{"id":2773,"date":"2017-06-14T03:34:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truelogic.org\/wordpress\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2017-06-14T03:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T03:34:36","slug":"5-youtube-data-api-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truelogic.org\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/14\/5-youtube-data-api-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"5 – YouTube Data API Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is article 5 of the YouTube API With PHP series.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We now start with the core YouTube API which is the Data API. It is likely that most of your work with the YouTube API will center around this API. We will first look at what resources you can work with in the Data API.<\/p>\n

A resource is a YouTube entity which the Data API exposes. Think of it as a class defined in a framework. If we had been using the official PHP API library for YouTube you would have used the relevant classes for each of the resources given below. But since we will use the simpler and more straightforward REST API calls directly each of these resources becomes a component in the REST request URL.<\/p>\n

Resources List<\/strong><\/p>\n

activity<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An activity pertains to an action performed either by a User or a Channel. Activities include the following:<\/p>\n