Generating a YouTube API key

Preamble

You can give Pinchflat a YouTube API key if you need Fast Indexing to be even faster and more accurate.

Most users don't need this, but it can make a huge difference if you're attempting to archive videos that are frequently quickly deleted or restricted after uploading.

Caution

You are at Google's mercy when using the API. If they don't like what you're doing they can restrict/revoke your API access entirely or, potentially, even ban your Google account.

I don't think this is likely to happen, but as a best practice I strongly recommend performing these steps with a burner Google account that's completely separate from your main account.

Generating the key

1. Visit the Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project. Note that the text you see in the upper left may be different than mine:

3. Give your new project any name. Leave the other settings as-is unless you know what you're doing
4. Search for and enable the YouTube Data API v3:

5. Generate a new API key:

6. Copy that new key and save it for later
7. Lock down that API key so it can only be used for the YouTube Data API v3:

Using the key

1. Add the key to Pinchflat and it'll automatically be used for Fast Indexing going forward: