From 187401c5ebf9e7e368f816ba1f9a0f9b0d5ab4df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan De Faoite <dylanseandefaoite@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:50:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Implement YouTube API integration for video and comment
 fetching

---
 connectors/youtube_api.py | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 create_dataset.py         |  7 +++-
 requirements.txt          | 14 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 connectors/youtube_api.py

diff --git a/connectors/youtube_api.py b/connectors/youtube_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1df8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connectors/youtube_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
+from dto.post import Post
+from dto.comment import Comment
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+API_KEY = os.getenv("YOUTUBE_API_KEY")
+print(API_KEY)
+
+class YouTubeAPI:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.youtube = build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey=API_KEY)
+
+    def search_videos(self, query, limit):
+        request = self.youtube.search().list(
+            q=query,
+            part='snippet',
+            type='video',
+            maxResults=limit
+        )
+        response = request.execute()
+        return response.get('items', [])
+    
+    def get_video_comments(self, video_id, limit):
+        request = self.youtube.commentThreads().list(
+            part='snippet',
+            videoId=video_id,
+            maxResults=limit,
+            textFormat='plainText'
+        )
+        response = request.execute()
+        return response.get('items', [])
+    
+    def fetch_and_parse_videos(self, query, video_limit, comment_limit):
+        videos = self.search_videos(query, video_limit)
+        posts = []
+
+        for video in videos:
+            video_id = video['id']['videoId']
+            snippet = video['snippet']
+            title = snippet['title']
+            description = snippet['description']
+            published_at = snippet['publishedAt']
+            channel_title = snippet['channelTitle']
+
+            post = Post(
+                id=video_id,
+                content=f"{title}\n\n{description}",
+                author=channel_title,
+                timestamp=published_at,
+                url=f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}",
+                title=title,
+                source="YouTube"
+            )
+
+            post.comments = []
+            comments_data = self.get_video_comments(video_id, comment_limit)
+            for comment_thread in comments_data:
+                comment_snippet = comment_thread['snippet']['topLevelComment']['snippet']
+                comment = Comment(
+                    id=comment_thread['id'],
+                    post_id=video_id,
+                    content=comment_snippet['textDisplay'],
+                    author=comment_snippet['authorDisplayName'],
+                    timestamp=comment_snippet['publishedAt'],
+                    reply_to=None,
+                    source="YouTube"
+                )
+                post.comments.append(comment)
+
+            posts.append(post)
+
+        return posts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/create_dataset.py b/create_dataset.py
index 59a3753..2750ccb 100644
--- a/create_dataset.py
+++ b/create_dataset.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import json
 import logging
 from connectors.reddit_api import RedditAPI
 from connectors.boards_api import BoardsAPI
+from connectors.youtube_api import YouTubeAPI
 
-data_file = 'data/posts.json'
+data_file = 'data/posts.jsonl'
 reddit_connector = RedditAPI()
 boards_connector = BoardsAPI()
+youtube_connector = YouTubeAPI()
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -40,5 +42,8 @@ def main():
     ireland_posts = remove_empty_posts(ireland_posts)
     save_to_jsonl(data_file, ireland_posts)
 
+    youtube_videos = youtube_connector.fetch_and_parse_videos('cork city', 50, 50)
+    save_to_jsonl(data_file, youtube_videos)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17bf580..7c8454d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ certifi==2026.1.4
 charset-normalizer==3.4.4
 click==8.3.1
 Flask==3.1.2
+google-api-core==2.29.0
+google-api-python-client==2.188.0
+google-auth==2.47.0
+google-auth-httplib2==0.3.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.72.0
+httplib2==0.31.1
 idna==3.11
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 MarkupSafe==3.0.3
+proto-plus==1.27.0
+protobuf==6.33.4
 psycopg2==2.9.11
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.11
+pyasn1==0.6.2
+pyasn1_modules==0.4.2
+pyparsing==3.3.1
+python-dotenv==1.2.1
 requests==2.32.5
+rsa==4.9.1
 soupsieve==2.8.1
 typing_extensions==4.15.0
+uritemplate==4.2.0
 urllib3==2.6.3
 vaderSentiment==3.3.2
 Werkzeug==3.1.5