How to make a program that keep logs for the trending YouTube's video ?

Can you please help me figure what i need for this ? I mean what programming language is more suitable ( python i guess ) ? And how i can fetch data from YouTube API ?

I have some experience with programming in java and C and others , but i am clueless about this task

in case you're asking i want To analyze what factors affect what videos goes to the trending page in my country.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give