Finder.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from apiclient.discovery import build
from apiclient.errors import HttpError


# Set DEVELOPER_KEY to the API key value from the APIs & auth > Registered apps
# tab of
#   https://cloud.google.com/console
# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.


class Finder:
    DEVELOPER_KEY = ""
    YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
    YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"

    def __init__(self, dev_key):
        self.DEVELOPER_KEY = dev_key
        YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
        YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"
        self.youtube = build(self.YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, self.YOUTUBE_API_VERSION,
                             developerKey=self.DEVELOPER_KEY)

    def youtube_search(self, **kwargs):

        # Call the search.list method to retrieve results matching the specified
        # query term.
        if "q" in kwargs and kwargs['q']:

            search_response = self.youtube.search().list(
                q=kwargs['q'],
                part="id,snippet",
                channelId=kwargs['channelId'],
                order=kwargs['order'],
                publishedAfter=kwargs['publishedAfter']
            ).execute()
        else:
            search_response = self.youtube.search().list(
                part="id,snippet",
                channelId=kwargs['channelId'],
                order=kwargs['order'],
                publishedAfter=kwargs['publishedAfter']
            ).execute()

        videos = []

        # Add each result to the appropriate list, and then display the lists of
        # matching videos, channels, and playlists.
        for search_result in search_response.get("items", []):
            if search_result["id"]["kind"] == "youtube#video":
                videos.append(
                    {
                        "id": search_result["id"]["videoId"],
                        "tittle": search_result["snippet"]["title"],
                        "published_at": search_result["snippet"]["publishedAt"]
                    }
                )

        return videos

    """search for given channel without the unwanted words"""

    def search(self, channelId, unwanted_words, starting_date):

        # adds a - to every unwanted word. its a logical not operator for google
        if unwanted_words:
            unwanted_words = [" -" + s for s in unwanted_words]
            unwanted_words = "a|e|i|o|u " + "".join(unwanted_words)
        else:
            unwanted_words = False

        try:
            return self.youtube_search(
                q=unwanted_words,
                channelId=channelId,
                type="video",
                part="snippet",
                order="date",
                publishedAfter=starting_date
            )
        except HttpError as e:
            print("An HTTP error %d occurred:\n %s") % (e.resp.status, e.content)

    def get_channel_id(self, channel_name):

        channel_name.replace(" ", "%20")

        search_response = self.youtube.search().list(
            q=channel_name,
            part="snippet",
            type="channel"
        ).execute()

        channels = search_response.get("items", [])

        if len(channels) > 1:

            print("multiple channels were found choose one from: \n")

            for id, channel in enumerate(channels):
                channel_data = "%s> %s: %s\n" % (`id`, channel['snippet']['title'], channel['snippet']['description'])

                print channel_data.encode('ascii', "ignore")

            choosen_channel = raw_input("Type the number of the choosen one: ")

            return channels[int(choosen_channel)]['snippet']['channelId']

        if len(channels) == 1:
            return channels[0]['id']['channelId']

        print("No channel was found\n")

        return False

    def get_channels_with_name(self, channel_name):
        search_response = self.youtube.search().list(
            q=channel_name,
            part="snippet",
            type="channel"
        ).execute()

        return search_response.get("items", [])

    def get_channel_data(self, channel_id):
        search_response = self.youtube.search().list(
            q=channel_id,
            part="snippet",
            type="channel"
        ).execute()

        channel_data = search_response.get("items", [])[0]

        return channel_data