[php] How do I get video durations with YouTube API version 3?

I'm using YouTube API v3 to search YouTube.

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search

As you can see, the response JSON doesn't contains video durations. Is there way to get video durations?

Preferably not calling an API for each element in the result again (unless that's the only way to get durations).

I wrote the following class to get YouTube video duration using the YouTube API v3 (it returns thumbnails as well):

class Youtube
{
    static $api_key = '<API_KEY>';
    static $api_base = 'https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos';
    static $thumbnail_base = 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/';

    // $vid - video id in youtube
    // returns - video info
    public static function getVideoInfo($vid)
    {
        $params = array(
            'part' => 'contentDetails',
            'id' => $vid,
            'key' => self::$api_key,
        );

        $api_url = Youtube::$api_base . '?' . http_build_query($params);
        $result = json_decode(@file_get_contents($api_url), true);

        if(empty($result['items'][0]['contentDetails']))
            return null;
        $vinfo = $result['items'][0]['contentDetails'];

        $interval = new DateInterval($vinfo['duration']);
        $vinfo['duration_sec'] = $interval->h * 3600 + $interval->i * 60 + $interval->s;

        $vinfo['thumbnail']['default']       = self::$thumbnail_base . $vid . '/default.jpg';
        $vinfo['thumbnail']['mqDefault']     = self::$thumbnail_base . $vid . '/mqdefault.jpg';
        $vinfo['thumbnail']['hqDefault']     = self::$thumbnail_base . $vid . '/hqdefault.jpg';
        $vinfo['thumbnail']['sdDefault']     = self::$thumbnail_base . $vid . '/sddefault.jpg';
        $vinfo['thumbnail']['maxresDefault'] = self::$thumbnail_base . $vid . '/maxresdefault.jpg';

        return $vinfo;
    }
}

Please note that you'll need API_KEY to use the YouTube API:

1. Create a new project here: https://console.developers.google.com/project
2. Enable "YouTube Data API" under "APIs & auth" -> APIs
3. Create a new server key under "APIs & auth" -> Credentials

I got it!

$dur = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=contentDetails&id=$vId&key=dldfsd981asGhkxHxFf6JqyNrTqIeJ9sjMKFcX4");

$duration = json_decode($dur, true);
foreach ($duration['items'] as $vidTime) {
    $vTime= $vidTime['contentDetails']['duration'];
}

There it returns the time for YouTube API version 3 (the key is made up by the way ;). I used $vId that I had gotten off of the returned list of the videos from the channel I am showing the videos from...

It works. Google REALLY needs to include the duration in the snippet so you can get it all with one call instead of two... it's on their 'wontfix' list.

Youtube data 3 API , duration string to seconds conversion in Python

Example:

convert_YouTube_duration_to_seconds('P2DT1S')
172801

convert_YouTube_duration_to_seconds('PT2H12M51S')
7971

def convert_YouTube_duration_to_seconds(duration):
   day_time = duration.split('T')
   day_duration = day_time[0].replace('P', '')
   day_list = day_duration.split('D')
   if len(day_list) == 2:
      day = int(day_list[0]) * 60 * 60 * 24
      day_list = day_list[1]
   else:
      day = 0
      day_list = day_list[0]
   hour_list = day_time[1].split('H')
   if len(hour_list) == 2:
      hour = int(hour_list[0]) * 60 * 60
      hour_list = hour_list[1]
   else:
      hour = 0
      hour_list = hour_list[0]
   minute_list = hour_list.split('M')
   if len(minute_list) == 2:
      minute = int(minute_list[0]) * 60
      minute_list = minute_list[1]
   else:
      minute = 0
      minute_list = minute_list[0]
   second_list = minute_list.split('S')
   if len(second_list) == 2:
      second = int(second_list[0])
   else:
      second = 0
   return day + hour + minute + second

This code extracts the YouTube video duration using the YouTube API v3 by passing a video ID. It worked for me.

<?php
    function getDuration($videoID){
       $apikey = "YOUR-Youtube-API-KEY"; // Like this AIcvSyBsLA8znZn-i-aPLWFrsPOlWMkEyVaXAcv
       $dur = file_get_contents("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?part=contentDetails&id=$videoID&key=$apikey");
       $VidDuration =json_decode($dur, true);
       foreach ($VidDuration['items'] as $vidTime)
       {
           $VidDuration= $vidTime['contentDetails']['duration'];
       }
       preg_match_all('/(\d+)/',$VidDuration,$parts);
       return $parts[0][0] . ":" .
              $parts[0][1] . ":".
              $parts[0][2]; // Return 1:11:46 (i.e.) HH:MM:SS
    }

    echo getDuration("zyeubYQxHyY"); // Video ID
?>

You can get your domain's own YouTube API key on https://console.developers.google.com and generate credentials for your own requirement.

You can get the duration from the 'contentDetails' field in the json response.

Duration in seconds using Python 2.7 and the YouTube API v3:

    try:        
        dur = entry['contentDetails']['duration']
        try:
            minutes = int(dur[2:4]) * 60
        except:
            minutes = 0
        try:
            hours = int(dur[:2]) * 60 * 60
        except:
            hours = 0

        secs = int(dur[5:7])
        print hours, minutes, secs
        video.duration = hours + minutes + secs
        print video.duration
    except Exception as e:
        print "Couldnt extract time: %s" % e
        pass