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PHP YouTube API Get Video Info: Get details and manage videos using YouTube API v3

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Author

Manuel Lemos

This class can access and get details and manage videos using YouTube API v3.

It can send HTTP requests to the YouTube API v3 Web server to perform operations with videos hosted in YouTube.

Currently it can retrieve the details of a list of videos that match given parameters.

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Example

<?php
/*
 * example_get_video.php
 *
 * @(#) $Id: example_get_video.php,v 1.1 2016/10/08 08:37:01 mlemos Exp $
 *
 */

    require('youtube_client.php');
   
    $youtube = new youtube_client_class;
    $youtube->key = ''; $application_line = __LINE__;
   
    if(strlen($youtube->key) === 0)
    {
        die('Please go to Google Developer Console, get a key for the '.
            'YouTube API and set it in the line '.$application_line);
    }

    $parameters = array(
        'id'=>'3Xw3617p06M'
    );
    $success = $youtube->ListVideos($parameters, $details);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Example of getting a video from YouTube</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Example of getting a video from YouTube</h1>
<?php
        if($success)
        {
            $items = $details['items'];
            if(count($items) === 0)
            {
                echo '<h2>No videos were returned.</h2>', "\n";
            }
            else
            {
                $item = $items[0];
                $snippet = $item['snippet'];
                $content = $item['contentDetails'];
                echo '<h2>Returned videos: '. count($items), '</h2>', "\n";
                echo '<h3>First video:</h3>', "\n";
                echo '<p>Title: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='.HtmlSpecialChars($parameters['id']).'">', HtmlSpecialChars($snippet['title']), '</a></p>', "\n";
                echo '<p>Description: ', nl2br(HtmlSpecialChars($snippet['description'])), '</p>', "\n";
                echo '<p>Duration: ', $youtube->ConvertDuration($content['duration']), ' seconds</p>', "\n";
                echo '<p>Thumbnail: <img src="', HtmlSpecialChars($snippet['thumbnails']['standard']['url']), '"></p>', "\n";
            }
            echo '<pre>', HtmlSpecialChars(print_r($details, 1)), "\n", '</pre>';
        }
        else
            echo 'Error: ', HtmlSpecialChars($youtube->error), "\n";
?>
</body>
</html>

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