How to get the video upload date with YouTube API V3? - api

Question

I know how can I get the video duration and views, like that
$JSON = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=statistics&id=hqepb5hzuB0&key={YOUR-API-KEY}");
$json_data = json_decode($JSON, true);
echo $json_data['items'][0]['statistics']['viewCount'];
But how can I get the video upload date?

Answer 1

$vidkey = "Gsc7_E5HewM" ; //for example
$apikey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ;
$dur = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=contentDetails&id=$vidkey&key=$apikey");
//----- duration---
$VidDuration =json_decode($dur, true);
foreach ($VidDuration['items'] as $vidTime)
{
$VidDuration= $vidTime['contentDetails']['duration'];
}
// Check if $VidDuration is ISO string so the video is ready
if (is_string($VidDuration)){
//convert duration from ISO to M:S
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
$date->add(new DateInterval($VidDuration));
$vid_durH= $date->format('H') ;
if ($vid_durH=="00") {
$vid_dur= $date->format('i:s') ;
}
else {
$vid_dur= $date->format('H:i:s') ;
}
}
else {
$vid_dur ="error" ;
}
$JSON = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet&id=$vidkey&key=$apikey");
$json_data = json_decode($JSON, true);
$uploadDate = $json_data['items'][0]['snippet']['publishedAt'];
$uploadDate = strtotime($uploadDate);
$uploadDate= date("F j, Y", $uploadDate);
echo $vid_dur ;