In this article you will learn how to integrate YouTube data to Python
(live / bi-directional connection to YouTube).
Read / write YouTube data inside your app, perform many Youtube operations without coding using easy to use high performance API Connector for YouTube.
Using YouTube Connector you will be able to connect, read, and write data from within Python. Follow the steps below to see how we would accomplish that.
Driver mentioned in this article is part of ODBC PowerPack which is a collection of high-performance Drivers for various API data source (i.e. REST API, JSON, XML, CSV, Amazon S3 and many more). Using familiar SQL query language you can make live connections and read/write data from API sources or JSON / XML / CSV Files inside SQL Server (T-SQL) or your favorite Reporting (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, SSRS, MicroStrategy, Excel, MS Access), ETL Tools (i.e. Informatica, Talend, Pentaho, SSIS). You can also call our drivers from programming languages such as JAVA, C#, Python, PowerShell etc.
If you are new to ODBC and ZappySys ODBC PowerPack then check the following links to get started.
Create ODBC Data Source (DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver
To get data from YouTube using Python we first need to create a DSN (Data Source)
which will access data from YouTube. We will later be able to read data using Python. Perform these steps:
Create a User Data Source (User DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver
ZappySys API Driver
You should create a System DSN (instead of a User DSN) if the client application is launched under a Windows System Account, e.g. as a Windows Service.
If the client application is 32-bit (x86) running with a System DSN, use ODBC Data Sources (32-bit) instead of the 64-bit version.
When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already,
then select "YouTube" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "YouTube" is not present
in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you
downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:
YouTubeDSN
YouTube
Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type,
e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one).
More info is available in the Authentication section.
Steps to get YouTube Credentials
This walkthrough will help you create an API Key which you will be able to use in all requests and authenticate accordingly.
Click OAuth Consent Screen Tab. Enter necessary details and Save.
Click Credentials Tab
Click CREATE CREDENTIALS (some where in topbar) and select OAuth Client ID option.
When prompted Select Application Type as Desktop App and click Create to receive your ClientID and Secret. You can use this information now to configure Connection.
Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:
Steps to get YouTube Credentials
Use these steps to authenticate as service account rather than Google / GSuite User. Learn more about service account here
Basically to call Google API as Service account we need to perform following steps listed in 3 sections (Detailed steps found in the help link at the end)
Create Project
First thing is create a Project so we can call Google API. Skip this section if you already have Project (Go to next section)
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
On Project Popup click CREATE PROJECT
Once project is created you can click Select Project to switch the context (You can click on Notification link or Choose from Top Dropdown)
Click ENABLE APIs AND SERVICES
Now we need to Enable three APIs one by one (YouTube Data API, YouTube Analytics API, YouTube Reporting API)
Search YouTube Data API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Analytics API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Reporting API. Select and click ENABLE
Create Service Account
Once Project is created and APIs are enabled we can now create a service account under that project. Service account has its ID which looks like some email ID (not to confuse with Google /Gmail email ID)
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
Enter Service account name and Service account description
For Role, do not select anything for now and Click Continue and then click Done. Next we will create Key.
Create Key
Once service account is created we need to create key file (i.e. credentials).
In the Cloud Console, click the email address for the service account that you created.
Click Keys.
Click Add key, then click Create new key.
Click Create and select P12 format. A P12 key file is downloaded to your computer. We will use this file in our API connection.
Click Close.
Now you may use downloaded *.p12 key file as secret file and Service Account Email as Client ID (e.g. some-service-account-name@your-project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com ).
Add Permission
Now last thing is give read/write permission to Service Account. Basically you can create or open Google Sheet and add the Service Account as an editor to it as below.
Copy the email address of your service account we created in previous step (its usually like this some-service-account-name@your-project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com).
Create or select an existing Google Sheet.
Navigate to Sheet for which you like to give read/write access to Service Account.
Click on the Share button in the top right, and add the email address of the service account as an editor. Here is how to share file(s) with specific people. Juse share with Service Account (use Service Account Email found on previous section)
Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:
YouTubeDSN
YouTube
Service Account (Using Private Key File) [OAuth]
https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
Required Parameters
Service Account Email
Fill in the parameter...
