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Is there a way to find out the type of video on youtube using youtube api for android


I would like to find out the type of the video using android youtube api. Example, i would like to know if the video on the youtube is a music video or a movie trailer or something else? Is there a way to find it out?


Solution

  • Using the API tool here I was able to grab some videos under a certain category (Music | ID: 10).

    As long as you request all fields for the videos, it should return any tags/keywords with each video as well if you needed to do some further filtering on your end.

    For example this request: GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet&chart=mostPopular&hl=EN&maxResults=50&regionCode=US&videoCategoryId=10&fields=etag%2CeventId%2Citems%2Ckind%2CnextPageToken%2CpageInfo%2CprevPageToken%2CtokenPagination%2CvisitorId&key={YOUR_API_KEY} Returns 50 mostPopular videos in the Music category.


    To find category IDs, you can use this API tool to get started