Raymond Camden's ColdFusion Blog: First draft of new YouTube API

First draft of new YouTube API

So not long after I had released my YouTubeCFC wrapper, Google dared to update the API to match the rest of their services. I didn't bother updating my code as I wanted to wait till upload support was done. YouTube now officially allows you to upload (and even update) videos. I've begun work on rewriting my CFC. It supports basic reading (get top videos for example), but no searching yet. But I did get upload working. Here is an example of how easy it is:

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<cfset yt = createObject("component", "youtube")>
<cfset yt.setDeveloperKey("xxx")>

<cfset yt.login("cfjedimaster", "likeidsay")>
<cfset r = yt.upload(expandPath('./movie2.mov'),'Test Upload','Playing with youtube','Music','testing,fun')>
<cfoutput>id=#r#</cfoutput>

1  <cfset yt = createObject("component", "youtube")>
2  <cfset yt.setDeveloperKey("xxx")>
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4  <cfset yt.login("cfjedimaster", "likeidsay")>
5  <cfset r = yt.upload(expandPath('./movie2.mov'),'Test Upload','Playing with youtube','Music','testing,fun')>
6  <cfoutput>id=#r#</cfoutput>

I've included the CFC for folks to play with, and once I get a bit more of the API done I'll replace the CFC at RIAForge. You will need a valid login and a developer key. Also there seems to be a quota limit. I ran into after uploading about 10 videos.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 10:30 PM. It was filed in the following categories: ColdFusion. It has been viewed 2,895 times and has 11 comments. Download attached file.

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Comment 1 written by Jeff on 15 April 2008, at 11:22 PM

They DARED you? I think you should dare THEM to add CF support to Google App Engine.

(PS. Once again, nice work)
Comment 2 written by Raul Riera on 16 April 2008, at 2:58 AM

CF support for the app engine, that would be something. :( If I could live off dreams...
Comment 3 written by Sam on 17 April 2008, at 1:03 PM

Should I subscribe to Ray's channel?

Hmmmm....

Alright... Woo Hoo! First Subscriber! :-)
Comment 4 written by Jason on 17 April 2008, at 10:47 PM

This page talks about the quotas with the API. There is a 1000 total limit for an account and in that case they recommend you add the video to the user's account. They also recommend passing the users IP in the restriction parameter.

http://code.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=...
Comment 5 written by Frankie on 27 January 2009, at 10:36 AM

It's possible to upload video with this component?
Comment 6 written by Raymond Camden on 27 January 2009, at 10:39 AM

Yes, please see http://youtubecfc.riaforge.org/ for the latest version.
Comment 7 written by Frankie on 29 January 2009, at 9:45 AM

It seems that this require a hotfix to work....

In shared hosting it doesn't work...

It's true? or I have to change hosting?
Comment 8 written by Raymond Camden on 29 January 2009, at 10:27 AM

You can always _ask_ your host to apply the hotfix. But if they won't, then no, you will have to change hosts.
Comment 9 written by Frankie on 30 January 2009, at 12:59 PM

Hallo Ray,

Thanks for the reply...

I give them the link to the hotfix....

Another question is: how can I post comment?
Comment 10 written by Raymond Camden on 30 January 2009, at 8:03 PM

While the API supports posting comments, my CFC does not (if I remember right). If you would like it, I could consider adding it, but no promise of when.
Comment 11 written by Frankie on 1 February 2009, at 10:54 AM

Thank you, Ray...