yt_oauth: Set up Authorization

Description

The function looks for .httr-oauth in the working directory. If it doesn't find it, it expects an application ID and a secret. If you want to remove the existing .httr-oauth, set remove_old_oauth to TRUE. By default, it is set to FALSE. The function launches a browser to allow you to authorize the application

Usage

yt_oauth(
  app_id = NULL,
  app_secret = NULL,
  scope = "ssl",
  token = ".httr-oauth",
  ...
)

Arguments

app_id

client id; required; no default

app_secret

client secret; required; no default

scope

Character. ssl, basic, own_account_readonly, upload_and_manage_own_videos, partner, and partner_audit. Required. ssl and basic are basically interchangeable. Default is ssl.

token

path to file containing the token. If a path is given, the function will first try to read from it. Default is .httr-oauth in the local directory. So if there is such a file, the function will first try to read from it.

…

Additional arguments passed to oauth2.0_token

Value

sets the google_token option and also saves .httr_oauth in the working directory (find out the working directory via getwd())

References

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps for different scopes

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
 
# }
# NOT RUN {
   yt_oauth("998136489867-5t3tq1g7hbovoj46dreqd6k5kd35ctjn.apps.googleusercontent.com", 
            "MbOSt6cQhhFkwETXKur-L9rN")
# }

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