youtube-api

Know if a video Youtube is unavailable with the API

Via the Youtube API, how can I detect if a video Youtube is unavailable (ex : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRZlcB2jPY) ?

Thanks

Solution

  • You would make an API call for the video status.

    https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=VIDEOID&part=status&key=APIKEY

    Then check the uploadStatus in the json result:

    "status": {
"uploadStatus": "processed",
"privacyStatus": "public",
"license": "youtube",
"embeddable": true,
"publicStatsViewable": true
}