# YouTube Chat Webhook Listener (Version 2) - gRPC Implementation

This project aims to create a robust, quota-friendly, open-source, and Linux-compatible solution for monitoring YouTube Live Chat by implementing the recommended `liveChatMessages.streamList` gRPC endpoint. This approach will provide an event-driven, server-push model for receiving live chat messages, effectively eliminating the limitations and quota consumption associated with continuous API polling.

## Project Goal

To build a Python application that leverages the `liveChatMessages.streamList` gRPC endpoint to receive real-time YouTube Live Chat messages, process them, and display them in the terminal with rich formatting. This will ensure a highly efficient and compliant method for sustained live stream monitoring.

## Detailed Implementation Plan

For a detailed breakdown of the implementation steps, please refer to the [DEVELOPMENT_PLAN.md](DEVELOPMENT_PLAN.md) file.

## Dependencies

*   `grpcio`
*   `grpcio-tools`
*   `google-auth-oauthlib`
*   `google-api-python-client`
*   `rich`

## Future Enhancements

*   Interactive message sending via gRPC (if supported by the API).
*   More advanced terminal UI (e.g., `prompt_toolkit` for input).
*   Web overlay integration.