Youtube API at Glance. presenting different type of Yotube APIs, getting data from youtube, examples and use case as (videosanjal.com). @GDG Kathmandu Startup Weekend Bootcamp Date: Jan 5th, 2013 http://mobilenepal.net/events/gdg-kathmandu-startup-weekend-bootcamp

1. Youtube API
Ashok Basnet
Nepsquare Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
mail@ashokbasnet.com.np
5/1/2013

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Youtube APIs
• Getting Youtube data
• Use Case ( videosanjal.com )

3. What is API ?
• API ( Application Programming Interface )
• Protocol intended to be used as
an interface by software components to
communicate with each other
• A set of routines, protocols, and tools for
building software applications.
• A good API makes it easier to develop a
program by providing all the building blocks.

4. Introduction
• The YouTube APIs and Tools let you bring the
YouTube experience to your
webpage, application, or device.
• It is possible to search for videos, retrieve
standard feeds, and see related content. A
program can also authenticate as a user to
upload videos, modify user playlists, and more

5. Youtube APIs
• Player API
• Data API

6. Youtube APIs
• Version 1
• Version 2 ( Recommended )
• Version 3 ( Experimental )
API for android
YouTube Android Player API ( Experimental)
https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/

7. YouTube Data API
• Search for Videos
– Keywords (tags)
– Categories
– Query Params (metadata)
• Search for Playlists
– Keywords (tags)
– Categories
• Search for Channels
– Keywords (tags)
– Categories

8. YouTube Data API
• Retrieve
– Videos
– Comments
– Captions
– Related Videos
– Video Responses
– Categories
– Keywords
– Playlists
– Subscriptions
– Profiles
– Contacts
– Messages
– Activity Feeds
– Insight Data Feed
– Favorites

9. YouTube Data API
• Create • Update
– Videos – Video Metadata
– Comments – Captions
– Captions – Profiles
– Related Videos – Playlists
– Video Responses – Contacts
– Complaint • Delete
– Rating – Video
– Contact – Message
– Message – Favorite
– Favorite – Playlist
– Playlist – Subscription
– Subscription – Contact

10. Getting Youtube Data
http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/
VIDEO_ID?v=2&alt=json

12. For e.g.
http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/
9bZkp7q19f0?v=2&alt=json
alt => json or xml
Gives JSON Data as

13. {
"version": "1.0",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"entry": {
"published": {
"$t": "2012-07-15T07:46:32.000Z"
},
"title": {
"$t": "PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V"
},
"media$group": {
"media$category": [
{
"$t": "Music",
"label": "Music",
"scheme":
"http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007/categories.cat"
}
],

14. "media$description": {
"$t": "PSY - Gangnam Style (강남스타일) n App Store:
http://goo.gl/l9TU6nGoogle Play: http://goo.gl/UiEn1nn© YG
Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.",
},
"yt$duration": {
"seconds": "253"
}
},
"yt$statistics": {
"favoriteCount": "0",
"viewCount": "1121801092"
},
"yt$rating": {
"numDislikes": "523231",
"numLikes": "6549910"
}
}
}

15. Use Case

17. Interface for adding videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

19. • For more info
https://developers.google.com/youtube/
• Use case example site
http://videosanjal.com