Quackbot

Quackbot downloads the latest video uploaded to TechLinked YouTube channel, extracts the quickbits intro and uploads it to YouTube and X.

Running the bot

The bot can be run in a docker container. It's important to provide the following environment variables:

Name	Description
CHANNEL_ID	The ID of the YouTube channel to download the video from
GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID	The Google OAuth client ID to authenticate with YouTube API
GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET	The Google OAuth client secret to authenticate with YouTube
YOTUBE_API_KEY	The API key to authenticate with YouTube API
YOUTUBE_TOKENS	The tokens to authenticate with YouTube API
X_API_KEY	The X API Key
X_API_SECRET	The X API Secret
X_ACCESS_TOKEN	The X OAuth Access Token
X_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET	The X OAuth token secret

With these variables set, the bot can be run with the following command:

docker run --env-file .env quackbot:latest

Setting up the environment

The Google OAuth client ID and secret can be obtained by creating a project in the Google Cloud Console. The YouTube API can also be obtained from the Google Cloud Console.

The value for variable YOUTUBE_TOKENS can be obtained by running the following

npm run get-youtube-tokens

The X API Key and Secret can be obtained by creating a project in the X Developer Portal. The X OAuth Access Token can also be obtained from the X Developer Portal.