getFromYouTube.py

import requests
import datetime
import json
import my_config as mc

def getFromYouTube():
    # get the top trending vids
    parameters = {'part': 'snippet', 'chart': 'mostPopular', 'regionCode': 'US', 'videoCategoryId': '0',
                  'maxResults': '10', 'key': mc.youtube_apiKey}
    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
    r = requests.get('https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos', params=parameters, headers=headers)

    #print("youtubeRESPONSE_CODE:", r.status_code)

    # only continue if got the stuff successfully
    if r.status_code != 200:
        return None

    results = r.json()['items']
    #print(json.dumps(results, indent=4, sort_keys=True))


    # create a list for each item that is a dict of data
    resultList = list()

    for result in results:
        # create a dictionary for the current result
        singleDict = {}

        # get the title of the video
        singleDict['title'] = result['snippet']['title']

        # get the poster's channel name
        singleDict['channelName'] = result['snippet']['channelTitle']

        # get the thumbnail image of the video (this is the lowest res)
        singleDict['thumbnail'] = result['snippet']['thumbnails']['default']['url']

        # get the youtube url
        singleDict['url'] = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + result['id']

        # add the result to the list of all results
        resultList.append(singleDict)

    # add the full dictionary with title of the website pulling from
    outerDict = {}
    outerDict['YouTube'] = resultList
    return outerDict

#print(json.dumps(getFromYouTube(), indent=4, sort_keys=True))

#this stuff gets the highest viewCount vids
# # get the rfc time of 24 hour ago
# thePast = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(hours=24)
# thePastRFC = strict_rfc3339.timestamp_to_rfc3339_utcoffset(int(thePast.timestamp()))
#
#
# parameters = {'part': 'snippet', 'maxResults': '10', 'order': 'viewCount', 'publishedAfter': thePastRFC,
#               'relevanceLanguage': 'en', 'regionCode': 'US', 'key': apiKey}
# r = requests.get('https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search', params=parameters)
#
# print("RESPONSE_CODE:", r.status_code)
# print(json.dumps(r.json(), indent=4, sort_keys=True))