youtube-community-alarm 0.0.3

youtube community alarm package

Youtube Community Alarm

• Python3 interface for scheduling crontab to retrieve YouTube community posts and send notifications
• Periodically check for new posts, and if any are found, send a notification to macOS.

Installing

install youtube-community-alarm

$ pip install youtube-community-alarm

Using

The default setting is to check for posts made within the last 10 minutes, using the corresponding cron expression */10 * * * *.
Here is the default usage:

>>> from youtubeCommunityAlarm import CrontabRegister

>>> channel_id = "@my_channel_id"
>>> cr = CrontabRegister(channel_id=channel_id)
>>> cr.register_crontab()

If you want to control the crontab settings, you can do so by passing the following arguments:

>>> from youtubeCommunityAlarm import CrontabRegister

>>> channel_id = "@my_channel_id"
# Check for new posts until those posted within the last 30 minutes using a cron expression "30 * * * *"
>>> cr = CrontabRegister(channel_id=channel_id, time_limit_for_checking_in_minutes=30, cron_expression="30 * * * *")
>>> cr.register_crontab()

Checking Crontab

Check if the crontab is registered by running the following command:

crontab -l

# Default
*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /path/youtube_community_alarm.py --channel_id @my_channel_id >> /path/log.log 2>&1

# Custom
30 * * * * /usr/bin/python3 /path/youtube_community_alarm.py --channel_id @my_channel_id --time_limit_for_checking_in_minutes 30 >> /path/log.log 2>&1

Crontab Error Case

If you encounter errors from the crontab, you can refer to this troubleshooting guide