build(), channels() & list()This is a fully functional request using all the info
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
import json
api_key = 'AIzaSyDzHXVBwo9IA0Y_kBHjmoEf9l66ngoj4Ag'
youtube = build('youtube', 'v3', developerKey=api_key)
request = youtube.channels().list(
part='statistics',
forUsername='schafer5'
)
response = request.execute()
print(response)