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(A day at the office) Automating YouTube stats with Google Apps Script

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Summary

In a blog post by Wesley Chun, a Developer Advocate at Google, a solution is presented for automating the task of tracking YouTube video view counts using Google Apps Script. The post discusses a scenario where manually counting views for numerous videos is impractical, suggesting automation as a more efficient approach. It introduces two Google developer tools: the YouTube Data API, which can be accessed through Google APIs Client Libraries, and Google Apps Script, a JavaScript environment in Google's cloud for writing data to Google Sheets. The blog is part of the Launchpad Online series, which provides technical guidance for novice Google developers, including a brief code snippet to help build custom solutions. Chun encourages feedback and suggestions for future topics in the series.

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