Youtube Api for yii2

Youtube api is a yii2 extension to use youtube api as a yii2 component.

this extension access youtube api via oauth, saving the access token and refresh it when expire, so you have to give credentials just once

This extension also contains methods for partners, so you don't have to put your onBehalfContentOwner every single call, and control the youtube partner calls per minute to avoid overflow of limit call per minute

With this extension you can

• upload and update a videos
• upload a thumbnail for a video
• list of videos
• create and update playlists
• get ,add and remove elements for a playlist
• searches
• Put the player

Also can do partener actions like

• get channels
• monetize/unmonetize videos

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

$ composer require sr1871/yii2-youtube-api

Usage

Add it to your components

add to your components

'components' => [
    ...
    'youtube' => [
        'class' => \sr1871\youtubeApi\components\YoutubeApi::className(),
        'clientId' => '{your Oauth Client Id, you can get it from google console}',
        'clientSecret' => '{your Oauth Client Secret, you can get it from google console}',
        'setAccessTokenFunction' => function($client){ file_put_contents('pathFile.txt'json_encode($client->getAccessToken());}, //anonymous function where save the accesToken
        'getAccessTokenFunction' => function(){ return file_get_contents('pathFile.txt');}, // an anonymous function where get the accessToken 
        'scopes' => ['{scopes that you going to use}', '{as array}'],
    ],
    ...
]

setAccessTokenFunction and getAccessTokenFunction are so important, in one you gonna save your accessToken and another let the component take it.

In the example above, the access token was save it in txt, and in te function to take it return the content of that file.

It's important that you setAccessTokenFunction has one parameter ($client for example) and always save only json_encode($client->getAccessToken).

generate your access token

An advantage of this component is that you only have to generate your access token once.

Create an action in any controller

public function actionValidation() {
    if(Yii::$app->request->get('code')){
        Yii::$app->youtube->validationPost(Yii::$app->urlManager->createAbsoluteUrl('/site/validation'));
    } else {
        Yii::$app->session->setFlash('success', 'The access token was generated');
        return $this->redirect('index');
    }
}

You can call your action as you want, when has a GET parameter called 'code', you must call Yii::$app->youtube->validationPost('{url_to_this_action}') , this method create and save the access token and redirect to the url passed as parameter.

To get this action you must do it through Yii::$app->youtube->validationGet(Yii::$app->urlManager->createAbsoluteUrl({url_to_action})), you can use it for example in a <a> tag

for example

echo Html::a('Validar', Yii::$app->youtube->validationGet(Yii::$app->urlManager->createAbsoluteUrl('/site/validation')) )

The access token'll be saved and you can use the component

Example

Yii::$app->youtube->setParts(['snippet', 'recordingDetails', 'id'])->listVideos(['id' => 'someId'])

You can pass in setParts(), the parts that you want, if you don't want the default parts. For more information of every method and how do it, read the PhpDOC of component's methods

Partner

if you want to use the extension as a partner you must indicate your onBehalfContentOwner in your config

'youtube' => [
    'class' => \sr1871\youtubeApi\components\YoutubeApi::className(),
    'clientId' => '{your Oauth Client Id, you can get it from google console}',
    'clientSecret' => '{your Oauth Client Secret, you can get it from google console}',
    'setAccessTokenFunction' => function($client){ file_put_contents('pathFile.txt'json_encode($client->getAccessToken());}, //anonymous function where save the accesToken
    'getAccessTokenFunction' => function(){ return file_get_contents('pathFile.txt');}, // an anonymous function where get the accessToken 
    'scopes' => ['{scopes that you going to use}', '{as array}'],
    'onBehalfContentOwner' => {your_content_owner},
    'youtubePartnerCallsPerSecond' => 2 //you can indicate how many calls per second can you do, default is 2
],

If you don't know your onBehalfContentOwner you can get it with getOnBehalfOfContentOwner() method

Player

This extension include a player in widget format

\sr1871\youtubeApi\widgets\YoutubeIFrame::widget([
    'id' => 'SomeIdForDivAndJSObject'
    'iFrameOptions' => [
        'videoId' => 'someId'
        ...
    ],
    'iFrameEvents' => [
        'onReady' => 'function(event) {
            console.log('ready')
        }'
    ],
    'options' => [] //html div options
])