NodeJS Youtube uploader

The NodeJS Youtube Uploader (nodejs-youtube-uploader) is a tool that helps you to upload local video files from to Youtube.

Requirements

• node (nodejs in some distros)
• npm

Installation

1. Clone this repository.

    git clone git@github.com:frandiegeuz/nodejs-youtube-uploader.git
   

2. Install dependencies included in package.json.

    npm install
   

3. Check if the tool executes successfully.

    ./bin/youtube-uploader --help
   

The nodejs-youtube-uploader script tries to discover the command for the node executable. If you already know the executable for node you can use the tool directly with the following command:

node src/main.js --help

Commands

The nodejs-youtube-uploader tool supports the following commands.

Authenticate

The authenticate command fetches or updates the credentials from Youtube API using a local credentials.json file that was previously downloaded from GCC (https://console.cloud.google.com/home/dashboard) To know more about the options for the authenticate command execute

./bin/nodejs-youtube-uploader auhtenticate --help

Upload

The upload command parses an input CSV file, uploads files to Youtube and writes a CSV file in an output file. To know more about the options for the upload command execute

./bin/nodejs-youtube-uploader upload --help

Upload parameters

The upload takes the Youtube AP

To support advanced extractions from files the upload command defines the following list of parameters.

input

The input parameter changes the path where JSON files to parse are stored. If it is not provided, the input directory will be csv.

output

The output parameter defines the path to the resulting CSV file.