Service Account Private Key Path (i.e. *.p12)
Fill in the parameter...
Optional Parameters
Scope
Fill in the parameter...
RetryMode
Fill in the parameter...
RetryStatusCodeList
Fill in the parameter...
RetryCountMax
Fill in the parameter...
RetryMultiplyWaitTime
Fill in the parameter...
Once the data source has been configured, you can preview data. Select the Preview tab and use settings similar to the following to preview data:
Click OK to finish creating the data source.
Read data in Python from the DSN
Python code to get the data:
YouTubeDSN')
When you run the code it will make the API call and read the data:
Here is Python program's code in text format:
import pyodbc
conn = pyodbc.connect('DSN=YouTubeDSN')
cursor = conn.cursor()
#execute query to fetch data from API service
cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM value")
row = cursor.fetchone()
while row:
print (row[1])
row = cursor.fetchone()
If you want to avoid to be dependent on a DSN name and creating multiple DSNs for each platform (x86, x64), then you can use a fully qualified connection string.
Simply go to your DSN and copy the Connection String
. Then in your Python code use Connection String when initializing OdbcConnection object, for example:
conn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={ZappySys API Driver};ServiceUrl=https://services.odata.org/V3/Northwind/Northwind.svc;Provider=OData;AuthName=Http;')
Create Custom Store Procedure in ZappySys Driver
You can create procedures to encapsulate custom logic and then only pass handful parameters rather than long SQL to execute your API call.
Steps to create Custom Store Procedure in ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here
Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Procedure:
Enter the desired Procedure name and click on OK:
Select the created Store Procedure and write the your desired store procedure and Save it and it will create the custom store procedure in the ZappySys Driver:
Here is an example stored procedure for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here
CREATE PROCEDURE [usp_get_orders]
@fromdate = '<<yyyy-MM-dd,FUN_TODAY>>'
AS
SELECT * FROM Orders where OrderDate >= '<@fromdate>';
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your Store Procedure using Exec Command. In this example it will extract the orders from the date 1996-01-01:
Exec usp_get_orders '1996-01-01';
Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using store procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC [usp_get_orders] ''1996-01-01''')
Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using store procedure and provide you the response.
Create Custom Virtual Table in ZappySys Driver
ZappySys API Drivers support flexible Query language so you can override Default Properties you configured on Data Source such as URL, Body. This way you don't have to create multiple Data Sources if you like to read data from multiple EndPoints. However not every application support supplying custom SQL to driver so you can only select Table from list returned from driver.
Many applications like MS Access, Informatica Designer wont give you option to specify custom SQL when you import Objects. In such case Virtual Table is very useful. You can create many Virtual Tables on the same Data Source (e.g. If you have 50 URLs with slight variations you can create virtual tables with just URL as Parameter setting.
Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Table:
Enter the desired Table name and click on OK:
And it will open the New Query Window Click on Cancel to close that window and go to Custom Objects Tab.
Select the created table, Select Text Type AS SQL and write the your desired SQL Query and Save it and it will create the custom table in the ZappySys Driver:
Here is an example SQL query for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders also. Read more about placeholders here
SELECT
"ShipCountry",
"OrderID",
"CustomerID",
"EmployeeID",
"OrderDate",
"RequiredDate",
"ShippedDate",
"ShipVia",
"Freight",
"ShipName",
"ShipAddress",
"ShipCity",
"ShipRegion",
"ShipPostalCode"
FROM "Orders"
Where "ShipCountry"='USA'
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your custom virtual table query. In this example it will extract the orders for the USA Shipping Country only:
SELECT * FROM "vt__usa_orders_only"
Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using store procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC [usp_get_orders] ''1996-01-01''')
Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using store procedure and provide you the response.
Conclusion
In this article we discussed how to connect to YouTube in Python and integrate data without any coding. Click here to DownloadYouTube Connector for Python and try yourself see how easy it is. If you still have any question(s) then ask here or simply click on live chat icon below and ask our expert (see bottom-right corner of this page).
