LiveStreamNotes Userguide

🎥 How to Create a YouTube API Token for the App

This guide will help you create the necessary token to allow the app to interact with your YouTube channel.

Why is this necessary? So the app can: See if your stream is live and get the current time running, add notes tou your running stream’s description.

🔧 Step 1: Go to the Google Cloud Console

• Open https://console.cloud.google.com
• Sign in with the Google account that owns your YouTube channel.

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🏗 Step 2: Create or Select a Project

1. Click the project dropdown in the top bar.
2. Click “New Project”, or select an existing one.
3. Give it a name like YouTube Stream App and click Create.

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🎯 Step 3: Enable the YouTube Data API

1. In the left sidebar, go to “APIs & Services” > “Library”.
2. Search for “YouTube Data API v3”.
3. Click on it, then click “Enable”.

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🔑 Step 4: Set Up OAuth 2.0 Consent Screen

1. In the left sidebar, click “OAuth consent screen”.
2. Choose “External” and click Create.
3. Fill out the following:
   • App name: e.g. My YouTube Stream App
   • User support email
   • Developer contact email
4. Click Save and Continue (no need to add scopes yet).
5. Add yourself as a test user (your Gmail).
6. Click Save and Continue until done.

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🔐 Step 5: Create OAuth 2.0 Credentials

1. Go to “Credentials” in the left menu.
2. Click “Create Credentials” > “OAuth client ID”.
3. Choose:
   • Application type: Desktop app
   • Name: e.g. YouTube Desktop Token
4. Click Create.

➡️ You’ll now receive a Client ID and Client Secret.

📥 Click Download JSON to save your credentials — you’ll need this file in the next step.

🔐 Step 6: Drag and drop the token file to the app

1. In the app, go to settings and drop the .json file to the reddish pane!