The team has been working to improve the API upload infrastructure behind the scenes, and the new build is up at:http://uploads2.gdata.youtube.comPlease do regression testing on your systems and report problems in our discussion forum.Barring any major…
Wow, there’s quite a bit of creative talent out there! It was hard to select from all the posts, but the winning haiku was from lionstone:public void youtube extends the community return social changeHonorable mention goes to Ron (who already bought a …
Google I/O, our largest developer conference in San Francisco, CA, is just around the corner, and we’d love to see more YouTube developers there. We’ll have two formal sessions, as well as office hours and lots of demos at the Developer Sandbox.Kuan, o…
Enjoy a few new tidbits in the latest release.Search for playlistsYup, the same way you can search for videos and channels , you can now use the API to search for playlists:http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/snippets?q=soccer&v=2 The quer…
Posted by Frank Mantek, Google Data APIs Team The new .NET SDK is released and available for download here: http://code.google.com/p/google-gdata/downloads/listThere’s now updated support for YouTube V2 and a new vertical object model that allows y…
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamYouTube has been getting more social lately, using activity feeds to make it easier to find cool videos and channels that your YouTube friends are favoriting, rating, subscribing to, etc. But what if …
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamLast week, we had a grand ol’ time troubleshooting some issues, chatting about the player, making some new friends, and salivating over a Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes recipe. So, we’ll be holding of…
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamStarting next week, we’ll be hosting live office hours on IRC (irc.freenode.net channel #youtube-api). Come ask your questions, give feedback, gossip about the latest Atom Pub news, share best practic…
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamIt’s that time again — survey time. If you’re a YouTube APIdeveloper, we’d love to know how it’s going and what we can do better. Take a few minutes and fill out our survey.We always welcome feedback…
Posted by James Yum, Google Desktop TeamGoogle Desktop just got its own Desktop gadget for YouTube. It relies on Data API feeds to search YouTube and retrieve a feed of the day’s most popular videos. It’s also open source, so browse the source code to …
Guest Post by Claus Höfele, Software Developer at Team BondiWe have a guest blog post today by Claus Höfele, an Engine Programmer at Team Bondi, an independent game developer based Down Under. He has a detailed article featured in Gamasutra.com about…
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamWe launched a great tool to help you play around with the Data API and wrap your head around all the basic API operations before diving into code.Check it out:http://gdata.youtube.com/demo/index.htmlB…
Posted by Austin Chau, Google Data APIs TeamWith Geo-based search for YouTube API, you can now find all those wonderful videos nearby a particular location. And of course, a visitor to your site is most likely interested in his/her current location…
Posted by Stephanie Liu, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamA common way to use the YouTube API is to make a niche site — YouTube isn’t necessarily built to be a destination site for iguana lovers, or antique car racers, or people looking to learn Mandarin. D…
Posted by Jochen Hartmann, YouTube APIs and Tools TeamBefore coming to Google, I spent a good amount of time working with Drupal, the popular, open-source content management platform written in PHP. So when I heard that Brad Bowman of aten design group…