README.md

1kp-uploader

Automated pitch uploading in Python using Selenium.

Prerequisites

1. Place all videos that you want to upload in a separate folder.

2. Install HandBrake (https://handbrake.fr/).

3. Open HandBrake and select the folder containing your source videos.

4. Copy newly compressed files from folder into ./data/videos.

Installation

1. Make sure that you have Firefox (http://firefox.com/) installed on your system.

2. Install dependencies.

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. The recommended directory structure:

   .
   ├── data
   |   ├── videos
   |   |   └── first_last.mp4
   |   └── video_pitch_data.csv
   ├── .gitignore
   ├── README.md
   ├── requirements.txt
   ├── sample_data.csv
   └── uploader.py
   

2. data/video_pitch_data.csv contains data in the following format:

   First,Last,[email protected],"Letters, Arts and Sciences",2019,"Name of Pitch","Research","Description."
   

   Newlines act as delimiters between rows. Populate data/video_pitch_data.csv with properly formatted data for the current batch of uploads.

3. Videos for the current batch of uploads go in data/videos. File names should be formatted first_last.mp4. All videos must be less than 30 MB.

4. Start upload batch:

   $ python uploader.py
   

   IMPORTANT: Makes sure that your data in data/video_pitch_data.csv is 100% correct. You will not be given the opportunity to make changes to the data after you commit it.