php-youtube-api

A basic PHP wrapper for the Youtube Data API v3 ( Non-OAuth ). Designed to let devs easily fetch public data (Video, Channel, Playlists info) from Youtube. No 3rd party dependancy. (except PHPUnit) The reason of returning the decoded JSON response directly is that you only need to read the Google API doc to use this library, instead of learning my set of API again (Keep it simple).

Well...actually some parameters are missing in this library, because I don't need them at this point, if you desire a particular feature please file an issue here :)

Currently will not consider adding OAuth endpoints. (those required "authorized request")

Install

Example composer.json

{
    "name": "MyCoolProject",
    "require": {
        "madcoda/php-youtube-api" : "dev-master"
    }
}

Run the Install

composer install

//run "composer update" instead if you already has a composer.json before
composer update

Usage (Plain PHP project)

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$youtube = new Madcoda\Youtube(array('key' => '/* Your API key here */'));

// Return a std PHP object 
$video = $youtube->getVideoInfo('rie-hPVJ7Sw');

// Return an array of PHP objects
$videoList = $youtube->search('Android');

// Return a std PHP object
$channel = $youtube->getChannelByName('xdadevelopers');

// Return a std PHP object
$channel = $youtube->getChannelById('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg');

// Return a std PHP object
$playlist = $youtube->getPlaylistById('PLgLZvFga2ml60JPoPDDKE7ZN7JPgXGmlu');

// Return an array of PHP objects
$playlists = $youtube->getPlaylistsByChannelId('UCk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg');

Usage (Laravel Project)

Add the dependency in the composer.json, then run

composer update

Since the Laravel framework also configured to autoload composer dependencies (in bootstrap/autoload.php), You don't need to add any require or include statements, just use the class

app/controllers/YoutubeController.php

class YoutubeController extends BaseController {

    public function index()
    {
        $youtube = new Madcoda\Youtube(array('key' => '/* Your API key here */'));

        print_r($youtube->getVideoInfo(Input::get('vid')));
    }

}

Format of returned data

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

Youtube Data API v3

Contact

For bugs, complain and suggestions please file an Issue here or send email to jason@madcoda.com :)