Simplify scripts/findTreatedChannelWithMostSubscribers.py

scripts/findLatestTreatedCommentsForChannelsBeingTreated.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ path = 'channels/'
 os.chdir(path)
 
 def getTimestampFromDateString(dateString):
-    return int(time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime(dateString, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").timetuple()))
+    return int(time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime(dateString, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ').timetuple()))
 
 for channelId in list(os.walk('.'))[1]:
     channelId = channelId[2:]
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ for channelId in list(os.walk('.'))[1]:
             snippet = snippet['topLevelComment']['snippet']
         latestTreatedCommentDate = snippet['publishedAt']
     url = f'https://yt.lemnoslife.com/noKey/channels?part=snippet&id={channelId}'
-    content = requests.get(url).text
+    data = requests.get(url).json()
-    data = json.loads(content)
     channelCreationDate = data['items'][0]['snippet']['publishedAt']
     #print(channelCreationDate)
     # Timing percentage not taking into account the not uniform in time distribution of comments. Note that in the case of the last request is to list replies to a comment, the percentage might goes a bit backward, as replies are posted after the initial comment.

scripts/findTreatedChannelWithMostSubscribers.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-import os, requests, json
+import os, requests
 
 channelIds = [channelId.replace('.zip', '') for channelId in next(os.walk('channels/'))[2]]
 maxResults = 50
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ mostSubscriberChannel = None
 
 for channelIds in channelIdsChunks:
     url = 'https://yt.lemnoslife.com/noKey/channels?part=statistics&id=' + ','.join(channelIds)
-    content = requests.get(url).text
+    data = requests.get(url).json()
-    data = json.loads(content)
     items = data['items']
     for item in items:
         subscriberCount = int(item['statistics']['subscriberCount'])