channelDataExtraction.py

import googleapiclient.discovery


def getChannelData(api_key, channel_id):
    try:
        # Create a YouTube API object
        youtube = googleapiclient.discovery.build("youtube",
                                                  "v3",
                                                  developerKey=api_key)
        # request channel details
        request = youtube.channels().list(part="snippet,contentDetails,statistics",
                                          id=channel_id)
        response = request.execute()

        # Get the channel details from the response
        channel = response["items"][0]

        # channel details dictionary
        channel_details = {
            "title": channel["snippet"]["title"],
            "description": channel["snippet"]["description"],
            "viewCount": channel["statistics"]["viewCount"],
            "subscriberCount": channel["statistics"]["subscriberCount"],
            "uploads": channel['contentDetails']['relatedPlaylists']['uploads'],
            "thumbnail": channel['snippet']['thumbnails']['medium']['url']
        }

        print(channel_details)

        return channel_details

    except Exception as error:
        return None


#getChannelData(api_key, channel_id)