YouTube API + PHP + site hosting?

Question

Hi,

I have made a site which can pull and upload videos from and to YouTube, http://www.tole-rants.com/

This site was made with the combination of Python, Google App Engine and YouTube API. It is hosted at Google App Engine. I did not code the main structure of this application bcos I don't speak Python so I was made with a Python programmer. However, we found that this application has been causing lot of problems, especially on uploading videos.

Now I hope I can code the entire site myself with PHP - is it possible?

Another big question - do I have to host this site on Google's?? Can I just host this site on a normal/ standard server which I normally do when I develop a website?

I have read the documentation about YouTube API for developers, but I still cannot get my head around if I want to make this site from scratch with PHP.

It seems to suggest that using a PHP framework - Zend Framework, which I have no clues about it - do I really have to use a PHP framework then?

Any thoughts/ better suggestions or any online tutorials/ books I can follow through?

Many thanks, Lau

Answer 1

No you dont have to host it on Google's. You can host it anywhere. And you don't need to use the Zend Framework. What they are suggesting is that you use the Zend framework's GData library to communicate with YouTube API. But you wouldnt even need that. YouTube Data API documentation is complete with examples. I am sure it will help you. But ofcourse if you have some specific questions you can ask them here.