How to run a fully automated YouTube channel using Python

Step by Step Installation

In the previous blog post, I talked about my fairly new Python project that automatically generates videos off of Reddit posts using text-to-speech and uploads them to a YouTube channel.

I run a fully automated YouTube channel on my Raspberry Pi

I outsourced the project so you can use it too!

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Now, I will guide you through how you can install the project and run it on your own YouTube channel!

Installation 👨🏼‍💻

1. Clone this Github repository
2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Run python -m playwright install and python -m playwright install deps
4. Go to Free Cloud Computing Services — AWS Free Tier

• Sing in to the console

• Click on Open account menu
• Click on Security credentials

• Click on Create access key

• Once you created the access key and obtained the secret key, open the config.toml file in the project and update the following parameters accordingly.

[AmazonAWSCredential]
aws_access_key_id = 'YOUR AWS ACCESS KEY ID'
aws_secret_access_key = 'YOUR AWS SECRET ACCESS KEY'

5. Go to Reddit App Preferences and click on create another app at the bottom.

• Fill out the required details, make sure to select script and click on create app.

• Make a note of the personal use script & secret token and update the the following credentials in the config.toml file.

 [RedditCredential]
 client_id='YOUR PERSONAL USE SCRIPT'
 client_secret='YOUR SECRET TOKEN'
 user_agent='{YOUR REDDIT PROJECT NAME} v4.0 by /u/{YOUR REDDIT USERNAME}'
 username='YOUR REDDIT USERNAME'
 passkey='YOUR REDDIT PASSWORD'

6. At this point you can run the the program and generate a video however before that you need to updating a few more parameter in the config.toml file.

[Directory]
# absolute path to where this project is cloned or downloaded e.g: Desktop/YoutubeAutomation-Reddit
path=''
# --------------------------------------------
[Background]
# absolute path to the background video e.g: Desktop/minecraft.mp4
path=''

You can download any YouTube video as a background and add its path to the config.toml file. Here are a few options:

• Minecraft (1:20 h): https://youtu.be/n_Dv4JMiwK8
• GTA (1:00 h): https://youtu.be/qdvjZ1bUw68
• Subway Surfer (1:05 h): https://youtu.be/ChBg4aowzX8

7. If you want the app to automatically upload the generated video into your Youtube channel, first set upload_to_youtube = true and specify how often you want the app to upload a video (in seconds). I don't recommond anything less than every 6 hours because you will reach your qouta limit.

 [App]
 # whether the result video should be uploaded to your youtube channel
 upload_to_youtube=false
 # how often should the app be run (in seconds) e.g: every 6 hours -> 21600 seconds
 run_every=21600

8. Finally you need to enable the Youtube api to be able to upload videos from your computer. This process is a bit more involved, so I’ll link to a video tutorial. Just follow the steps until minute 10:58 and you will be able to get a client_id and a client_secret. Update the following parameters and HOORAY 🥳🥳

All we are left do is to run

python main.py

And let the app do the the rest!

 Source:

https://amir-tech.medium.com/how-to-run-a-fully-automated-youtube-channel-using-python-19d4878a1cff