YoutubeParser

This is an Android library to get information of videos from Youtube channels. You can retrieve title, link and thumbnail of a video from a specific channel. You can also get the statistics of a video like view, like, dislike, favorite and comment count. Now it is also possible to load more videos by making a new request.

How to

Import:

The library is uploaded in jCenter, so you can easily add the dependency:

dependencies {
  compile 'com.prof.youtubeparser:youtubeparser:2.2'
}

Usage:

To load videos from a specific channel:

import com.prof.youtubeparser.Parser;
import com.prof.youtubeparser.models.videos.Video;

Parser parser = new Parser();

//(CHANNEL_ID, NUMBER_OF_RESULT_TO_SHOW, ORDER_TYPE ,BROSWER_API_KEY)
//https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVHFbqXqoYvEWM1Ddxl0QDg --> channel id = UCVHFbqXqoYvEWM1Ddxl0QDg
//The maximum number of result to show is 50
//ORDER_TYPE --> by date: "Parser.ORDER_DATE" or by number of views: "ORDER_VIEW_COUNT"  
String url = parser.generateRequest(CHANNEL_ID, 20, Parser.ORDER_DATE, API_KEY);
parser.execute(url);
parser.onFinish(new Parser.OnTaskCompleted() {

    @Override
    public void onTaskCompleted(ArrayList<Video> list, String nextPageToken) {
      //what to do when the parsing is done
      //the ArrayList contains all video data. For example you can use it for your adapter
    }

    @Override
    public void onError() {
        //what to do in case of error
    }
});

To create a BROSWER API KEY you can follow this guide.

To load more videos from the same channel:

String url = parser.generateMoreDataRequest(CHANNEL_ID, 20, Parser.ORDER_DATE, API_KEY, nextToken);

Remember that this request can be made only AFTER the a previous one, because you need the nextPageToken. Remember also that every request can get a maximum of 50 elements.

To get the statistics of a video:

import com.prof.youtubeparser.VideoStats;
import com.prof.youtubeparser.models.stats.Statistics;

VideoStats videoStats = new VideoStats();
String url = videoStats.generateStatsRequest(videoId, API_KEY);
videoStats.execute(url);
videoStats.onFinish(new VideoStats.OnTaskCompleted() {
  @Override
  public void onTaskCompleted(Statistics stats) {
      //Here you can set the statistic to a Text View for instance

      //for example:
      String body = "Views: " + stats.getViewCount() + "\n" +
                    "Like: " + stats.getLikeCount() + "\n" +
                    "Dislike: " + stats.getDislikeCount() + "\n" +
                    "Number of comment: " + stats.getCommentCount() + "\n" +
                    "Number of favourite: " + stats.getFavoriteCount();
  }

  @Override
  public void onError() {
      //what to do in case of error
  }
});

Sample app

I wrote a simple app that shows videos from Android Developer Youtube Channel.

You can browse the code in this repo. You can also download the apk file to try it!

Please use the issues tracker only to report issues. If you have any kind of question you can ask them on the blog post on my website

Changelog

• 14 December 2017 - Improved Error Management - Version 2.2
• 12 August 2017 - Fixed Library Manifest - Version 2.1
• 22 June 2017 - Big update: now you can load more video and get the statistic of a video - Version 2.0
• 17 June 2016 - Fixed a bug on Locale - Version 1.1
• 15 June 2016 - First release - Version 1.0

License

   Copyright 2016 Marco Gomiero

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.