#!/usr/bin/python import httplib2 import os import sys from apiclient.discovery import build from apiclient.errors import HttpError from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets from oauth2client.file import Storage from oauth2client.tools import argparser, run_flow # 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. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from # the {{ Google Cloud Console }} at # {{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}. # Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project. # For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see: # https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication # For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see: # https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secrets.json" # This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the # authenticated user's account. YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SCOPE = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube" YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube" YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3" # This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is # missing. MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = """ WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0 To make this sample run you will need to populate the client_secrets.json file found at: %s with information from the {{ Cloud Console }} {{ https://cloud.google.com/console }} For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, please visit: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets """ % os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE)) def get_authenticated_service(args): flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scope=YOUTUBE_READ_WRITE_SCOPE, message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE) storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0]) credentials = storage.get() if credentials is None or credentials.invalid: credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args) return build(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION, http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http())) # Call the API's thumbnails.set method to upload the thumbnail image and # associate it with the appropriate video. def upload_thumbnail(youtube, video_id, file): youtube.thumbnails().set( videoId=video_id, media_body=file ).execute() if __name__ == "__main__": # The "videoid" option specifies the YouTube video ID that uniquely # identifies the video for which the thumbnail image is being updated. argparser.add_argument("--video-id", required=True, help="ID of video whose thumbnail you're updating.") # The "file" option specifies the path to the thumbnail image file. argparser.add_argument("--file", required=True, help="Path to thumbnail image file.") args = argparser.parse_args() if not os.path.exists(args.file): exit("Please specify a valid file using the --file= parameter.") youtube = get_authenticated_service(args) try: upload_thumbnail(youtube, args.video_id, args.file) except HttpError, e: print "An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status, e.content) else: print "The custom thumbnail was successfully set."