Youtube Viewer (repo) malfunctioning?

brent

Was going to install yt-fzf from Github til I realized we already had a CLI youtube viewer in repo. So I installed it.
I can't get it to show me anything plus strange API error.

$ youtube-viewer the kinks picture book

Error: no API key has been set!

For creating/setting an YouTube API key, please see:
https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer#logging-in


=>> Search for YouTube videos (:h for help)
> kinks picture book

=>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help)
> 4

=>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help)
> :h

whole lot of nothing. I tried something more general than a band and a song.

youtube-viewer the rolling stones

=>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help)
> 10

=>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help)
> 10

=>> Select one or more videos to play (:h for help)

again no results.

I tried a specific video to play:

youtube-viewer https://youtu.be/B7encWb7lNQ

Error: no API key has been set!

For creating/setting an YouTube API key, please see:
https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer#logging-in


=>> Search for YouTube videos (:h for help)

more nothingness.
I am doing this right according to --help:

[keywords]        : search for YouTube videos
[youtube-url]     : play a video by YouTube URL

Can anyone help me use this CLI youtube player? thanks.

EDIT: maybe this needs to be linked to MPV or similar?

alfisya

There is an error there, it says it needs API key. You need to set that up first.

brent

alfisya
from said link (emphasis mine):
"Starting with version 3.7.4, youtube-viewer provides the ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.json file, which allows setting an YouTube API key and the client ID/SECRET values:
"Prerequisite: you must create a Google Platform project. Following the below steps should prompt you to create one if you do not already have one.
Enable the YouTube Data v3 API on your project: navigate here and click "Enable"....
Replace API_KEY with your YouTube API key. Create a new key here by clicking on "Create Credentials" > "API Key".
Optionally, in order to log in, replace CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET with your native client ID and client secret values, by creating a new OAuth 2.0 Client ID here: click "Create Credentials" > "OAuth client ID", then select "TV and
The project must have the following scope enabled: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube**
Also, in order to log in, grant access to the project in: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials/consent"

Mmmmm 🙁.

I installed yt-fzffrom github. No keys/platforms/accounts. Just install and watch youtube from the terminal. I'm liking that method this year. Something wonderfully primitive about it.

Thanks for getting back to me kind sir, I will close it. edit: formatting