FastAPI YouTube API

This FastAPI application utilizes the YouTube API to retrieve comments, likes, and more for YouTube videos.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your/repository.git

2. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Obtain YouTube API credentials:

   • Go to the Google Developers Console.
   • Create a new project or select an existing one.
   • Enable the YouTube Data API v3 for your project.
   • Create API credentials (OAuth 2.0 client credentials or API key).
   • Make sure to save the credentials securely.

4. Configure the application:

   • Rename the .env.example file to .env.
   • Replace the YOUR_API_KEY placeholder in the .env file with your YouTube API key.

Usage

1. Start the FastAPI server:

   uvicorn server:app --reload

2. Send a GET request to retrieve comments from a YouTube video:

   GET /youtube/comments?youtube_video_id={video_id}

   Replace {video_id} with the YouTube video ID you want to retrieve comments from.

API Endpoints

• GET /youtube/comments: Retrieve comments from a YouTube video.

Response Format

The API returns a JSON response with the following structure:

{
  "detail": "OK",
  "data": {
    "comments": [
      {
        "comment_id": "abc123",
        "text": "Great video!",
        "likes": 10,
        "replies": 3
      },
      {
        "comment_id": "def456",
        "text": "Awesome content!",
        "likes": 5,
        "replies": 1
      }
    ]
  }
}

• detail: A string indicating the status of the request.
• data: The retrieved comments data.
• comments: An array of comment objects.
• comment_id: The unique identifier of the comment.
• text: The content of the comment.
• likes: The number of likes received by the comment.
• replies: The number of replies to the comment.

If an error occurs, the response will have a different status code and structure.

Error Handling

If an error occurs during the request, the API will return a JSON response with an error message:

{
  "detail": "Error message"
}

The status code of the response will indicate the nature of the error.

Dependencies

The following dependencies are used in this project:

• FastAPI: A modern, fast (high-performance) web framework for building APIs.
• google-api-python-client: A client library for accessing the YouTube Data API.
• starlette: A lightweight ASGI framework for building high-performance asyncio services.
• uvicorn: A lightning-fast ASGI server implementation.