Reputation: 37
I'm trying to use Youtube's Data API to get some info on various channels, but when I run my build:
youtube = build('youtube', 'v3',developerKey=api_key)
request = youtube.channels().list(
part = "statistics",
forUsername = "tonetalks"
)
response = request.execute()
print(response)
It returns this:
{'kind': 'youtube#channelListResponse', 'etag': 'RuuXzTIr0OoDqI4S0RU6n4FqKEM', 'pageInfo': {'totalResults': 0, 'resultsPerPage': 5}}
Any thoughts how to fix this ?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 701
Reputation: 168996
The forUsername
is incorrect. If you're looking for this "tonetalks" channel, you'll have to use its id UCfP8rCe_fAITriqI3UPYF0Q
(from the above channel URL):
request = youtube.channels().list(
part = "statistics",
id = "UCfP8rCe_fAITriqI3UPYF0Q",
)
{
"kind": "youtube#channelListResponse",
"etag": "5gs56_i4Xd_fQ4A1OkQEnWWnX7A",
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 1,
"resultsPerPage": 5
},
"items": [
{
"kind": "youtube#channel",
"etag": "m7gogJwH4TshrBX4PCiuFP5MsJI",
"id": "UCfP8rCe_fAITriqI3UPYF0Q",
"statistics": {
"viewCount": "6033544",
"subscriberCount": "81200",
"hiddenSubscriberCount": false,
"videoCount": "229"
}
}
]
}
Upvotes: 1