YouTube Connector support following actions for REST API integration. If some actions are not listed below then you can easily edit Connector file and enhance out of the box functionality.
Get video details
Read videos details by IDs or chart or myRating (pass one of them)
Parameter
Description
Ids (up to 25 comma-separated)
Comma-separated IDs of YouTube videos (max 25 IDs)
chart
The chart parameter identifies the chart that you want to retrieve.
Option
Value
mostPopular
mostPopular
myRating
Option
Value
like
like
dislike
dislike
part
Option
Value
contentDetails
contentDetails
fileDetails
fileDetails
id
id
liveStreamingDetails
liveStreamingDetails
localizations
localizations
player
player
processingDetails
processingDetails
recordingDetails
recordingDetails
snippet
snippet
statistics
statistics
status
status
suggestions
suggestions
topicDetails
topicDetails
hl
maxHeight
Acceptable values are 72 to 8192, inclusive.
maxResults
Acceptable values are 1 to 50, inclusive. Default value is 5.
maxWidth
Acceptable values are 72 to 8192, inclusive.
onBehalfOfContentOwner
regionCode
videoCategoryId
Get videos rating
Parameter
Description
id
onBehalfOfContentOwner
Get playlists
Parameter
Description
part
Option
Value
contentDetails
contentDetails
id
id
localizations
localizations
player
player
snippet
snippet
status
status
id
Get playlist with this Id. If you pass this, don't set 'channelId' nor 'mine'.
channelId
Set this parameter to show playlists from the specified channel. If you pass this, don't set 'id' nor 'mine'.
mine
Set this parameter to show playlists for my account. If you pass this, don't set 'id' nor 'channelId'.
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
hl
maxResults
onBehalfOfContentOwner
onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel
Get playlist items
Parameter
Description
part
Option
Value
contentDetails
contentDetails
id
id
snippet
snippet
status
status
id
playlistId
maxResults
onBehalfOfContentOwner
videoId
Get comments
Parameter
Description
part
Option
Value
id
id
replies
replies
snippet
snippet
allThreadsRelatedToChannelId
channelId
id
videoId
maxResults
moderationStatus
Option
Value
heldForReview
heldForReview
likelySpam
likelySpam
published
published
order
Option
Value
time
time
relevance
relevance
searchTerms
textFormat
Option
Value
html
html
plainText
plainText
Get channels
Parameter
Description
part
Option
Value
auditDetails
auditDetails
brandingSettings
brandingSettings
contentDetails
contentDetails
contentOwnerDetails
contentOwnerDetails
id
id
localizations
localizations
snippet
snippet
statistics
statistics
status
status
topicDetails
topicDetails
mine
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
forUsername
id
managedByMe
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
hl
maxResults
onBehalfOfContentOwner
Get videos
Parameter
Description
forMine (search in my account only)
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
query (search term)
channelId
channelType
Option
Value
any
any
show
show
eventType
Option
Value
completed
completed
live
live
upcoming
upcoming
location
locationRadius
maxResults
onehalfOfContentOwner
order
Option
Value
date
date
rating
rating
relevance
relevance
title
title
videoCount
videoCount
viewCount
viewCount
publishedAfter
publishedBefore
regionCode
relevanceLanguage
safeSearch
Option
Value
moderate
moderate
none
none
strict
strict
topicId
videoCaption
Option
Value
any
any
closedCaption
closedCaption
none
none
videoCategoryId
videoDefinition
Option
Value
any
any
high
high
standard
standard
videoDimension
Option
Value
2d
2d
3d
3d
any
any
videoDuration
Option
Value
any
any
long
long
medium
medium
short
short
videoEmbeddable
Option
Value
any
any
true
true
videoLicense
Option
Value
any
any
creativeCommon
creativeCommon
youtube
youtube
videoSyndicated
Option
Value
any
any
true
true
videoType
Option
Value
any
any
episode
episode
movie
movie
forContentOwner
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
forDeveloper
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
relatedToVideoId
Search
Parameter
Description
part
forMine (search in my account only)
If set to 'true', parameter 'type' must be set to 'video'.
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
query (search term)
type
Must be set to 'video' if 'forMine' is set to 'true'.
