CustomYT

This Django application lets you customize the Youtube.

A running example is available here: https://ut.dhedegaard.dk/

How to get it running in development

1. Make sure you have Python 3.6+ installed.
2. Make a new virtual environment (optional):
   $ virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate
3. Install the dependencies from requirements.txt and requirements-dev.txt by:
   $ pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
4. Go into settings.py and set the YOUTUBE_API_KEY to something valid.
   • Go to: https://console.developers.google.com/
   • Enable the Youtube Data API
   • Generate an API key (more info: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started)
5. Run migrations:
   $ python manage.py migrate
6. Create a user:
   $ python manage.py createsuperuser
7. Run the devserver:
   $ python manage.py runserver
8. Go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/
9. Login and start adding youtube channels.
10. Run the update_channels job periodically, to fetch new youtube videos:
    $ python manage.py update_channels

For production

The usual:

• Disable DEBUG in settings.
• Run using gunicorn, uWSGI or similar.
• Replace the default sqlite database with postgres or similar.
• Add the update_channels job to your crontab.