Kyle M. Perkins

I posted this on my Facebook and Github, but I thought I'd post it here for a more public audience.

Recently, while working on Japanoblog, I realized that there was a problem: when we created videos, we would post them for our Patreon supporters 3 days early so they could get early access to them. However, I had a few options:

1. I could post a separate video to Youtube/Vimeo/etc and share the link, but then wait 3 days and upload the real video and take down the temp one (which would mean 2x the work, and misleading stats)
2. I could make the video "Unlisted" and share the link with our Patreon supporters, then wait 3 days and change the video to "Public" for all, or
3. Do the 2nd option, but then have the server automatically change the status to "Public" when the video was ready to go public (as per the blog post publishing date

Well, being the pragmatic programmer that I am, I figured out how to make the server do it for me. But it was not an easy task (apparently, nobody had done this before - at least, on a public searchable point). After scouring the internet to dissect the Youtube API, Google OAuth (along with token creation), researching and pulling parts from about 7 different public user projects, and some patient testing, I finally have it...I hope.

This script is based on Dom Sammut's code and the Youtube Sample Code (PHP #1).

(Don't want to copy/paste? Here's the Github repository)

So, without further ado, here is what I have come up with:

First: get your tokens

You need to generate your tokens to get the process started.

<?php
 

 
#Primary code from https://www.domsammut.com/code/php-server-side-youtube-v3-oauth-api-video-upload-guide/
 
#Create Client ID and Client Secret by creating OAuth credentials 
 
# at https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
 
# MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YOUR REDIRECT URL TO MATCH!!!!!!!!!
 
$CLIENT_ID = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.apps.googleusercontent.com";
 
$CLIENT_SECRET = "XXXXXXXXXXX";
 
$application_name="APPLICATION_NAME";
 
 
 
// Call set_include_path() as needed to point to your client library.
 
#set_include_path($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/directory/to/google/api/');
 
#Download the PHP Client Library from Google at https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/php/
 

 
#This has been installed using Composer - update if you download the files directly
 
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/PATH/TO/vendor/google/apiclient/src/');
 
require_once 'Google/Client.php';
 
require_once 'Google/Service/YouTube.php';
 
session_start();
 
 
 
/*
 
 * You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from the
 
 * {{ Google Cloud Console }} <{{ https://cloud.google.com/console }}>
 
 * For more information about using OAuth 2.0 to access Google APIs, please see:
 
 * <https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication>
 
 * Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
 
 */
 
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID = $CLIENT_ID;
 
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET = $CLIENT_SECRET;
 
#$REDIRECT = 'http://localhost/oauth2callback.php';
 
$REDIRECT = 'http://YOUR_URL.com/oauth2callback.php';
 
$APPNAME = $application_name;
 
 
 
 
 
$client = new Google_Client();
 
$client->setClientId($OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID);
 
$client->setClientSecret($OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET);
 
$client->setScopes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube');
 
$client->setRedirectUri($REDIRECT);
 
$client->setApplicationName($APPNAME);
 
$client->setAccessType('offline');
 
 
 
 
 
// Define an object that will be used to make all API requests.
 
$youtube = new Google_Service_YouTube($client);
 
 
 
if (isset($_GET['code'])) {
 
    if (strval($_SESSION['state']) !== strval($_GET['state'])) {
 
        die('The session state did not match.');
 
    }
 
 
 
    $client->authenticate($_GET['code']);
 
    $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
 
 
 
}
 
 
 
if (isset($_SESSION['token'])) {
 
    $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['token']);
 
    echo '<code>' . $_SESSION['token'] . '</code>';
 
}
 
 
 
// Check to ensure that the access token was successfully acquired.
 
if ($client->getAccessToken()) {
 
    try {
 
        // Call the channels.list method to retrieve information about the
 
        // currently authenticated user's channel.
 
        $channelsResponse = $youtube->channels->listChannels('contentDetails', array(
 
            'mine' => 'true',
 
        ));
 
 
 
        $htmlBody = '';
 
        foreach ($channelsResponse['items'] as $channel) {
 
            // Extract the unique playlist ID that identifies the list of videos
 
            // uploaded to the channel, and then call the playlistItems.list method
 
            // to retrieve that list.
 
