[YouTube API] Average Views (synchronous)

import requests
import time
from config import api_key, channel_id, base_url

start_time = time.time()

# Get the ID from the Uploads Playlist.
url = f'{base_url}/channels?id={channel_id}&key={api_key}&part=contentDetails'
r = requests.get(url)
results = r.json()['items']
playlist_id = results[0]['contentDetails']['relatedPlaylists']['uploads']

# Get all of the video IDs.
video_ids = []
url = f'{base_url}/playlistItems?playlistId={playlist_id}&key={api_key}&part=contentDetails'
while True:
    r = requests.get(url)
    results = r.json()
    if 'nextPageToken' in results:
        nextPageToken = results['nextPageToken']
    else:
        nextPageToken = None

    if 'items' in results:
        for item in results['items']:
            if 'contentDetails' in item:
                if 'videoId' in item['contentDetails']:
                    videoId = item['contentDetails']['videoId']
                    video_ids.append(videoId)

    if nextPageToken:
        url = f'{base_url}/playlistItems?playlistId={playlist_id}&key={api_key}&part=contentDetails&pageToken={nextPageToken}'
    else:
        break

# Get all of the videos' view counts.
view_counts = []
for video_id in video_ids:
    url = f'{base_url}/videos?id={video_id}&key={api_key}&part=statistics'
    r = requests.get(url)
    results = r.json()['items']
    viewCount = results[0]['statistics']['viewCount']
    view_counts.append(int(viewCount))

print('Number of videos:', 2*'\t', len(view_counts))
print('Average number of views:', '\t', sum(view_counts) / len(view_counts))
print("--- %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))