The following channel-specific fields are shown for YouTube channels:
•Client ID: the client ID, as required by the YouTube API.
•Client secret: the client secret, as required by the YouTube API.
•API key: the API key used to connect to the YouTube service.
•Redirect URL: the YouTube redirect URL.
•Account name: the name of the account used to login to YouTube.
•Authorization: on creation of a YouTube channel, the following are displayed:
You can click the button to start the process of authorizing the YouTube channel. When you do so, a Google Sign page is displayed in your default web browser. Having entered your YouTube account’s Email and Password, click Sign in. Click Allow to proceed.
Having clicked the Allow button, a redirect URI is displayed. Copy this value and return to RPI, where a Verification URL property will now be displayed. Paste in the URL you copied and click the Get access token button. The YouTube channel will now be authorized.
When the YouTube channel has been authorized successfully, the button’s text is ‘Click here to reset the authorization token’. Invocation resets the YouTube channel’s authorization status to Not authorized and changes the button text to ‘Click here to authorize RPI’. If you elect to authorize the channel again, you may not have to provide credentials if having done so successfully previously.