YouTube Injector is a Chrome extension that injects your custom videos into the YouTube home page feed. You can specify which videos to insert by editing a simple text file.
- Injects one or more custom videos into the YouTube home page feed.
- Fetches video and channel info using the YouTube Data API.
- Easy configuration via text file.
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Clone or Download the Repository
Download or clone this repository to your computer.
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Get a YouTube Data API Key
- Go to the Google Cloud Console.
- Create a new project (if you don't have one).
- Enable the "YouTube Data API v3" for your project.
- Create an API key.
- Copy your API key.
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Configure the Extension
- In
srcfolder createapiKey.txtand paste your API key inside (the file should contain only the key, no extra spaces or lines). - Open
videos-to-insert.txtand add one YouTube video ID or link per line.
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Load the Extension in Chrome
- Open Chrome and go to
chrome://extensions/. - Enable "Developer mode" (top right).
- Click "Load unpacked".
- Select the project folder.
- Open Chrome and go to
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Usage
- Go to YouTube.
- Your specified videos will appear in the home page feed.
- The extension only works on the YouTube home page.
- Your API key is stored locally and never sent anywhere except to the YouTube Data API.
- Videos are inserted in random order in the first 15 positions in the feed.
By Tim Voronkin