Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/YoutubeSubscriberBot
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Operator: EncodedRainbow (talk · contribs · SUL · edit count · logs · page moves · block log · rights log · ANI search)
Time filed: 13:04, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 (UTC)
Function overview: This bot will automatically edit the page of YouTubers' pages with accurate subscriber information periodically.
Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic
Programming language(s): Python
Source code available: https://github.com/TisTiller/WikipediaYoutubeSubscriptionBot
Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Non-controversial, maintenance edit.
Edit period(s): Daily or Weekly
Estimated number of pages affected: ~200 Current Pages: List of YouTubers
Namespace(s): Articles
Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): Yes
Function details: One (or two) purpose(s).
1: Periodically update the subscription counter for each youtubers' channel(s). Information requested directly from google using an API. Once per (day/week), the subscription counter will be updated by sending a request to google's YouTube Data V3 API containing the channel name determined manually *or* by the value(s) in the infobox. If data is retrieved, updated to fit. Contains a date of update.
2: Same as above but for views.