Fetch a list of Youtube videos for a given channel

get_video_list.py

import csv
import requests

def get_videos(channel_id, api_key):
    # Construct the API request
    # url = f"https://www.youtube.com/t/videos?part=snippet&q={channel_url}&type=video"
    url = f"https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key={api_key}&channelId={channel_id}&part=snippet,id&order=date&maxResults=50"
    
    # Send the API request and get the response
    response = requests.get(url)
    
    # Parse the JSON response
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
    
    # Extract the list of videos
    videos = []
    for video in data["items"]:
        title = video["snippet"]["title"]
        video_id = video.get("id", {}).get("videoId","ERROR")
        url = f"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}"
        published_date = video["snippet"].get("publishedAt", "ERROR")
        #TODO This thumbnail value is only returning error
        # looks like only "high" resolution is available
        thumbnail = video["snippet"].get("thumbnails", {}).get("high").get("url", "ERROR")
        videos.append((title, url, published_date, thumbnail))
    
    # Return the list of videos
    return videos

def write_to_csv(filename, headings, input_data):
    with open(filename, 'w', newline='') as f:
        writer = csv.writer(f)
        writer.writerow(headings)
        for row in input_data:
            writer.writerow(row)


# Enter your API key and test the function with a sample channel ID
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
channel_id = "UCUQBwnjgjKyIYll7-PzU8NA"
videos = get_videos(channel_id, api_key)
headings = ("title", "url", "published at", "thumbnail")
write_to_csv("output.csv", headings, videos)