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Google API example

Install

npm install googleapis

Code

var google = require ('googleapis');

google.options ({ auth: 'API KEY' });

var youtube = google.youtube ('v3');

// Search Youtube -- callback is called on each found item (or error)
function search_youtube (query, callback) {
  var searchParams = {
    part:             'snippet',
    type:             'video',
    q:                query,
    maxResults:       50,
    order:            'date',
    safeSearch:       'moderate',
    videoEmbeddable:  true
  };

  youtube.search.list (searchParams, function (err, res) {
    if (err) {
      callback (err);
      return;
    }

    res.items.forEach (function (result) {
      var video = {
        id:            result.id.videoId,
        urlShort:      'https://youtu.be/' + result.id.videoId,
        urlLong:       'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + result.id.videoId,
        published:     result.snippet.publishedAt,
        title:         result.snippet.title || '',
        description:   result.snippet.description || '',
        images:        result.snippet.thumbnails,
        channelTitle:  result.snippet.channelTitle,
        channelId:     result.snippet.channelId,
        live:          result.snippet.liveBroadcastContent || ''
      };

      // When you don't need `duration` and `definition` you can skip the section
      // below to save API credits, but don't forget the `callback (null, video);`
      var listParams = {
        part: 'contentDetails',
        id: video.id
      };

      youtube.videos.list (listParams, function (err2, data) {
        if (err2) {
          callback (err2);
          return;
        }

        if (data.items.length) {
          data.items[0].contentDetails.duration.replace (/PT(\d+)M(\d+)S/, function (t, m, s) {
            video.duration = (parseInt (m, 10) * 60) + parseInt (s, 10);
          });

          video.definition = data.items[0].contentDetails.definition;
          callback (null, video);
        }
      });
    });
  });
}

Output

search_youtube ('running cheetah slowmotion', console.log)

{ id: 'THA_5cqAfCQ',
  urlShort: 'https://youtu.be/THA_5cqAfCQ',
  urlLong: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THA_5cqAfCQ',
  published: '2012-12-03T15:58:45.000Z',
  title: 'Cheetahs on the Edge — Director\'s Cut',
  description: 'Cheetahs are the fastest runners on the planet. Combining the resources of National Geographic and the Cincinnati Zoo, and drawing on the skills of a Hollywo.',
  images: 
   { default: { url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/THA_5cqAfCQ/default.jpg' },
     medium: { url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/THA_5cqAfCQ/mqdefault.jpg' },
     high: { url: 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/THA_5cqAfCQ/hqdefault.jpg' } },
  channelTitle: 'NationalGeographic',
  channelId: 'UCpVm7bg6pXKo1Pr6k5kxG9A',
  live: 'none',
  duration: 428,
  definition: 'hd' }