YouTube API to fetch all videos on a channel
We need a video list by channel name of YouTube (using the API).
We can get a channel list (only channel name) by using the below API:
https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/channels?v=2&q=tendulkar
Below is a direct link of channels
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqAEtEr0A0Eo2IVcuWBfB9g
Or
WWW.YouTube.com/channel/HC-8jgBP-4rlI
Now, we need videos of channel >> UCqAEtEr0A0Eo2IVcuWBfB9g or HC-8jgBP-4rlI.
We tried
https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&uploader=partner&User=UC7Xayrf2k0NZiz3S04WuDNQ https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&uploader=partner&q=UC7Xayrf2k0NZiz3S04WuDNQ
But, it does not help.
We need all the videos posted on the channel. Videos uploaded to a channel can be from multiple users thus I don't think providing a user parameter would help...
Solution 1:
You need to look at the YouTube Data API. You will find there documentation about how the API can be accessed. You can also find client libraries.
You could also make the requests yourself. Here is an example URL that retrieves the latest videos from a channel:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key={your_key_here}&channelId={channel_id_here}&part=snippet,id&order=date&maxResults=20
After that you will receive a JSON with video ids and details, and you can construct your video URL like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id_here}
Solution 2:
First, you need to get the ID of the playlist that represents the uploads from the user/channel:
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list#try-it
You can specify the username with the forUsername={username} param, or specify mine=true to get your own (you need to authenticate first). Include part=contentDetails to see the playlists.
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=contentDetails&forUsername=jambrose42&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
In the result "relatedPlaylists" will include "likes" and "uploads" playlists. Grab that "upload" playlist ID. Also note the "id" is your channelID for future reference.
Next, get a list of videos in that playlist:
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/playlistItems/list#try-it
Just drop in the playlistId!
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet%2CcontentDetails&maxResults=50&playlistId=UUpRmvjdu3ixew5ahydZ67uA&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Solution 3:
Here is a video from Google Developers showing how to list all videos in a channel in v3 of the YouTube API.
There are two steps:
Query Channels to get the "uploads" Id. eg
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?id={channel Id}&key={API key}&part=contentDetailsUse this "uploads" Id to query PlaylistItems to get the list of videos. eg
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?playlistId={"uploads" Id}&key={API key}&part=snippet&maxResults=50
Solution 4:
To get channels list :
Get Channels list by forUserName:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=snippet,contentDetails,statistics&forUsername=Apple&key=
Get channels list by channel id:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels/?part=snippet,contentDetails,statistics&id=UCE_M8A5yxnLfW0KghEeajjw&key=
Get Channel sections:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channelSections?part=snippet,contentDetails&channelId=UCE_M8A5yxnLfW0KghEeajjw&key=
To get Playlists :
Get Playlists by Channel ID:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlists?part=snippet,contentDetails&channelId=UCq-Fj5jknLsUf-MWSy4_brA&maxResults=50&key=
Get Playlists by Channel ID with pageToken:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlists?part=snippet,contentDetails&channelId=UCq-Fj5jknLsUf-MWSy4_brA&maxResults=50&key=&pageToken=CDIQAA
To get PlaylistItems :
Get PlaylistItems list by PlayListId:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet,contentDetails&maxResults=25&playlistId=PLHFlHpPjgk70Yv3kxQvkDEO5n5tMQia5I&key=
To get videos :
Get videos list by video id:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet,contentDetails,statistics&id=YxLCwfA1cLw&key=
Get videos list by multiple videos id:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet,contentDetails,statistics&id=YxLCwfA1cLw,Qgy6LaO3SB0,7yPJXGO2Dcw&key=
Get comments list
Get Comment list by video ID:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/commentThreads?part=snippet,replies&videoId=el****kQak&key=A**********k
Get Comment list by channel ID:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/commentThreads?part=snippet,replies&channelId=U*****Q&key=AI********k
Get Comment list by allThreadsRelatedToChannelId:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/commentThreads?part=snippet,replies&allThreadsRelatedToChannelId=UC*****ntcQ&key=AI*****k
Here all api's are Get approach.
Based on channel id we con't get all videos directly, that's the important point here.
For integration https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/quickstart/ios?ver=swift
Solution 5:
Here is the code that will return all video ids under your channel
<?php
$baseUrl = 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/';
// https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
$apiKey = 'API_KEY';
// If you don't know the channel ID see below
$channelId = 'CHANNEL_ID';
$params = [
'id'=> $channelId,
'part'=> 'contentDetails',
'key'=> $apiKey
];
$url = $baseUrl . 'channels?' . http_build_query($params);
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents($url), true);
$playlist = $json['items'][0]['contentDetails']['relatedPlaylists']['uploads'];
$params = [
'part'=> 'snippet',
'playlistId' => $playlist,
'maxResults'=> '50',
'key'=> $apiKey
];
$url = $baseUrl . 'playlistItems?' . http_build_query($params);
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents($url), true);
$videos = [];
foreach($json['items'] as $video)
$videos[] = $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId'];
while(isset($json['nextPageToken'])){
$nextUrl = $url . '&pageToken=' . $json['nextPageToken'];
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents($nextUrl), true);
foreach($json['items'] as $video)
$videos[] = $video['snippet']['resourceId']['videoId'];
}
print_r($videos);
Note: You can get channel id at https://www.youtube.com/account_advanced after logged in.