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Nils
Nils

Reputation: 13767

Youtube API search

I have been trying out the youtube API with Java. When I do a search using the API I don't get the same results as when I just type the keyword in the browser, any logical explanation why this is?

Compare: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blah+&aq=f

http://pastebin.com/FVRd3URT (list of video Titles)

I also noticed that some videos (or at least their title) are duplicated.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4118

Answers (4)

bitsabhi
bitsabhi

Reputation: 778

This demo might help.

https://github.com/bitsabhi/YouTubeDemo

A java project to return title, album, you tube link when the user searches for any songs. Uses You tube search API.

Upvotes: 1

re Paul
re Paul

Reputation: 122

YouTube API version 3 gets the same search results. Version 3 is still experimental, according to the documentation. https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search/list

Upvotes: 3

tonysepia
tonysepia

Reputation: 3500

I have the same problem.

It is as if the API queries don't support full text search - results through the API are the same as if you enter "my search query" in quotes.

Although, try setting a slightly larger time frame: 'today' might be different from 'last_week', and you may get more relevant results.

Upvotes: 0

i_am_jorf
i_am_jorf

Reputation: 54600

No, it's just how it is. Trying to match up the two is a futile exercise.

Amazon search has the same problem.

Upvotes: 2

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