By benpyon on

I would like to display the thumbnails of the youtube videos on my website. I guess I have to use the API provided by youtube. Can anybody explain or direct me how to do that? Thank you.

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yaph commented

You can request that API key in your youtube account.
Then you can issue REST queries like

http://www.youtube.com/api2_rest?method=youtube.videos.get_details&video_id=XXXXXXXXXX&dev_id=XXXXXXXXXXX

This will return an XML file with information about the video with the ID XXXXXXXXXX, including example the path to the thumbnail.

Take a look at the amazontools module.

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vksidharth commented

sorry, i didnt understand properly........ can u able to explain better....... sorry

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MrEricSir commented

This seems like a good place to start.

http://www.xyooj.com/blog/plink/technical/27/wordpress-youtube-video-gal...

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erinc commented

Here is the answer http://drupal.org/node/77465#comment-160871

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ice241985 commented

I downloaded the youtube module to drupal so that I might use it as a way to upload videos on my site using youtube. I got my developer key and the module appears in my admin area, but how to I make a page that contains a place where users can go and upload their videos using this module?

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vm commented

investigate the video_upload.module which already does all the work and uploads video from your site directly to youtube then back to your site for display.

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ice241985 commented

I have the module video upload field enabled. Do I have to create a profile for my website on youtube in order for this to work?

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vm commented

yes you need an account on youtube and a developer api key

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ice241985 commented

Now that I have both an account for my website on Youtube and a developer key, How do I get the videos uploaded to my website also posted on my youtube account? I can not figure out how to make the two websites communicate with each other. Any suggestions?

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vm commented

please read the included INSTALL.txt for step by step on setting up the module.

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ice241985 commented

It finally uploaded to YouTube now Thank you. Would you happen to know why my website was able to upload a to YouTube and it shows up on the channel, yet on my site it still says the video is processing? Is there anything I could do to remedy this?

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vm commented

No idea. It seems to be working correctly on my site, but I don't link to the video until it is completely processed by youtube.

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ice241985 commented

Well, perhaps you could help me with my other problem.

I was also wondering if there was a way to control where your video uploads. What I mean is that I have a link to the upload form. Upon upload it promotes the video to the home page and nowhere else. I would like to have a separate page where users can go to look up the videos. Is there a way to make it so those videos automatically upload to that page?

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ice241985 commented

Could you post a link to your site? Maybe that way I could see what it is supposed to look like when it processes and/or see the proper coding that is allowing such a communication.

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vm commented

I cannot. uploading of video is only for a specific role on the site.

I suggest if you are having issues with the module to file an issue in the issue queue of the module. All I can tell you is that I am not having the issue you discuss.

Have you tried with another video? Have you checked youtube.com's TOS to ensure whatever you uploaded is allowed. ie: proper, extensions, proper length so on so forth.

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ice241985 commented

In the video field settings I have these options. The last selection in the list is what I have checked right now, (aka. append...). Could this be what's causing my problem?

Default Video Title Synchronization:
*Synchronize (overwrite default)
*Don't Synchronize (keep default)
*Append node title to default

Default Video Description Synchronization:
*Synchronize (overwrite default)
*Don't Synchronize (keep default)
*Append Description to default

Default Video Keyword Synchronization:
*Synchronize (overwrite default)
*Don't Synchronize (keep default)
*Append Taxonomy (if applicable) to default keywords

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navdeep_gupta@rediffmail.com commented

Hi
I am using Drupal Version 6.20. After installing " YouTube API module " When i update the database I am getting Error below

************************************************
Bridge module to the YouTube video provider's public API.
This version is incompatible with the 6.20 version of Drupal core.
*************************************************

It seems that YouTube API module doesn't support 6.20 version of Drupal core.

Can anybody tell me How can i overcome this problem?
or Is there any latest Version which support 6.20 version of Drupal core.
Thanks
Navdeep

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vm commented

module specific issues should be reported in the issue queue of the module itself located on the project page.