On YouTube every video is uploaded by a user. Every user may have one or more than one channel. The name of the user is unique and human usage friendly. There are one or more channels associated with every user which may or may not be unique in nature. These channels have a unique ID which is important in this context because it is required for data extraction from a user or any particular channel from a user.For example Indian new channel NDTV has a user name in YouTube called ‘ndtv’ but there are multiple channels associated with this user name such as “NDTV”, “NDTV India”, “NDTV Prime”, “NDTV Good Times” and “NDTV Profit”. These channels also have a unique id associated with them, which is going to be used to extract data from them. Here we are going to use the function get_channelids to extract channels related information from the YouTube data API. Here are some other important feature which this function is going to return and those are:
regionCode: This shows the region of operation the particular channel.
pageInfo.totalResults: This column holds the total number of videos uploaded by the user.
items.id.channelId: This is the unique channel id associated with every channel.
items.snippet.title: This is the title of every channel.
items.snippet.description: This column holds description related to a channel which is basically a small description about the channel.
items.snippet.thumbnails: At present three columns present which has URL of defaulted, medium and high resolution images of the channel logo or display picture. Here we are going to demonstrate get_channelids with channel name `ndtv’
channelname<-"ndtv"
key<-"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
library(YouTubeR)
NDTV_channelid<-get_channelids(channelname,key)
head(NDTV_channelid)| kind | etag | nextPageToken | regionCode | pageInfo.totalResults | pageInfo.resultsPerPage | items.kind | items.etag | items.id.kind | items.id.channelId | items.snippet.publishedAt | items.snippet.channelId | items.snippet.title | items.snippet.description | items.snippet.channelTitle | items.snippet.liveBroadcastContent | items.snippet.thumbnails.default.url | items.snippet.thumbnails.medium.url | items.snippet.thumbnails.high.url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube#searchListResponse | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/0uIInPRy-NTEv_0uvpjDaVjVZfE” | CAUQAA | IN | 35691 | 5 | youtube#searchResult | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/en4w4geo3j_SiIg9tgFhqHQIMec” | youtube#channel | UCZFMm1mMw0F81Z37aaEzTUA | 2006-05-08T04:31:19.000Z | UCZFMm1mMw0F81Z37aaEzTUA | NDTV | NDTV is one of the leaders in the production and broadcasting of un-biased and comprehensive news and entertainment programs in India and abroad. It offers … | NDTV | upcoming | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-L8AxmJwZuy8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/eZRzS7tRVX0/s88-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-L8AxmJwZuy8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/eZRzS7tRVX0/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-L8AxmJwZuy8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/eZRzS7tRVX0/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg |
| youtube#searchListResponse | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/0uIInPRy-NTEv_0uvpjDaVjVZfE” | CAUQAA | IN | 35691 | 5 | youtube#searchResult | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/DHii8C8OSAUMCd1yne4fNl2Xmk4” | youtube#channel | UC9CYT9gSNLevX5ey2_6CK0Q | 2008-01-19T14:47:27.000Z | UC9CYT9gSNLevX5ey2_6CK0Q | NDTV India | NDTV India is a 24-hour Hindi news channel. NDTV India established its image as one of India’s leading credible news channels, and is a preferred channel by … | NDTV India | upcoming | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-H95jY2ux2YQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ZWe_3_BJ5sY/s88-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-H95jY2ux2YQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ZWe_3_BJ5sY/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-H95jY2ux2YQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ZWe_3_BJ5sY/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg |
| youtube#searchListResponse | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/0uIInPRy-NTEv_0uvpjDaVjVZfE” | CAUQAA | IN | 35691 | 5 | youtube#searchResult | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/XC_66xTl0TFrdH1F4K4YuCDCk24” | youtube#channel | UCf9StUUEcbRpbvpdKx5eS_g | 2014-02-27T09:32:46.000Z | UCf9StUUEcbRpbvpdKx5eS_g | NDTV Prime | India’s first 2-in-1 channel for the 20+ Urban Male So, it’s 9am-5pm (IST) of Live Market Hours on NDTV Profit, followed by Infotainment & Entertainment after 5 … | NDTV Prime | none | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-z-DeHLjzo4M/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/xz8h1oFDw7k/s88-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-z-DeHLjzo4M/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/xz8h1oFDw7k/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-z-DeHLjzo4M/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/xz8h1oFDw7k/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg |
| youtube#searchListResponse | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/0uIInPRy-NTEv_0uvpjDaVjVZfE” | CAUQAA | IN | 35691 | 5 | youtube#searchResult | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/ldQDUPU-rAYecs52tDZoEetDqy4” | youtube#channel | UCRqWqb-iDlueYhUT98Ouj2A | 2008-01-19T21:56:44.000Z | UCRqWqb-iDlueYhUT98Ouj2A | NDTV Good Times | Celebrations, consumerism and catharsis have created an Indian transformation that is the perfect potboiler for television programming. This is the India that is … | NDTV Good Times | none | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-2QN5Gv3wwQU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OLqZeg-YiTY/s88-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-2QN5Gv3wwQU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OLqZeg-YiTY/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-2QN5Gv3wwQU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/OLqZeg-YiTY/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg |
| youtube#searchListResponse | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/0uIInPRy-NTEv_0uvpjDaVjVZfE” | CAUQAA | IN | 35691 | 5 | youtube#searchResult | “5g01s4-wS2b4VpScndqCYc5Y-8k/4oBVAyI56qw0rF4teZ50hE2DoAs” | youtube#channel | UCJEtD6JDgNKxcPJPBOAf-Tg | 2007-02-28T07:54:42.000Z | UCJEtD6JDgNKxcPJPBOAf-Tg | NDTV Profit | NDTV Profit, a 24-hour business channel, has established new standards for simple, clear and transparent reporting on the world of business. New Delhi … | NDTV Profit | none | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-JMCAdkyhurQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/G0Twqgf_d1U/s88-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-JMCAdkyhurQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/G0Twqgf_d1U/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg | https://yt3.ggpht.com/-JMCAdkyhurQ/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/G0Twqgf_d1U/s240-c-k-no-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg |
