How do I get a random YouTube video with the YouTube API?

Step 1: Create API-Key Create a google-Account Visit: https://console.developers.google.com/ Create a new project: Click on Create new Project in head-menu and give it a name Now Activate the YouTube Data API: Click it and enable it. Insert your Applications-Infos Click “create Credentials” Click what do I need? Note your API-Key Now you can access the … Read more

YouTube API Android auto start

What you are looking for is the Youtube API’s loadVideo method. From the docs: public abstract void loadVideo (String videoId) Loads and plays the specified video. You can use it like this: @Override public void onInitializationSuccess(YouTubePlayer.Provider provider, YouTubePlayer player, boolean wasRestored) { this.player = player; player.loadVideo(video.id); // where video.id is a String of a Youtube … Read more

How to get the mp4 url for Youtube videos using Youtube v3 API

i made a very simple API : https://gist.github.com/egyjs/9e60f1ae3168c38cc0f0054c15cd6a83 As Example: YouTube Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=**YGCLs9Bt_KY** now to get the Direct link you need to call the api , like this (change example.com to your site) : https://example.com/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCLs9Bt_KY returns: [ { “url”: “https:\/\/r10—sn-aigllnlr.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?key=yt6&signature=81D86D3BC3D34D8A3B865464BE7BC54F34C1B0BC.7316033C2DD2F65E4D345CFA890257B63D7FE2A2&mt=1522999783&expire=1523021537&sparams=dur%2Cei%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&requiressl=yes&ei=gSLHWvuxDMOUVYaTqYgB&dur=244.204&pl=22&itag=22&ip=185.27.134.50&lmt=1522960451860848&id=o-AAoaDzyDCVXS404wfqZoCIdolGU-NM3-4yDxC0t868iL&ratebypass=yes&ms=au%2Conr&fvip=2&source=youtube&mv=m&ipbits=0&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-aigllnlr%2Csn-5hne6nsy&mime=video%2Fmp4&c=WEB&initcwndbps=710000”, “quality”: “hd720”, “itag”: “22”, “type”: “video\/mp4; codecs=\”avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2\”” }, { “url”: “https:\/\/r10—sn-aigllnlr.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?key=yt6&mt=1522999783&gir=yes&expire=1523021537&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&itag=43&ratebypass=yes&fvip=2&ipbits=0&mime=video%2Fwebm&initcwndbps=710000&signature=71DC48B9BF4B2E3ED46FE0A4CD36FE027DACF31E.4624B7B4BCB947336CEB029E9958B136F79759EB&clen=24203231&requiressl=yes&dur=0.000&pl=22&ip=185.27.134.50&lmt=1522961642553275&ei=gSLHWvuxDMOUVYaTqYgB&ms=au%2Conr&source=youtube&mv=m&id=o-AAoaDzyDCVXS404wfqZoCIdolGU-NM3-4yDxC0t868iL&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-aigllnlr%2Csn-5hne6nsy&c=WEB”, “quality”: “medium”, … Read more

Removing black borders 4:3 on youtube thumbnails

YouTube offers images that don’t have the 4:3 ratio black strips. To get a 16:9 video thumbnail with no black strips, try one of these: http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/mqdefault.jpg http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault.jpg The first one mqdefault comes as a 320×180 pixel image. The second one maxresdefault comes as a 1500×900 pixel image, so it would need resizing to use as … Read more

What is the best way to have a fallback image in NextJS?

You can create a custom image component that extends the built-in next/image and adds the fallback logic if the image fails to load by triggering the onError callback. import React, { useState } from ‘react’; import Image from ‘next/image’; const ImageWithFallback = (props) => { const { src, fallbackSrc, …rest } = props; const [imgSrc, … Read more

How to obtain a feed of comments entered through the ‘chat’ box during a YouTube live broadcast?

It is now possible to return chat messages for your own broadcasts using the LiveChatMessages endpoint as part of the YouTube Live Streaming API. When creating a new liveBroadcast object, a liveChatId String will be returned as part of that liveBroadcast‘s snippet. Pass your broadcast’s chat ID to LiveChatMessages/list endpoint’s liveChatId parameter, and id, snippet, … Read more

How to call Greasemonkey’s GM_ functions from code that must run in the target page scope?

To use Greasemonkey’s GM_ functions from code that must run in the page scope (Such as your timeBtn click handler), do the following: Have the page-scope code use postMessage to send the data in string format. Have the Greasemonkey script listen for the appropriate messages and call the desired GM_ function(s) with the message data. … Read more

Android YouTubePlayer with unauthorized overlay on top of player

I faced the same problem today, and for me the error in the logs was: W/YouTubeAndroidPlayerAPI﹕ YouTube video playback stopped due to unauthorized overlay on top of player. The YouTubePlayerView is not contained inside its ancestor com.google.android.youtube.player.YouTubePlayerView{42686bc8 V.E….. …….. 0,0-1200,675 #7f0a00a0 app:id/video_player}. The distances between the ancestor’s edges and that of the YouTubePlayerView is: left: … Read more