Get Video Duration of a YouTube Video with youtube v3 API c#

Question

I tried to get the the length of a Video i searched before, with the youtube v3 API you can download at nuget.org.

I know there are a lot of solution, but they are always written in php.

That is the code I am using Right now:

var searchListRequest = youtubeService.Search.List("snippet");
earchListRequest.Q = Find;
searchListRequest.MaxResults = 5;



var searchListResponse = await searchListRequest.ExecuteAsync();
foreach (var searchResult in searchListResponse.Items)
        {
            switch (searchResult.Id.Kind)
            {
                case "youtube#video":
                break;
            }
        }

Thanks for any kind of help :)

And what issue you are facing with this code? Can you share the php code which inspired you to write this code? — Chetan
– Chetan, Commented Jan 19, 2018 at 10:22
I need some way to access the Duration of the SearchResult. I used this code: developers.google.com/youtube/v3/code_samples/dotnet — Kirdus
– Kirdus, Commented Jan 19, 2018 at 10:24

KHL · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-19 12:11:36Z

2

You can donwlaod the Json version of the video :

    WebClient myDownloader = new WebClient();
    myDownloader.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;

   string jsonResponse=myDownloader.DownloadString(
   "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=" + yourvideoID+ "&key=" 
   + youtubekey + "&part=contentDetails");
   dynamic dynamicObject = Json.Decode(jsonResponse);
   string tmp = dynamicObject.items[0].contentDetails.duration;
   var Duration = Convert.ToInt32
   (System.Xml.XmlConvert.ToTimeSpan(tmp).TotalSeconds);

edited Jan 19, 2018 at 12:11

answered Jan 19, 2018 at 11:12

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3 Comments

Kirdus Over a year ago

It marks me Json.Decode. I assume i have to install some kind of nuget?

KHL Over a year ago

you have to install this on nuget : nuget.org/packages/Google.Apis.YouTube.v3/1.32.0.1079, then use "resolve..." in visual studio as usual

KHL Over a year ago

replace "var" dynamicObject with "dynamic" dynamicObject and here is the documentation of Json.Decode : msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

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