            $uploadsListId = $channel['contentDetails']['relatedPlaylists']['uploads'];
 
 
 
            $playlistItemsResponse = $youtube->playlistItems->listPlaylistItems('snippet', array(
 
                'playlistId' => $uploadsListId,
 
                'maxResults' => 50
 
            ));
 
 
 
            $htmlBody .= "<h3>Videos in list $uploadsListId</h3><ul>";
 
            foreach ($playlistItemsResponse['items'] as $playlistItem) {
 
                $htmlBody .= sprintf('<li>%s (%s)</li>', $playlistItem['snippet']['title'],
 
                    $playlistItem['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId']);
 
            }
 
            $htmlBody .= '</ul>';
 
        }
 
    } catch (Google_ServiceException $e) {
 
        $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>A service error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
 
            htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
 
    } catch (Google_Exception $e) {
 
        $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>An client error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
 
            htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
 
    }
 
 
 
    $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
 
} else {
 
    $state = mt_rand();
 
    $client->setState($state);
 
    $_SESSION['state'] = $state;
 
 
 
    $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
 
    $htmlBody = <<<END
 
  <h3>Authorization Required</h3>
 
  <p>You need to <a href="$authUrl">authorise access</a> before proceeding.<p>
 
END;
 
}
 
?>
 
 
 
<!doctype html>
 
<html>
 
<head>
 
    <title>My Uploads</title>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
<?php echo $htmlBody?>
 
</body>
 
</html>

Now that that's all set, save the response to a file (I recommend "the_key.txt"), and modify and run the following:

<?php
 
/**
 
 * This code is to be run automatically to update a Youtube video's privacy status
 
 *
 
 * First, generate your key using "get-token.php" - read the notes below for generation
 
 * Next, update this file with the appropriate information (path to key file, Client ID, 
 
 *    Client Secret (OAuth Required), Application Name, Database Login, Database Query, and
 
 *    location of PHP Client Library - all download information is below)
 
 * 
 
 * @author Kyle Perkins
 
 * @site https://github.com/kode29/google-youtube-api-privacystatus
 
 * 
 
 * NOTICE: Rest of copyright should be in tact for other scripts (Dom Sammut (domsammut.com) and Ibrahim Ulukaya (Google)
 
 * Last Update: 20160108
 
**/
 

 
#Primary code from https://www.domsammut.com/code/php-server-side-youtube-v3-oauth-api-video-upload-guide/
 
# Mixed with sample code from https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videos/update (PHP #1)
 

 

 
#Generate the "the_key" with get-token.php and store it into "the_key.txt" or wherever you want to store it BEFORE running this script.
 
# Also, make sure "the_key" has a REFRESH TOKEN!
 
$key_file = "/path/to/the_key.txt";
 

 
#Create Client ID and Client Secret by creating OAuth credentials 
 
# at https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
 
# MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YOUR REDIRECT URL TO MATCH!!!!!!!!!
 
$CLIENT_ID = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.apps.googleusercontent.com";
 
$CLIENT_SECRET = "XXXXXXXXXXX";
 
$application_name="APPLICATION-NAME";
 

 
#CHeck the DB for updated videos
 
$video_list=array();
 
    $dbh = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=DATABASE_NAME', "DATABASE_USER", "DATABASE_PW");
 

 
	$sql="select `video` from `TABLE` where `stamp` like '".date("Y-m-d H:i:")."%'";
 
				$query = $dbh -> prepare($sql);
 
				$query->execute();
 
				if ($query->rowCount() > 0){ #rowCount() won't work on some databases
 
					$values = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 
					while (list($key, $value) = each($values)){
 
						$video_list[]=$value;
 
					}
 
				}
 
$key = file_get_contents($key_file);
 
if (count($video_list)>0){
 
foreach($video_list as $VIDEO_ID){
 
	$VIDEO_ID = str_replace("https://youtube.com/watch?v=", "", $VIDEO_ID);
 
	$VIDEO_ID = str_replace("https://youtu.be/", "", $VIDEO_ID);
 

 
#Sample $VIDEO_ID can be "gYY3fVz6PjY";
 
/**
 
 * This sample adds new tags to a YouTube video by:
 
 *
 
 * 1. Retrieving the video resource by calling the "youtube.videos.list" method
 
 *    and setting the "id" parameter
 
 * 2. Appending new tags to the video resource's snippet.tags[] list
 
 * 3. Updating the video resource by calling the youtube.videos.update method.
 
 *
 
 * @author Ibrahim Ulukaya
 
*/
 

 
// Call set_include_path() as needed to point to your client library.
 