Option
Value
channel
channel
playlist
playlist
video
video
channelId
channelType
Option
Value
any
any
show
show
eventType
Option
Value
completed
completed
live
live
upcoming
upcoming
location
locationRadius
maxResults
onehalfOfContentOwner
order
Option
Value
date
date
rating
rating
relevance
relevance
title
title
videoCount
videoCount
viewCount
viewCount
publishedAfter
publishedBefore
regionCode
relevanceLanguage
safeSearch
Option
Value
moderate
moderate
none
none
strict
strict
topicId
videoCaption
Option
Value
any
any
closedCaption
closedCaption
none
none
videoCategoryId
videoDefinition
Option
Value
any
any
high
high
standard
standard
videoDimension
Option
Value
2d
2d
3d
3d
any
any
videoDuration
Option
Value
any
any
long
long
medium
medium
short
short
videoEmbeddable
Option
Value
any
any
true
true
videoLicense
Option
Value
any
any
creativeCommon
creativeCommon
youtube
youtube
videoSyndicated
Option
Value
any
any
true
true
videoType
Option
Value
any
any
episode
episode
movie
movie
forContentOwner
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
forDeveloper
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
relatedToVideoId
Get report
Parameter
Description
ids
Option
Value
Filter1
channel==MINE
Filter2
channel==ENTER_CHANNEL_ID
Filter3
contentOwner==ENTER_OWNER_NAME
metrics
Option
Value
adEarnings
adEarnings
annotationImpressions
annotationImpressions
annotationClickableImpressions
annotationClickableImpressions
annotationClicks
annotationClicks
annotationClickThroughRate
annotationClickThroughRate
annotationClosableImpressions
annotationClosableImpressions
annotationCloses
annotationCloses
annotationCloseRate
annotationCloseRate
audienceWatchRatio
audienceWatchRatio
averageViewDuration
averageViewDuration
averageViewPercentage
averageViewPercentage
cardClickRate
cardClickRate
cardClicks
cardClicks
cardImpressions
cardImpressions
cardTeaserClickRate
cardTeaserClickRate
cardTeaserClicks
cardTeaserClicks
cardTeaserImpressions
cardTeaserImpressions
comments
comments
dislikes
dislikes
earnings
earnings
estimatedMinutesWatched
estimatedMinutesWatched
estimatedPartnerAdSenseRevenue
estimatedPartnerAdSenseRevenue
estimatedPartnerDoubleClickRevenue
estimatedPartnerDoubleClickRevenue
grossRevenue
grossRevenue
impressionBasedCpm
impressionBasedCpm
impressions
impressions
likes
likes
monetizedPlaybacks
monetizedPlaybacks
playbackBasedCpm
playbackBasedCpm
playlistStarts
playlistStarts
savesAdded
savesAdded
savesRemoved
savesRemoved
shares
shares
subscribersGained
subscribersGained
subscribersLost
subscribersLost
videosAddedToPlaylists
videosAddedToPlaylists
videosRemovedFromPlaylists
videosRemovedFromPlaylists
viewerPercentage
viewerPercentage
views
views
Start Date (yyyy-MM-dd)
The date for which to retrieve the report in YYYYMMDD format. Supported functions now|today|yesterday|weekstart|weekend|monthstart|monthend|yearstart|yearend and supported intervals for add/subtract are ms|s|sec|min|h|hour|y|year|d|day|m|month|y|year. Example monthstart-3d (subtract 3days from month start)
Option
Value
today
today
yesterday
yesterday
monthstart
monthstart
monthend
monthend
yearstart
yearstart
yearend
yearend
weekstart
weekstart
weekend
weekend
yearstart-1y
yearstart-1y
yearend-1y
yearend-1y
monthstart-1d
monthstart-1d
monthend+1d
monthend+1d
End Date (yyyy-MM-dd)
The date for which to retrieve the report in YYYYMMDD format. Supported functions now|today|yesterday|weekstart|weekend|monthstart|monthend|yearstart|yearend and supported intervals for add/subtract are ms|s|sec|min|h|hour|y|year|d|day|m|month|y|year. Example monthstart-3d (subtract 3days from month start)
Option
Value
today
today
yesterday
yesterday
monthstart
monthstart
monthend
monthend
yearstart
yearstart
yearend
yearend
weekstart
weekstart
weekend
weekend
yearstart-1y
yearstart-1y
yearend-1y
yearend-1y
monthstart-1d
monthstart-1d
monthend+1d
monthend+1d
currency
dimensions
Option
Value
adType
adType
ageGroup
ageGroup
asset
asset
audienceType
audienceType
channel
channel
claimedStatus
claimedStatus
contentOwner
contentOwner
country
country
day
day
deviceType
deviceType
elapsedVideoTimeRatio
elapsedVideoTimeRatio
gender
gender
insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationType
insightPlaybackLocationType
insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceType
insightTrafficSourceType
liveOrOnDemand
liveOrOnDemand
operatingSystem
operatingSystem
playlist
playlist
province
province
sharingService
