Tool
Tech Story Publisher
A private command-line tool that publishes finished Tech Story episodes to the Tech Story YouTube channel, using YouTube API Services.
What it does
Tech Story Publisher runs on the channel owner's own computer. It reads a finished episode folder and sends that episode's video and metadata to the Tech Story channel through the YouTube Data API v3:
- uploads the video file and sets its title, description, tags and scheduled publish time,
- uploads the custom thumbnail,
- uploads the subtitle (caption) file,
- adds the video to the right playlist.
A dry-run mode shows exactly what would be sent before anything is sent.
Who uses it
Only the owner of the Tech Story channel. It is not offered to the public, has no user accounts, no website login and no servers. It only ever acts on the Tech Story channel, after the owner signs in with Google and grants access.
Google access it requests
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload: to upload episodes.https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl: to set metadata, captions, thumbnails and playlist items on the channel's own videos.
Sign-in uses Google's standard OAuth 2.0 flow for installed applications. The tool never sees the Google password.
Data handling
- The access token is stored only on the owner's computer, never in source control, never shared.
- No YouTube data is sent to any third party. There is no analytics, advertising or tracking.
- Full details are in the Privacy Policy. Use of the tool is covered by the Terms of Service.
- Access can be revoked at any time at Google's permissions page.
Contact
Developer: Tech Story. Questions about the tool or its use of YouTube API Services: .