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YouTube API CLI

Manage your YouTube account from the command line. Complete CLI for YouTube Data API v3 - list/search videos, upload, manage playlists, and more.

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Manage your YouTube account from the command line. Complete CLI for YouTube Data API v3 - list/search videos, upload, manage playlists, and more.

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yt-api-cli

Manage your YouTube account from the terminal. A complete CLI for the YouTube Data API v3.

Installation

# Using go install go install github.com/nerveband/youtube-api-cli/cmd/yt-api@latest # Or download from releases curl -L -o yt-api https://github.com/nerveband/youtube-api-cli/releases/latest/download/yt-api-darwin-arm64 chmod +x yt-api sudo mv yt-api /usr/local/bin/

1. Google Cloud Console Setup

Go to Google Cloud Console Create/enable YouTube Data API v3 Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop app) Download client configuration

2. Configure yt-api

mkdir -p ~/.yt-api cat > ~/.yt-api/config.yaml << EOF default_auth: oauth default_output: json oauth: client_id: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID" client_secret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" EOF

3. Authenticate

yt-api auth login # Opens browser for Google login yt-api auth status # Check auth state

List Operations

# List your videos yt-api list videos --mine # List channel videos yt-api list videos --channel-id UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw # List playlists yt-api list playlists --mine # List subscriptions yt-api list subscriptions --mine

Search

# Basic search yt-api search --query "golang tutorial" # With filters yt-api search --query "music" --type video --duration medium --order viewCount

Upload Operations

# Upload video yt-api upload video ./video.mp4 \ --title "My Video" \ --description "Description here" \ --tags "tag1,tag2" \ --privacy public # Upload thumbnail yt-api upload thumbnail ./thumb.jpg --video-id VIDEO_ID

Playlist Management

# Create playlist yt-api insert playlist --title "My Playlist" --privacy private # Add video to playlist yt-api insert playlist-item --playlist-id PLxxx --video-id VIDxxx

Channel Operations

# Get channel info yt-api list channels --id UCxxx --part snippet,statistics # Update channel description yt-api update channel --id UCxxx --description "New description"

Output Formats

# JSON (default - LLM-friendly) yt-api list videos --mine # Table (human-readable) yt-api list videos --mine -o table # YAML yt-api list videos --mine -o yaml # CSV yt-api list videos --mine -o csv > videos.csv

Global Flags

FlagShortDescription--output-oOutput format: json (default), yaml, csv, table--quiet-qSuppress stderr messages--configPath to config file--auth-typeAuth method: oauth (default), service-account

Environment Variables

VariableDescriptionYT_API_AUTH_TYPEAuth method: oauth or service-accountYT_API_OUTPUTDefault output formatYT_API_CLIENT_IDOAuth client IDYT_API_CLIENT_SECRETOAuth client secretYT_API_CREDENTIALSPath to service account JSON

OAuth 2.0 (Default)

Best for interactive use and accessing your own YouTube account. yt-api auth login # Opens browser

Service Account

Best for server-side automation. yt-api --auth-type service-account --credentials ./key.json list videos

Quick Diagnostic Commands

yt-api info # Full system state yt-api info --test-connectivity # Verify API access yt-api info --test-permissions # Check credential capabilities yt-api auth status # Authentication details yt-api version # Version info

Error Handling

Exit codes: 0 - Success 1 - General error 2 - Authentication error 3 - API error (quota, permissions) 4 - Input error

For LLMs and Automation

JSON output by default Structured errors as JSON objects --quiet mode for parsing --dry-run validates without executing Stdin support for piping data

Notes

Requires valid Google Cloud credentials with YouTube Data API v3 enabled OAuth tokens stored in ~/.yt-api/tokens.json (0600 permissions) Default output is JSON (LLM-optimized) Supports all YouTube Data API v3 resources

Source

GitHub: https://github.com/nerveband/youtube-api-cli

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