YouTube
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Laravel PHP Facade/Wrapper for the YouTube Data API v3 ( Non-OAuth ), (*2)
Requirements
Looking for YouTube Package for either of these: PHP 5, Laravel 5.0, Laravel 4? Visit the php5-branch, (*3)
Installation
Run in console below command to download package to your project:, (*4)
composer require alaouy/youtube
Configuration
In /config/app.php add YoutubeServiceProvider (Laravel < 5.5):, (*5)
Alaouy\Youtube\YoutubeServiceProvider::class,
Do not forget to add also YouTube facade there (Laravel < 5.5):, (*6)
'Youtube' => Alaouy\Youtube\Facades\Youtube::class,
Publish config settings:, (*7)
$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Alaouy\Youtube\YoutubeServiceProvider"
Set your YouTube API key in the file:, (*8)
/config/youtube.php
Or in the .env file, (*9)
YOUTUBE_API_KEY = KEY
Or you can set the key programmatically at run time :, (*10)
Youtube::setApiKey('KEY');
Usage
// use Alaouy\Youtube\Facades\Youtube;
// Return an STD PHP object
$video = Youtube::getVideoInfo('rie-hPVJ7Sw');
// Get multiple videos info from an array
$videoList = Youtube::getVideoInfo(['rie-hPVJ7Sw','iKHTawgyKWQ']);
// Get localized video info
$video = Youtube::getLocalizedVideoInfo('vjF9GgrY9c0', 'pl');
// Get comment threads by videoId
$commentThreads = Youtube::getCommentThreadsByVideoId('zwiUB_Lh3iA');
// Get popular videos in a country, return an array of PHP objects
$videoList = Youtube::getPopularVideos('us');
// Search playlists, channels and videos. return an array of PHP objects
$results = Youtube::search('Android');
// Only search videos, return an array of PHP objects
$videoList = Youtube::searchVideos('Android');
// Search only videos in a given channel, return an array of PHP objects
$videoList = Youtube::searchChannelVideos('keyword', 'UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg', 40);
// List videos in a given channel, return an array of PHP objects
$videoList = Youtube::listChannelVideos('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg', 40);
$results = Youtube::searchAdvanced([ /* params */ ]);
// Get channel data by channel handle (like https://www.youtube.com/@google), return an STD PHP object
$channel = Youtube::getChannelByHandle('google');
// Get channel data by channel name, return an STD PHP object
$channel = Youtube::getChannelByName('xdadevelopers');
// Get channel data by channel ID, return an STD PHP object
$channel = Youtube::getChannelById('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg');
// Get playlist by ID, return an STD PHP object
$playlist = Youtube::getPlaylistById('PL590L5WQmH8fJ54F369BLDSqIwcs-TCfs');
// Get playlists by multiple ID's, return an array of STD PHP objects
$playlists = Youtube::getPlaylistById(['PL590L5WQmH8fJ54F369BLDSqIwcs-TCfs', 'PL590L5WQmH8cUsRyHkk1cPGxW0j5kmhm0']);
// Get playlist by channel ID, return an array of PHP objects
$playlists = Youtube::getPlaylistsByChannelId('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg');
// Get items in a playlist by playlist ID, return an array of PHP objects
$playlistItems = Youtube::getPlaylistItemsByPlaylistId('PL590L5WQmH8fJ54F369BLDSqIwcs-TCfs');
// Get channel activities by channel ID, return an array of PHP objects
$activities = Youtube::getActivitiesByChannelId('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg');
// Retrieve video ID from original YouTube URL
$videoId = Youtube::parseVidFromURL('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk');
// result: moSFlvxnbgk
Validation Rules
// use Alaouy\Youtube\Rules\ValidYoutubeVideo;
// Validate a YouTube Video URL
[
'youtube_video_url' => ['bail', 'required', new ValidYoutubeVideo]
];
You can use the bail rule in conjunction with this in order to prevent unnecessary queries., (*11)
// Set default parameters
$params = [
'q' => 'Android',
'type' => 'video',
'part' => 'id, snippet',
'maxResults' => 50
];
// Make intial call. with second argument to reveal page info such as page tokens
$search = Youtube::searchAdvanced($params, true);
// Check if we have a pageToken
if (isset($search['info']['nextPageToken'])) {
$params['pageToken'] = $search['info']['nextPageToken'];
}
// Make another call and repeat
$search = Youtube::searchAdvanced($params, true);
// Add results key with info parameter set
print_r($search['results']);
/* Alternative approach with new built-in paginateResults function */
// Same params as before
$params = [
'q' => 'Android',
'type' => 'video',
'part' => 'id, snippet',
'maxResults' => 50
];
// An array to store page tokens so we can go back and forth
$pageTokens = [];
// Make inital search
$search = Youtube::paginateResults($params, null);
// Store token
$pageTokens[] = $search['info']['nextPageToken'];
// Go to next page in result
$search = Youtube::paginateResults($params, $pageTokens[0]);
// Store token
$pageTokens[] = $search['info']['nextPageToken'];
// Go to next page in result
$search = Youtube::paginateResults($params, $pageTokens[1]);
// Store token
$pageTokens[] = $search['info']['nextPageToken'];
// Go back a page
$search = Youtube::paginateResults($params, $pageTokens[0]);
// Add results key with info parameter set
print_r($search['results']);
The pagination above is quite basic. Depending on what you are trying to achieve you may want to create a recursive function that traverses the results., (*12)
Manual Class Instantiation
// Directly call the YouTube constructor
$youtube = new Youtube(config('YOUTUBE_API_KEY'));
// By default, if the $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] header is set,
// it will be used as the `Referer` header. To override
// this setting, set 'use-http-host' to false during
// object construction:
$youtube = new Youtube(config('YOUTUBE_API_KEY'), ['use-http-host' => false]);
// This setting can also be set after the object was created
$youtube->useHttpHost(false);
Run Unit Test
If you have PHPUnit installed in your environment, run:, (*13)
$ phpunit
If you don't have PHPUnit installed, you can run the following:, (*14)
$ composer update
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit
The returned JSON is decoded as PHP objects (not Array).
Please read the "Reference" section of the Official API doc., (*15)
YouTube Data API v3
Donation
If you find this project to be of use to you please consider buying me a cup of tea :), (*16)
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Credits
Built on code from Madcoda's php-youtube-api., (*18)
Wallogit.com
