Ruby Code Samples

The following code samples, which use the Google APIs Client Library for Ruby, are available for the YouTube Data API. You can download these code samples from the ruby folder of the YouTube APIs code sample repository on GitHub.

Add a channel subscription

This sample calls the API's subscriptions.insert method to add a subscription to a specified channel.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'google/api_client/auth/file_storage'
require 'google/api_client/auth/installed_app'
require 'trollop'

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
# authenticated user's account.
YOUTUBE_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_authenticated_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  file_storage = Google::APIClient::FileStorage.new("#{$PROGRAM_NAME}-oauth2.json")
  if file_storage.authorization.nil?
    client_secrets = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    flow = Google::APIClient::InstalledAppFlow.new(
      :client_id => client_secrets.client_id,
      :client_secret => client_secrets.client_secret,
      :scope => [YOUTUBE_SCOPE]
    )
    client.authorization = flow.authorize(file_storage)
  else
    client.authorization = file_storage.authorization
  end

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  opts = Trollop::options do
    opt :channel_id, 'ID of the channel to subscribe to.', :type => String,
          :default => 'UCtVd0c0tGXuTSbU5d8cSBUg'
  end

  client, youtube = get_authenticated_service

  begin
    body = {
      :snippet => {
        :resourceId => {
          :channelId => opts[:channel_id]
        }
      }
    }

    # Call the API's youtube.subscriptions.insert method to add the subscription
    # to the specified channel.
    subscriptions_response = client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.subscriptions.insert,
      :parameters => {
        :part => body.keys.join(',')
      },
      :body_object => body
    )

    puts "A subscription to '#{subscriptions_response.data.snippet.title}' was added."
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main
add_subscription.rb

Authorize a request

The following code sample performs OAuth 2.0 authorization by checking for the presence of a local file that contains authorization credentials. If the file is not present, the script opens a browser and waits for a response, then saves the returned credentials locally.

require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'json'
require 'launchy'
require 'thin'

RESPONSE_HTML = <<stop
<html>
  <head>
    <title>OAuth 2 Flow Complete</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    You have successfully completed the OAuth 2 flow. Please close this browser window and return to your program.
  </body>
</html>
stop

FILE_POSTFIX = '-oauth2.json'

# Small helper for the sample apps for performing OAuth 2.0 flows from the command
# line. Starts an embedded server to handle redirects.
class CommandLineOAuthHelper

  def initialize(scope)
    credentials = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    @authorization = Signet::OAuth2::Client.new(
      :authorization_uri => credentials.authorization_uri,
      :token_credential_uri => credentials.token_credential_uri,
      :client_id => credentials.client_id,
      :client_secret => credentials.client_secret,
      :redirect_uri => credentials.redirect_uris.first,
      :scope => scope
    )
  end

  # Request authorization. Checks to see if a local file with credentials is present, and uses that.
  # Otherwise, opens a browser and waits for response, then saves the credentials locally.
  def authorize
    credentialsFile = $0 + FILE_POSTFIX

    if File.exist? credentialsFile
      File.open(credentialsFile, 'r') do |file|
        credentials = JSON.load(file)
        @authorization.access_token = credentials['access_token']
        @authorization.client_id = credentials['client_id']
        @authorization.client_secret = credentials['client_secret']
        @authorization.refresh_token = credentials['refresh_token']
        @authorization.expires_in = (Time.parse(credentials['token_expiry']) - Time.now).ceil
        if @authorization.expired?
          @authorization.fetch_access_token!
          save(credentialsFile)
        end
      end
    else
      auth = @authorization
      url = @authorization.authorization_uri().to_s
      server = Thin::Server.new('0.0.0.0', 8080) do
        run lambda { |env|
          # Exchange the auth code & quit
          req = Rack::Request.new(env)
          auth.code = req['code']
          auth.fetch_access_token!
          server.stop()
          [200, {'Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, RESPONSE_HTML]
        }
      end

      Launchy.open(url)
      server.start()

      save(credentialsFile)
    end

    return @authorization
  end

  def save(credentialsFile)
    File.open(credentialsFile, 'w', 0600) do |file|
      json = JSON.dump({
        :access_token => @authorization.access_token,
        :client_id => @authorization.client_id,
        :client_secret => @authorization.client_secret,
        :refresh_token => @authorization.refresh_token,
        :token_expiry => @authorization.expires_at
      })
      file.write(json)
    end
  end
end
oauth_util.rb

Retrieve my uploads

This sample calls the API's playlistItems.list method to retrieve a list of videos uploaded to the channel associated with the request. The code also calls the channels.list method with the mine parameter set to true to retrieve the playlist ID that identifies the channel's uploaded videos.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'google/api_client/auth/file_storage'
require 'google/api_client/auth/installed_app'

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for read-only access to the authenticated
# user's account, but not other types of account access.
YOUTUBE_READONLY_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_authenticated_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  file_storage = Google::APIClient::FileStorage.new("#{$PROGRAM_NAME}-oauth2.json")
  if file_storage.authorization.nil?
    client_secrets = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    flow = Google::APIClient::InstalledAppFlow.new(
      :client_id => client_secrets.client_id,
      :client_secret => client_secrets.client_secret,
      :scope => [YOUTUBE_READONLY_SCOPE]
    )
    client.authorization = flow.authorize(file_storage)
  else
    client.authorization = file_storage.authorization
  end

