Youtube — Api Keyxml Download Top

Use cron (Linux/Mac) or Task Scheduler (Windows) to run the script daily. This creates a historical XML archive of what the "Top" videos were each day.

When you paste that URL into your browser, you will get a JSON response. This is the modern standard. However, if you specifically need XML: youtube api keyxml download top

<videos>
  <video>
    <id>dQw4w9WgXcQ</id>
    <title>Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up</title>
    <views>1245678901</views>
    <likes>12345678</likes>
  </video>
</videos>

Now for the main event.

Security Note: If you plan to use this on a live website, click the "Edit" button (pencil icon) next to the key and set Application Restrictions (e.g., restrict it to your domain name) so others cannot steal your quota. Use cron (Linux/Mac) or Task Scheduler (Windows) to

# Save JSON response
curl -s "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet,statistics&chart=mostPopular®ionCode=US&maxResults=5&key=$API_KEY" > top_videos.json