An automated tool for generating and uploading short-form and long-form videos to YouTube using AI-generated content, text-to-speech, and stock videos.
- Generates engaging short stories with twist endings
- Creates informative fact-based short videos
- Produces longer educational content videos
- Automatically uploads videos to YouTube
- Alternates between story and fact videos
- Tracks already used content to avoid repetition
- Python 3.8 or higher
- OpenAI API key
- Azure or Edge TTS access
- Pexels API key (for stock videos)
- Google API key (for YouTube uploads)
- FFmpeg installed and available in your system PATH
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/Manu-Devloo/ShortsGenerator.git cd ShortsGenerator -
Install required packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt -
Create a
.envfile in the root directory with the following variables:OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key OPENAI_ENDPOINT=your_openai_endpoint # Optional, default in config.json PEXELS_API_KEY=your_pexels_api_key GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key -
Set up Google OAuth credentials:
- Create a project in the Google Developer Console
- Enable the YouTube Data API v3
- Create OAuth 2.0 credentials
- Download the credentials as
client_secrets.jsonand place in the project root
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Create required directories:
/background- Place background videos here (used as fallbacks)/fonts- Store custom fonts here (default: Lobster-Regular.ttf)
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Configure
config.jsonwith your preferred settings -
Run
python main.pyto generate and upload videos
The program uses a config.json file with the following sections:
- OpenAI API settings for content generation
- Text-to-speech voice selection
- Dimensions for short-form (vertical) and long-form (horizontal) videos
- Font settings for on-screen text
- Directories for background videos, temporary files, and output videos
- Default tags for uploaded videos
- Privacy status setting
- Channel ID
- Default description - appended to all AI-generated descriptions
The program automatically appends a default signature description to all AI-generated descriptions when uploading videos to YouTube. This helps maintain consistency in your video descriptions and can include:
- Call-to-action messages (subscribe, like, etc.)
- Channel branding
- Hashtags for better discoverability
- Contact information
- Copyright notices
To customize the default description, modify the default_description field in the youtube section of config.json:
"youtube": {
"default_description": "\n\n👋 Thanks for watching! Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more content like this!\n\n#shorts #viral #trending"
}