iShowU HD &
HD Pro
Adding
your own upload script
It's extensible
iShowU HD isn't just limited to YouTube. We've included the ability for users to add further scripts with the intention of folding popular scripts into the product.
This page will provide a brief overview of the kinds of tasks required in order to create a new upload script.
For further information, we recommend going to the forums (there's a specific forum for upload script development).
iShowU HD isn't just limited to YouTube. We've included the ability for users to add further scripts with the intention of folding popular scripts into the product.
This page will provide a brief overview of the kinds of tasks required in order to create a new upload script.
For further information, we recommend going to the forums (there's a specific forum for upload script development).
More detail
For the YouTube uploader, we chose Python for implementation. This is because it has a wide variety of third party classes available for various connection oriented tasks. Also, Dave likes Python :-)
Download the sample YouTube script (ZIP
file)
Development API and documentation
(not yet available - under
development itself)
iShowU HD presume that the script follows a
certain "interface".
The user interface will call the script (the various --list-xxx commands) to gather information such as the media categories and what options are required / supported by the service being uploaded to.
There is further documentation (available above) that describes the expected inputs and outputs to the script. Please read this to see what is expected.
Installation is a matter of placing two files in a known directory location. One being an image and the other the script. iShowU HD will automatically discover services when it starts.
For full documentation, please click on the link at the top right of this page.
The user interface will call the script (the various --list-xxx commands) to gather information such as the media categories and what options are required / supported by the service being uploaded to.
There is further documentation (available above) that describes the expected inputs and outputs to the script. Please read this to see what is expected.
Installation is a matter of placing two files in a known directory location. One being an image and the other the script. iShowU HD will automatically discover services when it starts.
For full documentation, please click on the link at the top right of this page.
$ ./isuhd-youtube-upload.py --help
Usage: isuhd-youtube-upload.py [options] file
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
The account to upload to
-p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
The account's password
-z DEVKEY, --devkey=DEVKEY
The Developer Key
-t TITLE, --title=TITLE
The movie's 'as displayed' title
-c CATEGORY, --category=CATEGORY
The short form category
-d DESCRIPTION, --description=DESCRIPTION
A text description (in quotes) for the movie
-k KEYWORDS, --keyword=KEYWORDS
Add a keyword, feel free to call multiple times
--list-requirements List required parameters
--list-options List optional parameters
--list-categories=LIST_CATEGORIES_LANGUAGE
List available categories (pass locale - i.e. en-US)