Youtube-Tracker

The web application to track Youtube Channel Stats by providing a channel ID or channel Name

Features

• Search Youtube Channels by ID or name
• Displays Youtube Channel Stats
  • Subscriber Count
  • View Count
  • Video Count
• Interactive Search Results
  • Displays Youtube Channels with thumnbails to select
  • Based on the Youtube Data API

In the service folder there is YoutubeService.java class that is a single unified endpoint that handles both Channel ID and channel Name and contains logic to check if the input is a channelID or name.

Technologies Used

• Java, Spring-Boot for the backend
• Thymeleaf, Javascript, CSS for the view
• Youtube Data V3 API

Getting Started

• Clone the repository and open the project with your IDE
• Configure your API Key:
  • In your application.properties add your API key like this:
  • apiKey = YOUR_API_KEY

  https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started

• Build and run the application: mvn spring-boot:run
• Navigate to: http://localhost:8080/Youtube-Tracker