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How do I get the title of a youtube video if I have the Video Id?

Answer 1

+4 A:

Call http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/ylLzyHk54Z0.

In this XML file, read the value of the <title> tag.

YouTube Api Documentation

powtac 2009-11-19 01:04:56

Answer 2

+1 A:

Not entirely possible in javascript since you are trying to get a document from a different domain. If you are happy to throw in a bit of php try this. Tested ok:

<?
    $vidID = $_POST['vidID'];
    $url = "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/". $vidID;
    $doc = new DOMDocument;
    $doc->load($url);
    $title = $doc->getElementsByTagName("title")->item(0)->nodeValue;
?>

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Get Video Name</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form action="test.php" method="post">
            <input type="text" value="ID Here" name="vidID" />
            <input type="submit" value="Get Name" />
        </form>
        <div id="page">URL: [<?= $url ?>]</div>
        <div id="title">Title: [<?= $title ?>]</div>
    </body>
</html>

Ambrosia 2009-11-19 01:22:15

Thanks for your answer.Yes, PHP is not a problem. I was prepared for an ajax solution.

Aaron de Windt 2009-11-19 02:00:58

Yeah some of it could be done differently in javascript but you'd still have that cross domain problem and no need to make it anymore complicated than it has to be. If you are happy I hope you will accept the answer :)

Ambrosia 2009-11-19 02:06:33

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