#Download the PHP Client Library from Google at https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/php/
 

 
#This has been installed using Composer - update if you download the files directly
 
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/PATH/TO/vendor/google/apiclient/src/');
 
    
 
require_once 'Google/Client.php';
 
require_once 'Google/Service/YouTube.php';
 
session_start();
 

 
/*
 
 * You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from the
 
 * Google Developers Console <https://console.developers.google.com/>
 
 * For more information about using OAuth 2.0 to access Google APIs, please see:
 
 * <https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication>
 
 * Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
 
 */
 
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID = $CLIENT_ID;
 
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET = $CLIENT_SECRET;
 

 
$client = new Google_Client();
 
$client->setClientId($OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID);
 
$client->setClientSecret($OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET);
 
$client->setScopes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube');
 

 
#$redirect = filter_var('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
 
# If running via Cron, HTTP_HOST may be blank
 
$redirect = filter_var('http://YOUR_URL/' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
 
$client->setRedirectUri($redirect);
 

 
$scope=array("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner", "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.forcessl");
 

 
// Define an object that will be used to make all API requests.
 

 

 
#if (isset($_GET['code'])) {
 
#  if (strval($_SESSION['state']) !== strval($_GET['state'])) {
 
#    die('The session state did not match.');
 
#  }
 
#
 
#  $client->authenticate($_GET['code']);
 
#  $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
 
#  header('Location: ' . $redirect);
 
#}
 
#
 
#if (isset($_SESSION['token'])) {
 
#  $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['token']);
 
#}
 
$client_id = $CLIENT_ID;
 
$client_secret = $CLIENT_SECRET;
 
#var_dump($key);
 

 
  $client = new Google_Client();
 
    $client->setApplicationName($application_name);
 
    $client->setClientId($client_id);
 
    $client->setAccessType('offline');
 
    $client->setAccessToken($key);
 
    $client->setScopes($scope);
 
    $client->setClientSecret($client_secret);
 

 
// Check to ensure that the access token was successfully acquired.
 
if ($client->getAccessToken()) {
 
/**
 
         * Check to see if our access token has expired. If so, get a new one and save it to file for future use.
 
         */
 
        if($client->isAccessTokenExpired()) {
 
            $newToken = json_decode($client->getAccessToken());
 
            $client->refreshToken($newToken->refresh_token);
 
		#This is for debugging if your token is not regenerated
 
	    #var_dump($client->getAccessToken());
 
            file_put_contents($key_file, $client->getAccessToken());
 
        }
 

 
$youtube = new Google_Service_YouTube($client);
 

 
  try{
 

 
    // REPLACE this value with the video ID of the video being updated.
 
    $videoId = $VIDEO_ID;
 

 
    // Call the API's videos.list method to retrieve the video resource.
 
    $listResponse = $youtube->videos->listVideos("status", array('id'=>$videoId));
 

 
#	array( 'id' => $VIDEO_ID, 'status' => array('privacyStatus' => 'public')));
 

 
    // If $listResponse is empty, the specified video was not found.
 
    if (empty($listResponse)) {
 
      $htmlBody .= sprintf('<h3>Can't find a video with video id: %s</h3>', $videoId);
 
    } else {
 
      // Since the request specified a video ID, the response only
 
      // contains one video resource.
 
      $video = $listResponse[0];
 
	$videoStatus = $video['status'];
 
	$videoStatus->privacyStatus = 'public'; #privacyStatus options are public, private, and unlisted
 
	$video->setStatus($videoStatus);
 
	$updateResponse = $youtube->videos->update('status', $video);
 

 

 
#    $htmlBody .= "<h3>Video Updated</h3><ul>";
 
#    $htmlBody .= sprintf('<li>Tags "%s" and "%s" added for video %s (%s) </li>',
 
#        array_pop($responseTags), array_pop($responseTags),
 
#        $videoId, $video['snippet']['title']);
 
#    $htmlBody .= '</ul>';
 
$htmlBody = "We're Good!"; #Just a debug phrase to know that the script completed successfully. Not required to output
 

 
  }
 
    } catch (Google_Service_Exception $e) {
 
      $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>A service error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
 
          htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
 
    } catch (Google_Exception $e) {
 
      $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>An client error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
 
          htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
 
    }
 

 
    $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
 
    } else {
 
      // If the user hasn't authorized the app, initiate the OAuth flow
 
      $state = mt_rand();
 
      $client->setState($state);
 
      $_SESSION['state'] = $state;
 

 
      $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
 
      $htmlBody = <<<END
 
  <h3>Authorization Required</h3>
 
  <p>You need to <a href="$authUrl">authorize access</a> before proceeding.<p>
 
END;
 
    }
 
#      echo "<body>$htmlBody</body>";
 
}}
 
	?>
 

Again, Here's the Github repository)