TUTORIALS YouTube stats
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Seeking fame and fortune, Les Pounder wonders why he has only 586 subscribers on YouTube. Is it his Blackpool accent?
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Les Pounder is associate editor at Tom’s Hardware and a freelance maker for hire. He blogs about his adventures and projects at http://bigl.es.YOU NEED
Pi Pico W Breadboard I2C LCD display 4x F2M jumper wires
Code: https://bit.ly/ lxf322code
Are you a budding YouTuber and want to keep an eye on your subscriber numbers? We’ve A got just the thing. We’re making a Pi Pico W-powered subscriber counter using a low-cost LCD screen. It updates every hour with the latest subscriber numbers. We’re also learning about the YouTube API. First log in to the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome), then click on the project selector drop-down. In the new window, click on New Project. In the next window, give the project a name, we chose LXF Subs Project. Now click Create. Next we need to enable API access for the project.
In the left-hand menu, click on APIs & Services > Library. In the search bar, search for YouTube Data API v3. When the result pops up, click on it, then on Enable. The last step is to obtain the credentials (API key), which enable our project to use the YouTube API.