yt-playlists

README

yt-playlists

Simple TUI app for managing your YouTube playlists.

• Installation
• Uninstall
• Setup

Installation

Linux

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/A1exander-liU/yt-playlists/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Uninstall

You can run the similar uninstall script.

Linux

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/A1exander-liU/yt-playlists/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | sh

Setup

The app uses Google Cloud and is not production yet, a new project is required to made.

1. Go to the Google Cloud Dev Console and create an new project

2. In the new project, go to the menu and select "APIs & Services" > "Enabled APIs & Services".

• Search for "YouTube Data API v3" and enable it

1. Go back to the menu and select "APIs & Services" > "OAuth consent screen", select "External" and create it.

• The app name can be anything, provide your own email for user support and developer contact
• When prompted to add and remove scopes, add these 2 scopes: ".../auth/youtube.readonly" and ".../auth/youtube"
• Under test users, add your email here

1. After configuring the OAuth screen, go back to the menu "APIs & Services" > "Credentials" and create new credentials.

• Choose "OAuth Client ID"
• The name can be anything, choose "Desktop App" as the application type
• Download the json file from the created client, rename this to client_credentials.json

1. Move the client_credentials.json under:

• Linux: ~/.config/yt-playlists/