audio2youtube

audio2youtube is a web application that lets users upload audio files (MP3, WAV, OGG, etc.), converts them into solid-black MP4 videos, and uploads the videos to a configured YouTube account via the YouTube Data API.

Project Setup

Obtaining Google OAuth Credentials

1. Open the Credentials page in the API Console:
   https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials
   Create your project there by clicking Create a project.

2. After creating your project, make sure the YouTube Data API is enabled for your application:

   • Step 1: Go to the API Console and select the project you just created.

   • Step 2: Visit the Enabled APIs page.

     • In the list of APIs, ensure the YouTube Data API v3 status is ON.

3. To create an OAuth token, go to:
   https://console.developers.google.com/auth/clients
   If you haven’t finished the project setup in Google, clicking Get started will take you to Overview. Finish the setup there and come back to Clients.

4. Click Create Client.

5. Select the Web application application type.

6. Complete the form. Applications that use JavaScript to make authorized Google API requests must specify authorized JavaScript origins. The origins identify the domains from which your application can send requests to the OAuth 2.0 server.

7. Add Authorized redirect URIs:

   • If in development environment, it is:
     http://localhost:3000/api/youtube/callback

8. Add these fields to your .env file. You can access your client_id and client_secret from the Credentials page. Frontend url is http://localhost:3000 if in development environment.

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= 
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET= 
FRONTEND_URL=  
YOUTUBE_REFRESH_TOKEN=

Getting Your YouTube Refresh Token

To get your YouTube refresh token, follow these steps:

1. Go to Google OAuth Playground

2. Click the gear icon (⚙️) in the top right corner

   • Select "Use your own OAuth credentials"
   • Enter your OAuth credentials

3. In Step 1:

   • Find and select "YouTube Data API v3"
   • Check both required scopes:
     • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload
     • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly
   • Click "Authorize APIs"

4. In Step 2:

   • Click "Exchange authorization code for tokens"
   • Your refresh token will be displayed in the response

To run the project

yarn install
yarn run build
yarn run start