Here, we give exact response from youtube apis.
Basics
Youtube provides details of video depend upon how much we ask. Youtube provides following types of information types:- Snippet
It includes details like published date, channel Id, title, description, thumbnail images of different sizes, title of channel, tags etc.
- ContentDetails
It has information like duration, dimension, definition, caption etc
- TopicDetails
Topic information, some links from wiki of the category of video.
- Statistics
View count, like count, dislike count, favorite count, comment count
Information example for a Video, Information level: (snippet, contentDetails, topicDetails, statistics)
{
"kind": "youtube#videoListResponse",
"etag": "etag of video",
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 1,
"resultsPerPage": 1
},
"items": [
{
"kind": "youtube#video",
"etag": "etag of video",
"id": "video id",
"snippet": {
"publishedAt": "2017-08-07T10:11:04.000Z",
"channelId": "channel id",
"title": "title ",
"description": "description of video",
"thumbnails": {
"default": {
"url": "direct image url",
"width": 120,
"height": 90
},
"medium": {
"url": "direct image url",
"width": 320,
"height": 180
},
"high": {
"url": "direct image url",
"width": 480,
"height": 360
},
"standard": {
"url": "direct image url",
"width": 640,
"height": 480
}
},
"channelTitle": "Channel title",
"tags": [
"bunch of tags, if given"
],
"categoryId": "26",
"liveBroadcastContent": "none",
"defaultLanguage": "en-GB",
"localized": {
"title": "title",
"description": "description"
},
"defaultAudioLanguage": "en-GB"
},
"contentDetails": {
"duration": "PT3M9S",
"dimension": "2d",
"definition": "hd",
"caption": "false",
"licensedContent": true,
"projection": "rectangular"
},
"statistics": {
"viewCount": "7808",
"likeCount": "79",
"dislikeCount": "4",
"favoriteCount": "0",
"commentCount": "2"
},
"topicDetails": {
"relevantTopicIds": [
"/m/019_rr",
"/m/03glg",
"/m/019_rr",
"/m/03glg"
],
"topicCategories": [
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_(sociology)",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobby"
]
}
}
]
}Response for comment
```js [ { "kind": "youtube#commentThread", "etag": "\"_gJQceDMxJ8gP-8T2HLXUoURK8c/PpbEormnuWTQWMoRKEAbm9cLjjU\"", "id": "UgxlmZtbyZ7m6Fk46fR4AaABAg", "snippet": { "videoId": "pV_XHKYhRgw", "topLevelComment": { "kind": "youtube#comment", "etag": "\"_gJQceDMxJ8gP-8T2HLXUoURK8c/yg0P6VX_GhIUPHK_GaiwR-ujZm8\"", "id": "UgxlmZtbyZ7m6Fk46fR4AaABAg", "snippet": { "authorDisplayName": "Afrozkanpur Afrozkanpur", "authorProfileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-Uw6ZLZNnZL4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ZOcnswHwIPA/s28-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg", "authorChannelUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0MUsTZH1ltLNC9gkW1OKg", "authorChannelId": { "value": "UCp0MUsTZH1ltLNC9gkW1OKg" }, "videoId": "pV_XHKYhRgw", "textDisplay": "sir hme leminets door ka disain cahiye", "textOriginal": "sir hme leminets door ka disain cahiye", "canRate": true, "viewerRating": "none", "likeCount": 0, "publishedAt": "2018-02-17T08:56:20.000Z", "updatedAt": "2018-02-17T08:56:20.000Z" } }, "canReply": true, "totalReplyCount": 0, "isPublic": true } }, { "kind": "youtube#commentThread", "etag": "\"_gJQceDMxJ8gP-8T2HLXUoURK8c/btHcdg53wX3hhxluWaNjmnFvsRQ\"", "id": "Ugz8GM8E0ZAuiezU2ZR4AaABAg", "snippet": { "videoId": "pV_XHKYhRgw", "topLevelComment": { "kind": "youtube#comment", "etag": "\"_gJQceDMxJ8gP-8T2HLXUoURK8c/4WDl1bqg1ZnE49vVwLOuD4sbsC4\"", "id": "Ugz8GM8E0ZAuiezU2ZR4AaABAg", "snippet": { "authorDisplayName": "imran ali", "authorProfileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-xsrhPbh8lwk/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/vketWZ-cMQg/s28-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg", "authorChannelUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TLzrg6yuZ4oF2hcljXPxw", "authorChannelId": { "value": "UC-TLzrg6yuZ4oF2hcljXPxw" }, "videoId": "pV_XHKYhRgw", "textDisplay": "nyc", "textOriginal": "nyc", "canRate": true, "viewerRating": "none", "likeCount": 1, "publishedAt": "2018-01-06T13:25:25.000Z", "updatedAt": "2018-01-06T13:25:25.000Z" } }, "canReply": true, "totalReplyCount": 1, "isPublic": true }, "replies": { "comments": [ { "kind": "youtube#comment", "etag": "\"_gJQceDMxJ8gP-8T2HLXUoURK8c/0rBPE5BM07jw_ElUQvzIs9C9aPU\"", "id": "Ugz8GM8E0ZAuiezU2ZR4AaABAg.8b4WpG33XE58cGpxNxZcvG", "snippet": { "authorDisplayName": "Plan n Design", "authorProfileImageUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-jOyekwseTi0/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/Kx-yMDRdmcc/s28-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg", "authorChannelUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNxPxH_zIPxvWy5QMFkruA", "authorChannelId": { "value": "UCNNxPxH_zIPxvWy5QMFkruA" }, "videoId": "pV_XHKYhRgw", "textDisplay": "Thank you so much!!", "textOriginal": "Thank you so much!!", "parentId": "Ugz8GM8E0ZAuiezU2ZR4AaABAg", "canRate": true, "viewerRating": "none", "likeCount": 0, "publishedAt": "2018-02-05T04:43:34.000Z", "updatedAt": "2018-02-05T04:43:34.000Z" } } ] } } ] ```$ subscribe --weekly
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