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  client, youtube = get_authenticated_service

  begin
    # Retrieve the "contentDetails" part of the channel resource for the
    # authenticated user's channel.
    channels_response = client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.channels.list,
      :parameters => {
        :mine => true,
        :part => 'contentDetails'
      }
    )

    channels_response.data.items.each do |channel|
      # From the API response, extract the playlist ID that identifies the list
      # of videos uploaded to the authenticated user's channel.
      uploads_list_id = channel['contentDetails']['relatedPlaylists']['uploads']

      # Retrieve the list of videos uploaded to the authenticated user's channel.
      next_page_token = ''
      until next_page_token.nil?
        playlistitems_response = client.execute!(
          :api_method => youtube.playlist_items.list,
          :parameters => {
            :playlistId => uploads_list_id,
            :part => 'snippet',
            :maxResults => 50,
            :pageToken => next_page_token
          }
        )

        puts "Videos in list #{uploads_list_id}"

        # Print information about each video.
        playlistitems_response.data.items.each do |playlist_item|
          title = playlist_item['snippet']['title']
          video_id = playlist_item['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']

          puts "#{title} (#{video_id})"
        end

        next_page_token = playlistitems_response.next_page_token
      end

      puts
    end
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main
my_uploads.rb

Search by keyword

This sample calls the API's search.list method to retrieve search results associated with a particular keyword.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'trollop'

# Set DEVELOPER_KEY to the API key value from the APIs & auth > Credentials
# tab of
# {{ Google Cloud Console }} <{{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}>
# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
DEVELOPER_KEY = 'REPLACE_ME'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :key => DEVELOPER_KEY,
    :authorization => nil,
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  opts = Trollop::options do
    opt :q, 'Search term', :type => String, :default => 'Google'
    opt :max_results, 'Max results', :type => :int, :default => 25
  end

  client, youtube = get_service

  begin
    # Call the search.list method to retrieve results matching the specified
    # query term.
    search_response = client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.search.list,
      :parameters => {
        :part => 'snippet',
        :q => opts[:q],
        :maxResults => opts[:max_results]
      }
    )

    videos = []
    channels = []
    playlists = []

    # Add each result to the appropriate list, and then display the lists of
    # matching videos, channels, and playlists.
    search_response.data.items.each do |search_result|
      case search_result.id.kind
        when 'youtube#video'
          videos << "#{search_result.snippet.title} (#{search_result.id.videoId})"
        when 'youtube#channel'
          channels << "#{search_result.snippet.title} (#{search_result.id.channelId})"
        when 'youtube#playlist'
          playlists << "#{search_result.snippet.title} (#{search_result.id.playlistId})"
      end
    end

    puts "Videos:\n", videos, "\n"
    puts "Channels:\n", channels, "\n"
    puts "Playlists:\n", playlists, "\n"
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main
search.rb

Upload a video

This sample calls the API's videos.insert method to upload a video to the channel associated with the request.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'google/api_client/auth/file_storage'
require 'google/api_client/auth/installed_app'
require 'trollop'

# A limited OAuth 2 access scope that allows for uploading files, but not other
# types of account access.
YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_authenticated_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  file_storage = Google::APIClient::FileStorage.new("#{$PROGRAM_NAME}-oauth2.json")
  if file_storage.authorization.nil?
    client_secrets = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    flow = Google::APIClient::InstalledAppFlow.new(
      :client_id => client_secrets.client_id,
      :client_secret => client_secrets.client_secret,
      :scope => [YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE]
    )
    client.authorization = flow.authorize(file_storage)
  else
    client.authorization = file_storage.authorization
  end

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  opts = Trollop::options do
    opt :file, 'Video file to upload', :type => String
    opt :title, 'Video title', :default => 'Test Title', :type => String
    opt :description, 'Video description',
          :default => 'Test Description', :type => String
    opt :category_id, 'Numeric video category. See https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list',
          :default => 22, :type => :int
    opt :keywords, 'Video keywords, comma-separated',
          :default => '', :type => String
    opt :privacy_status, 'Video privacy status: public, private, or unlisted',
          :default => 'public', :type => String
  end

  if opts[:file].nil? or not File.file?(opts[:file])
    Trollop::die :file, 'does not exist'
  end

  client, youtube = get_authenticated_service

  begin
    body = {
      :snippet => {
        :title => opts[:title],
        :description => opts[:description],
        :tags => opts[:keywords].split(','),
        :categoryId => opts[:category_id],
      },
      :status => {
        :privacyStatus => opts[:privacy_status]
      }
    }

    videos_insert_response = client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.videos.insert,
      :body_object => body,
      :media => Google::APIClient::UploadIO.new(opts[:file], 'video/*'),
      :parameters => {
        :uploadType => 'resumable',
        :part => body.keys.join(',')
      }
    )

    videos_insert_response.resumable_upload.send_all(client)

    puts "Video id '#{videos_insert_response.data.id}' was successfully uploaded."
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main
upload_video.rb