Title and description were typed character-by-character, so a '#'
(e.g. '#Shorts') triggered YouTube's topic-autocomplete dropdown that
follows the caret and covers the Next/Publish buttons, stalling the
upload. Switch to fill() (one-shot insert, no per-keystroke autocomplete)
with a type() fallback, and add _dismiss_autocomplete (blur, then Escape
only when a dropdown is actually visible so the upload dialog is never
closed by mistake).
- Wait until the upload progress reaches 100% before clicking publish. The
browser-based upload only progresses while the page is open, so publishing
(and closing the browser) mid-upload cut it off and left the video stuck
partway (e.g. 76%).
- Add optional YT_PROXY (conf.py): where youtube.com is blocked, direct
connections time out and the chromium does not use the system proxy, so
allow pointing it at a local proxy explicitly.
Add a YouTube uploader that follows the existing cookie-based browser
automation pattern (uploader/youtube_uploader + sau youtube CLI:
login/check/upload-video). Supports title/description/tags, thumbnail,
adding to a playlist (for series), and visibility (public/unlisted/private).
Browser automation is used instead of the official Data API on purpose:
videos uploaded by an unaudited API project are force-locked to private
and cannot be made public without Google's compliance audit, which is
impractical for personal/single-channel use. Browser automation has no
such restriction and matches how every other platform here works.
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