Intro

"Simple Python script to get notified about the latest YouTube video from any specific channel that you prefer on Discord!"

Getting Started

Step 1: Set up YouTube Data API

• Go to the Google Cloud Console.

• Create a new project (or select an existing one).

• Enable the YouTube Data API v3 for your project.

• Create API credentials (API key).

Step 2: Set up a Discord Webhook

• Open your Discord server.

• Go to Server Settings > Integrations > Webhooks.

• Click "New Webhook" and customize it as you like.

• Copy the Webhook URL.

Set Up Python Environment

• Install Python: Make sure Python is installed on your system. You can download it from the official Python website.

• Install Required Libraries: You'll need the 'requests' library to make HTTP requests. You can install it using pip:

pip install requests

• Create the Python Script

• Create a New File: Open your favorite text editor or an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) like VS Code, PyCharm, or any other.

• Save the Script: Copy the provided script and save it as yt-vid-notifier.py

• Replace Placeholder Values

  Open the yt-vid-notifier.py file and replace

  YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY, TARGET_CHANNEL_ID, and YOUR_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL

Running On a Cloud Instance

• The Program is meant to run every 15 minutes and check for a new video , inorder to do that run it on a cloud server
• You can use Google Console , AWS or Heroku e.t.c
• "Instead, you choose to run it locally, create a cron job so that it can automatically run at specified intervals of time."

crontab -e

0 */8 * * * /usr/bin/python /home/samsep10l/Desktop/yt-vid-notifier.py

• to list cron jobs

crontab -l

Proof Of Concept