sharingService
subscribedStatus
subscribedStatus
subtitleLanguage
subtitleLanguage
uploaderType
uploaderType
video
video
filters
A list of filters that should be applied when retrieving YouTube Analytics data. The documentation for channel reports and content owner reports identifies the dimensions that can be used to filter each report, and the Dimensions document defines those dimensions.
Option
Value
Example1
country==IT
Example2
video==dMH0bHeiRNg
Example3
gender==FEMALE
Example4
dimension==some_value
includeHistoricalChannelData
Option
Value
true
true
false
false
maxResults
sort
A comma-separated list of dimensions or metrics that determine the sort order for YouTube Analytics data. By default the sort order is ascending. The - prefix causes descending sort order.
Option
Value
adType
adType
ageGroup
ageGroup
asset
asset
audienceType
audienceType
channel
channel
claimedStatus
claimedStatus
contentOwner
contentOwner
country
country
day
day
deviceType
deviceType
elapsedVideoTimeRatio
elapsedVideoTimeRatio
gender
gender
insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationType
insightPlaybackLocationType
insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceType
insightTrafficSourceType
liveOrOnDemand
liveOrOnDemand
operatingSystem
operatingSystem
playlist
playlist
province
province
sharingService
sharingService
subscribedStatus
subscribedStatus
subtitleLanguage
subtitleLanguage
uploaderType
uploaderType
video
video
Generic Request
This is generic endpoint. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL.
Parameter
Description
Url
API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
Body
Request Body content goes here
IsMultiPart
Check this option if you want to upload file(s) (i.e. POST RAW file data) or send data using Multi-Part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). Multi-Part request allows you to mix key/value and upload files in same request. On the other hand raw upload allows only single file upload (without any key/value)
==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) =====
To upload single file in raw mode check this option and specify full file path starting with @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip )
==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) =====
To treat your Request data as multi part fields you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines into RequestData field (i.e. Body). Each key value pair is entered on new-line and key/value are separated using equal sign (=). Preceding and trailing spaces are ignored also blank lines are ignored.
If field value has some any special character(s) then use escape sequence (e.g. For NewLine: \r\n, For Tab: \t, For at (@): \@). When value of any field starts with at sign (@) its automatically treated as File you want to upload. By default file content type is determined based on extension however you can supply content type manually for any field using this way [ YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type ]. By default File Upload Field always includes Content-Type in the request (non file fields do not have content-type by default unless you supply manually). For some reason if you dont want to use Content-Type header in your request then supply blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogather [e.g. SomeFieldName.Content-Type= ]. In below example we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1, all other fields are using default content-type.
See below Example of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must starts with multipart/ else will be ignored).
file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt
file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json
file2.Content-Type=application/json
SomeField1=aaaaaaa
SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain
SomeField2=12345
SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab
SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter
Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Headers
Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair
You should create a System DSN (instead of a User DSN) if the client application is launched under a Windows System Account, e.g. as a Windows Service. If the client application is 32-bit (x86) running with a System DSN, use ODBC Data Sources (32-bit) instead of the 64-bit version.
Steps to get YouTube Credentials
Steps to get YouTube Credentials
