microdot-phat-youtube-subscribers

Python script to display your YouTube Subscriber count on the Pimoroni Micro Dot pHAT.

Dependencies

Micro Dot pHAT library:

sudo apt-get install python3-microdotphat

or

curl https://get.pimoroni.com/microdotphat | bash

Python YouTube:

sudo pip3 install --upgrade python-youtube

Installing

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/BramDriesen/microdot-phat-youtube-subscribers.git

Copy the default-config file to config.py

cp default-config.py config.py

Edit the configuration file and add the YouTube channel you want to monitor, and the YouTube Statistics V3 API key.

API_KEY = "YOUR API KEY"
CHANNEL_ID = "YOUR CHANNEL ID"

NOTE: Make sure to enable the setting "Wait for network on boot" in the Raspberry Pi config screen. Use sudo raspi-config to go to the settings.

Usage

To simply run the script execute the script file.

python3 script.py

Autostart

Edit your rc.local (or use any other method as described here) file to make the script run at boot. Edit it using the command:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Using your cursor keys scroll to the bottom and add the following line right before the exit 0 line:

sudo python3 /home/pi/microdot-phat-youtube-subscribers/script.py & > /home/pi/youtube-subscribers.log

Now reboot your Pi and the script should automatically start.

sudo reboot