I am trying to use youtube data api to get all videos from a channel. But it didn't work for a particular channel. (It works for several other channels.)
As you can see from the screenshot, this channel has 135 videos.
However, I used playlistitems and search api, as below. They only return 9 videos. What is the problem here? Thanks.
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet&maxResults=50&playlistId=UUhTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&channelId=UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg&maxResults=50&type=video&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Basically you're dealing with two different channels with the same title
but this is acceptable because of the customUrl
s are different, here the details:
DharmaYogaCenter
: UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg - title: DharmaYogaCenterGET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=snippet%2CcontentDetails%2Cstatistics&id=UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
``` json
{
"title": "DharmaYogaCenter",
"description": "We are a full yoga center located in Bremerton Washington. We believe yoga and meditation is for everyone. Stop by our Yoga Center and enjoy a blissful meditation, yoga class or just some good community. We offer many free classes every month. www.dharmayogacenter.net",
"customUrl": "DharmaYogaCenter",
"publishedAt": "2009-06-11T21:43:56.000Z",
...
"relatedPlaylists": {
"uploads": "UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg",
...
"videoCount": "9"
...
```
You can check there are only few videos in here: uploaded videos in channel UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA
"id": UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=contentDetails&id=UChTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
get the playlist id of channel's "uploads": "UUhTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg"
UUhTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg
"totalResults": 9GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet&maxResults=50&playlistId=UUhTMiw43iw4w-ggOEXmPtfg&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
{
"kind": "youtube#playlistItemListResponse",
"etag": "\"XI7nbFXulYBIpL0ayR_gDh3eu1k/yvjEzYc-CE8RBoXkFDTMPf_O1XM\"",
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 9,
"resultsPerPage": 50
},...
TheDharmaTube
: UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA - title: DharmaYogaCenterGET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=snippet%2CcontentDetails%2Cstatistics&id=UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
{
"title": "DharmaYogaCenter",
"description": "Be receptive",
"customUrl": "TheDharmaTube",
"publishedAt": "2011-02-24T22:54:31.000Z",
...
"relatedPlaylists": {
"uploads": "UU8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA",
...
"videoCount": "142"
You can check there are a lot more videos in here: uploaded videos in channel UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA ..scroll down once opened to load all the videos
"id": UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=contentDetails&id=UC8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
get the playlist id of channel's "uploads": "UU8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA"
UU8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA
"totalResults": 142GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet&maxResults=50&playlistId=UU8hnoz74NP5V5sxkuxXk2kA&key={YOUR_API_KEY} "totalResults": 142,
{
"kind": "youtube#playlistItemListResponse",
"etag": "\"XI7nbFXulYBIpL0ayR_gDh3eu1k/jm3DhRxnqdMzu1DGtIoiLbpEFY4\"",
"nextPageToken": "CDIQAA",
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 142,
"resultsPerPage": 50
},...