Simple(?) youtube scripting question :: private to unlisted

August 24, 2011 9:10 AM

Looking for a way to automate youtube video uploads as unlisted.

Using the youtube-upload python tool, I'm automatically uploading videos as private. I need to make these videos unlisted as soon as possible. The python uploader does not support the uploading of unlisted videos. I looked into googleCL as an alternative, but that did not work either, and it's too late in this game to change the underlying tools.

So, I'm looking for a way to automate the process of changing a video's status to unlisted as soon as possible. How could I make this happen?

posted by tip120 to Technology (1 answer total)

I presume there's a checkbox or something on a form somewhere on the youtube site to make a video unlisted. If so, I'd use something like mechanoid or WWW::Mechanize in python to write a script to log on to youtube, navigate to the video, and check the checkbox.
posted by ob1quixote at 10:36 PM on August 24, 2011