How to get number of video views with YouTube API?

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Ante picture Ante · Jul 25, 2010 · Viewed 122.7k times · Source

The question is very simple. How to get number of video views with YouTube API?

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The task is simple but I would like to use that query on large number of videos very often. Is there any way to call their Youtube API and get it? (something like facebook http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=links.getStats&urls=developers.facebook.com)

Answer

Victor picture Victor · Jul 26, 2010

I think, the easiest way, is to get video info in JSON format. If you want to use JavaScript, try jQuery.getJSON()... But I prefer PHP:

<?php
$video_ID = 'your-video-ID';
$JSON = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/{$video_ID}?v=2&alt=json");
$JSON_Data = json_decode($JSON);
$views = $JSON_Data->{'entry'}->{'yt$statistics'}->{'viewCount'};
echo $views;
?>

Ref: Youtube API - Retrieving information about a single video

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