Example YouTube JSON File

This article, updated in mid-2017, demonstrates how to utilize the YouTube Data API. YouTube, a Google subsidiary and the world's second most popular website (according to Alexa), offers this API for integrating YouTube functionality into websites. It provides a search.list method for searching videos, playlists, and channels, and supports various client libraries (Android, Go, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby).

This JavaScript example shows a simple search in four steps:

1. Clone the project: (Assuming you've already cloned the project from the introductory page).

2. Install http-server: Globally install the http-server package using npm:

   npm install -g http-server

3. Obtain and insert your API key: Acquire your YouTube API key and replace "undefined" with it in src/youtube-example.html. The relevant HTML/JS code snippet is:

4. Run the code via a server: Use http-server to serve the src folder:

   http-server

   Then, access http://127.0.0.1:8080/youtube-example.html in your browser. The JSON response will appear on the page.

Partial YouTube API JSON Response:

{
  "kind": "youtube#searchListResponse",
  "etag": "\"m2yskBQFythfE4irbTIeOgYYfBU/PaiEDiVxOyCWelLPuuwa9LKz3Gk\"",
  "nextPageToken": "CAUQAA",
  "regionCode": "KE",
  "pageInfo": {
    "totalResults": 4249,
    "resultsPerPage": 5
  },
  "items": [
    // ... (search results) ...
  ]
}

Other examples in this series: Colors JSON, Google Maps JSON, Twitter JSON, GeoIP JSON, WordPress JSON, Database JSON, Local REST JSON, Test Data JSON, and JSON Server examples.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about YouTube JSON:

This section provides answers to common questions about using the YouTube Data API and working with JSON data, covering topics such as fetching data, uploading videos, error handling, and accessing specific data types like comments, live streams, playlists, and channel information. The original FAQ section is retained, as it provides valuable context and information.

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