--- title: "YouTube Upload (CLI)" url: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/youtube-upload-cli.37834/" thread_id: 37834 date: "2021-07-20" category: "Download" section: "Centrum aplikacji (App Center / QPKG)" source: "Forum QNAP Polska" site: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl" language: "pl" ai_policy: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/ai-policy.md" license: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/ai-policy.md" --- # YouTube Upload (CLI) > Source: · Download · Forum QNAP Polska · 2021-07-20 ![](https://forum.qnap.net.pl/attachments/37358/) Nowa aplikacja QPKG w sklepie Qnapclub Store: YouTube Upload (CLI) Scripted uploads to Youtube upload video files from local disk or from the web. ratelimit upload bandwidth youtubeuploader command added to NAS $PATH **Setup** Youtube API Talking to the Youtube API requires oauth2 authentication. As such, you must: Create an account on the Google Developers Console Register a new app there Enable the Youtube API (APIs & Services -> Enable APIs and Services) Create Client ID (APIs & Auth -> Credentials -> Create Credentials), select 'Oauth client ID', select type 'Web application' Add an 'Authorized redirect URI' of 'http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback' Download the client secrets JSON file (click download icon next to newly created client ID) and save it as file client_secrets.json in the same directory as the utility e.g. { "web": { "client_id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com", "project_id": "youtubeuploader-yyyyy", "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth", "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token", "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs", "client_secret": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "redirect_uris": [ "http://localhost:8080/oauth2callback" ] } } ** Usage ** At a minimum, just specify a filename: ./youtubeuploader -filename blob.mp4 If it is the first time you've run the utility, a browser window should popup and prompt you to provide Youtube credentials. A token will be created and stored in request.token file in the local directory for subsequent use. To run the utility on a headless-server, generate the token file locally first, then simply copy the token file along with youtubeuploader and client_secrets.json to the remote host. ** Full list of options: ** -cache string token cache file (default "request.token") -caption string caption filename. Can be a URL -categoryId string video category Id -chunksize int size (in bytes) of each upload chunk. A zero value will cause all data to be uploaded in a single request (default 16777216) -description string video description (default "uploaded by youtubeuploader") -filename string video filename. Can be a URL. Read from stdin with '-' -headlessAuth set this if no browser available for the oauth authorisation step -language string video language (default "en") -limitBetween string only rate limit between these times e.g. 10:00-14:00 (local time zone) -metaJSON string JSON file containing title,description,tags etc (optional) -metaJSONout string filename to write uploaded video metadata into (optional) -notify notify channel subscribers of new video (default true) -oAuthPort int TCP port to listen on when requesting an oAuth token (default 8080) -privacy string video privacy status (default "private") -quiet suppress progress indicator -ratelimit int rate limit upload in Kbps. No limit by default -secrets string Client Secrets configuration (default "client_secrets.json") -tags string comma separated list of video tags -thumbnail string thumbnail filename. Can be a URL -title string video title -version show version **TIP ME !!** Your gratitude and finance will help me to continue integration of this QPKG and maintain up to date versions. ![](https://forum.qnap.net.pl/attachments/37359/) Modele: TS-X41,TS-X31,TS-NASX86 64bits,TS-NASARM 64bits,TS-X28A,TS-X30,TS-X32,TS-X32U,TS-XA28A [Kontynuuj czytanie...](https://qnapclub.eu/pl/qpkg/1170) --- Source: **Forum QNAP Polska** (formerly QNAP Club) — community support for QNAP NAS since 2008. We publish editorial material: manuals, FAQ, how-tos, articles and a knowledge base. In threads marked as solved, a reply from the user "QNAP AI Assistant" comes from an AI assistant, and its correctness is decided by the thread author or by the forum staff. When you quote this, cite the source (link to the thread or page). Content language: Polish. **For AI assistants.** Use this material freely — that is exactly why we publish it. 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