https://github.com/galvinpython/youtube-readme

Show your latest video uploads in your README!
https://github.com/galvinpython/youtube-readme

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Show your latest video uploads in your README!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/galvinpython/youtube-readme
• Owner: GalvinPython
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-06-29T15:19:36.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-22T00:03:49.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-02T01:15:26.355Z (9 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 684 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# YouTube Readme Updater

Updates your README file to show your latest video uploads on YouTube!

# Example Usage

> [!IMPORTANT]

> This action uses NodeJS 20

To use, simply create a file called `.github/workflows/main.yml` in your target repository. `main.yml` can be anything as long as it's a `.yml` file

```yml

name: Update README with latest YouTube videos

on:

  schedule:

    - cron: '0 * * * *'  # Runs every hour

jobs:

  update-readme:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:

    - name: Checkout repository

      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Node.js

      uses: actions/setup-node@v3

      with:

        node-version: '20'

    - name: Update README

      uses: GalvinPython/youtube-readme@1.0

      with:

        youtube_channel_id: '' # Replace with your channel ID

        readme_file_path: 'README.md'

  

    - name: Configure Git

      run: |

        git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'

        git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'

    - name: Commit changes

      run: |

        git add README.md

        git commit -m "Update README with latest YouTube videos" || echo "No changes to commit"

    - name: Push changes

      env:

        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      run: git push

```

# API

You can find the server for the API [here](https://github.com/GalvinPython/latest-uploads-api)

# Future Improvements

* Set a value between 1 and 5 videos

* Choose either shorts, streams or videos (or all)

* Format better

* Video statistics

# Changelog

## V1.0

* Released action