youtube-title-views-updater

Setup

Follow these steps to set up the project:

1. Follow the instructions in this guide to create OAuth tokens in Google Cloud for the YouTube Data API: Create OAuth Tokens.
2. Continue following the guide until step 7: Replicate Tom Scott's "This Video Has X Views" Videos with Node.js.
3. Clone this repository and create your own .env file with the necessary environment variables.
4. Update the video ID in updatetitle.js with your own video ID.
5. Deploy the project to Vercel.
6. Create a cron job on cron-job.org. The URL for the cron job should be https://yourvercel.app/api/updatetitile.
7. Enjoy!

Maintenance

Every week after the refresh token expires:

1. Run main.js to get a new refresh token.
2. Copy the new refresh token.
3. Update the refresh token in Vercel's environment variables.
4. Redeploy your Vercel instance.
5. Re-enable the cron job.