Simple YouTube API needs API keys from Google in order to be able to make queries to YouTube.

Installation by hand: you can download the source files from PyPi or Github:

$ (sudo) python setup.py install

Installation with pip: make sure that you have pip installed, type this in a terminal:

$ (sudo) pip install simple-youtube-api

Generating YouTube API Keys

  1. Log into https://console.cloud.google.com

  2. Create a new Project

  3. Search for “YouTube Data API V3”

  4. Click Credentials

  5. Click Create Credentials

  6. Select that you will call API from “Web Server”

  7. Select “Public Data” if you want to not get private data and “User Data” if you do

  8. Download or copy your API key from the Credentials tab