Initialize youtube collection script

resouce_collection/README.md

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+# Resource Collection
+
+Manually gain some insights, then scale with careful code.

resouce_collection/youtube/vlc_player/vlc_player.py

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+import json
+import os
+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
+
+
+def search_youtube(api_key, query, max_results=50):
+    youtube = build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey=api_key)
+
+    search_response = youtube.search().list(
+        q=query,
+        part="id,snippet",
+        maxResults=max_results,
+        type="video"
+    ).execute()
+
+    videos = []
+
+    for search_result in search_response.get("items", []):
+        if search_result["id"]["kind"] == "youtube#video":
+            video_id = search_result["id"]["videoId"]
+            video_metadata = get_video_metadata(api_key, video_id)
+            videos.append(video_metadata)
+
+    return videos
+
+
+def get_video_metadata(api_key, video_id):
+    youtube = build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey=api_key)
+
+    request = youtube.videos().list(
+        part="snippet,contentDetails,statistics",
+        id=video_id
+    )
+    response = request.execute()
+
+    return response
+
+
+api_key = 'API_KEY'  # Replace with your actual API key
+
+# Search for videos related to "VLC player"
+vlc_related_videos = search_youtube(api_key, "VLC player", max_results=10)
+
+# create data folder if not exist
+if not os.path.exists("data"):
+    os.makedirs("data")
+
+for video in vlc_related_videos:
+    # store the video metadata into a json file
+    with open(f"data/{video['etag']}.json", "w") as f:
+        json.dump(video, f, indent=4)