AI YouTube Niche Trend Finder

Description

This application uses AI to analyze YouTube trends based on a user-provided niche. It suggests current trends and provides example YouTube videos related to those trends.

Features

• Analyzes YouTube niches using the Google Gemini API.
• Provides a brief trend analysis for the given niche.
• Suggests YouTube search queries to find relevant content.
• Fetches and displays recent trending videos from YouTube based on the AI's suggestions.

Setup and Configuration

To run this application, you need to configure API keys for the Google Gemini API and the YouTube Data API.

1. API Keys:

   • API_KEY: Your Google Gemini API key.
   • YOUTUBE_API_KEY: Your YouTube Data API v3 key.

2. Environment Variables: These keys must be set as environment variables. The application will look for process.env.API_KEY and process.env.YOUTUBE_API_KEY.

   For local development, you can create a .env file in the root of the project with the following content:

   API_KEY="YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY"
   YOUTUBE_API_KEY="YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY"
   

   Replace the placeholder values with your actual API keys. Ensure your development environment or server is configured to load these variables.

Running the Application

1. Ensure you have set up your API keys as environment variables (see Setup section).
2. Open the index.html file in your web browser. Alternatively, you can serve the project directory using a simple HTTP server. For example, using Python:

   python -m http.server

   Then navigate to http://localhost:8000 (or the port shown by the server) in your browser.

Technologies Used

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Google Gemini API (@google/genai)
• YouTube Data API