lbry.com/content/bounty/bulk-upload.md

category	title	award	status	date
code	Bulk Sync/Upload Utility	500	available	2018-03-20

This bounty is to create a utility that can bulk upload a series of videos to LBRY.

This utility is for semi-technical users who have a large amount of content they want to sync. A good example use case would be the videos from a conference.

The typical input to the utility would be a CSV exported from a spreadsheet. The following columns would be included:

• Title
• File name, relative file path, or absolute file path
• Description
• Thumbnail URL
• Channel name
• Desired LBRY URL (optional - can be created from file name)
• Desired bid amount (optional - can default to amount across all files)
• Possibly something else sensible that the bounty writer has neglected to include ;)

The utility must:

• Process each line and perform an upload
• Give good feedback as to the state of the sync (e.g. it should give me feedback as it progresses)
• Properly finish the sync (i.e. it shouldn't exit until it confirms all content has actually published and synced)
• Be fully idempotent (stopping / halting the script midway and restarting it should never cause a problem)

The utility can assume at least moderate technical competency. While we always support user-friendliness, this tool would only be used by a user of at least moderate sophistication.