YouTube Search API

Flask web application for Youtube APIv3

Youtube API v3 implementation using flask web app and jinja2 template.

List of files

• server.py Backend of app for GET and POST request to serve index.html
• index.html Frontend of app based on bootstrap and jinja2 template
• client_secret.json Authentication information of this application
• search.py Module to get search result using Youtube API

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Linux operating system with pip3 and python3 installed.
• flask should be installed
• wtforms should be installed
• argparse should be installed
• json should be installed
• pip3 install operator
• pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client
• pip3 install --upgrade google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2

Usage

To run the application

1. Start the server:

python3 server.py

2. Launch the web app:

Navigate to http://localhost:8090 to launch app.

Enter the search term in search box and click submit.Now results with thumbnails will be displayed. Click on thumbnail to redirect to video.

Click on any of the two button (Name, Published Date) to sort accordingly because It is assumed to sort via buttons. Sorting output will be by default ascending.