YouTube Scraper Service

A standalone microservice for scraping YouTube video data. This service runs independently from the main Trackeep application.

Features

Mock YouTube Data: Provides mock YouTube video data for development and testing
Channel Videos: Fetch videos from specific YouTube channels
Search: Search through YouTube video metadata
REST API: Simple REST endpoints for integration

API Endpoints

Health Check

GET /

Returns service status and information.

Get Channel Videos

GET /channel_videos?channel={channel_name}

Fetches videos for a specific YouTube channel.

Parameters:

channel: YouTube channel name (e.g., "@Fireship", "@NetworkChuck")

Search Videos

GET /search?q={query}

Searches through video titles, descriptions, and channel names.

Parameters:

q: Search query

Running the Service

Development

cd youtube-scraper
go run .

Production

cd youtube-scraper
go build -o youtube-scraper .
./youtube-scraper

Docker

docker build -f ../Dockerfile.youtube-scraper -t youtube-scraper ..
docker run -p 7857:7857 youtube-scraper

Environment Variables

PORT: Service port (default: 7857)

Mock Data

The service includes mock data for popular tech YouTube channels:

@Fireship
@NetworkChuck
@beyondfireship
@LinusTechTips
@Mrwhosetheboss
@JerryRigEverything
@JeffGeerling
@mkbhd

Integration

This service is designed to be called by the main Trackeep application via HTTP requests. The main app can be configured to use this service for YouTube-related features.

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