comment.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import google.oauth2.credentials
import google_auth_oauthlib.flow
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow

# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
# client_secret.
from pandas.compat import FileNotFoundError

CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secret.json"

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
# authenticated user's account and requires requests to use an SSL connection.
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl']
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'


def get_authenticated_service():
    flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, SCOPES)
    credentials = flow.run_console()
    return build(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION, credentials=credentials)


def print_response(response):
    response = str(response)
    response = response.replace("\"", "'");
    response = response.replace("True", "\"True\"");
    response = response.replace("''", "\" ");
    response = response.replace("{'", "{\"");
    response = response.replace(" '", " \"");
    response = response.replace("':", "\":");
    response = response.replace(":'", ":\"");
    response = response.replace("',", "\",");
    response = response.replace("'}", "\"}");
    # print(response)
    try :
        text_file = open("commentsList.json", "w",newline='',encoding='utf8')
        text_file.write(response)
        text_file.close()
    except FileNotFoundError as error:
        print("There was an error writing to the file" + error)
    else:
        print("The list of comments was successffully written to the file 'commentsList.json'")

# Build a resource based on a list of properties given as key-value pairs.
# Leave properties with empty values out of the inserted resource.
def build_resource(properties):
    resource = {}
    for p in properties:
        # Given a key like "snippet.title", split into "snippet" and "title", where
        # "snippet" will be an object and "title" will be a property in that object.
        prop_array = p.split('.')
        ref = resource
        for pa in range(0, len(prop_array)):
            is_array = False
            key = prop_array[pa]

            # For properties that have array values, convert a name like
            # "snippet.tags[]" to snippet.tags, and set a flag to handle
            # the value as an array.
            if key[-2:] == '[]':
                key = key[0:len(key) - 2:]
                is_array = True

            if pa == (len(prop_array) - 1):
                # Leave properties without values out of inserted resource.
                if properties[p]:
                    if is_array:
                        ref[key] = properties[p].split(',')
                    else:
                        ref[key] = properties[p]
            elif key not in ref:
                # For example, the property is "snippet.title", but the resource does
                # not yet have a "snippet" object. Create the snippet object here.
                # Setting "ref = ref[key]" means that in the next time through the
                # "for pa in range ..." loop, we will be setting a property in the
                # resource's "snippet" object.
                ref[key] = {}
                ref = ref[key]
            else:
                # For example, the property is "snippet.description", and the resource
                # already has a "snippet" object.
                ref = ref[key]
    return resource


# Remove keyword arguments that are not set
def remove_empty_kwargs(**kwargs):
    good_kwargs = {}
    if kwargs is not None:
        for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
            if value:
                good_kwargs[key] = value
    return good_kwargs


def comment_threads_list_by_video_id(client, **kwargs):
    # See full sample for function
    # kwargs = remove_empty_kwargs(**kwargs)

    response = client.commentThreads().list(**kwargs).execute()

    return print_response(response)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # When running locally, disable OAuthlib's HTTPs verification. When
    # running in production *do not* leave this option enabled.
    os.environ['OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT'] = '1'
    client = get_authenticated_service()

    comment_threads_list_by_video_id(client, part='snippet,replies', videoId='XS6ysDFTbLU')