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corbpie/yt-api
==============

A PHP YouTube API wrapper

1.0(4y ago)19MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Aug 15Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP YouTube API wrapper
=======================

[](#php-youtube-api-wrapper)

Just a PHP YouTube API wrapper for searching videos and getting channel/video/playlist data and information.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
composer require corbpie/yt-api
```

Put your YouTube API key at line 9 of `src/YTAPI.php`

Use the class with:

```
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

use Corbpie\YouTubeApiClass\YTAPI;

$yt = new YTAPI();
```

Searching videos
----------------

[](#searching-videos)

**Search a channel**

This will gets 25 videos from the NBA channel with the query "Jordan" sorted by view count

```
$yt->setChannelId('UCWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ');
$yt->getVideoSearch('Jordan', 'viewCount', 25);
```

**Search everywhere**

Just dont set channelId to search all of YouTube (Not a channel specific)

```
$yt->getVideoSearch('Jordan', 'viewCount', 25);
```

**Get latest videos from a channel**

Get 25 videos sorted by date published (recent -> oldest)

```
$yt->setChannelId('UCWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ');
$yt->getVideoSearch('', 'date', 25);
```

**Order types:**

- date
- rating
- relevance
- title
- videoCount
- viewCount

`results` amount is capped at max 50.

Video information
-----------------

[](#video-information)

```
$yt->setVideoId('1fjhIWJSxfw');
$yt->getVideoData();
```

Channel information
-------------------

[](#channel-information)

```
$yt->setChannelId('UCWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ');
$yt->getChannelData();
```

Get channel playlists (Requires channelId to have been set):

```
$call->getChannelPlaylistsData(50);
```

Playlist videos
---------------

[](#playlist-videos)

```
$yt->setPlaylistId('UCWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ');
$yt->getPlaylistsData();
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1737d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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