YouTube

Laravel PHP Facade/Wrapper for the YouTube Data API v3 ( Non-OAuth )

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• Laravel 5.1 or higher
• API key from Google Console

Looking for YouTube Package for either of these: PHP 5, Laravel 5.0, Laravel 4? Visit the php5-branch

Installation

Run in console below command to download package to your project:

composer require alaouy/youtube

Configuration

In /config/app.php add YoutubeServiceProvider (Laravel < 5.5):

Alaouy\Youtube\YoutubeServiceProvider::class,

Do not forget to add also YouTube facade there (Laravel < 5.5):

'Youtube' => Alaouy\Youtube\Facades\Youtube::class,

Publish config settings:

$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Alaouy\Youtube\YoutubeServiceProvider"

Set your YouTube API key in the file:

/config/youtube.php

Or in the .env file

YOUTUBE_API_KEY = KEY

Or you can set the key programmatically at run time :

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.

Basic Search Pagination

// 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.

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:

$ phpunit

If you don't have PHPUnit installed, you can run the following:

$ composer update
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit

Format of returned data

The returned JSON is decoded as PHP objects (not Array). Please read the "Reference" section of the Official API doc.

YouTube Data API v3

• YouTube Data API v3 Doc
• Obtain API key from Google API Console

Donation

If you find this project to be of use to you please consider buying me a cup of tea :)

Credits

Built on code from Madcoda's php-youtube-api.