## Samples in this directory:
### [Add a channel section](/php/add_channel_section.php)
Method: youtube.channelSections.insert
Description: This sample calls the API's channelSections.insert method to create channel sections.
The code accepts a number of command line arguments that let you specify the section's type, display style, title, position,
and content.
This sample also updates the channel's
brandingSettings.channel.showBrowseView
property so that the channel displays content in a browse view (rather than a feed view). A channel's sections are only
visible if the channel displays content in a browse view.
More information on channel sections is available in the
YouTube Help Center.
### [Add a channel subscription](/php/add_subscription.php)
Method: youtube.subscriptions.insert
Description: This sample calls the API's subscriptions.insert method to add a subscription to a specified
channel.
### [Create a playlist](/php/playlist_updates.php)
Method: youtube.playlists.insert
Description: This sample calls the API's playlists.insert method to create a private playlist owned by the
channel authorizing the request.
### [Create and manage comments](/php/comment_handling.php)
Method: youtube.commentThreads.list, youtube.comments.insert, youtube.comments.list, youtube.comments.update,
youtube.comments.setModerationStatus, youtube.comments.markAsSpam, youtube.comments.delete
Description: The following code sample demonstrates how to use the following API methods to create and manage comments:
commentThreads.list method with the videoId parameter set to retrieve comments
for a video.comments.insert method with the parentId parameter set to reply to an existing
comment.comments.list method with the parentId parameter to retrieve the comments in the
thread.comments.update method with comment in the request body to update a comment.comments.setModerationStatus method to set the moderation status of the comment, the
comments.markAsSpam method to mark the comment as spam, and the comments.delete method to
delete the comment, using the id parameter to identify the comment.commentThreads.insert method once with the channelId parameter to create a
channel comment and once with the videoId parameter to create a video comment.commentThreads.list method once with the channelId parameter to retrieve
channel comments and once with the videoId parameter to retrieve video comments.commentThreads.update method once to update a video comment and then again to update a
channel comment. In each case, the request body contains the comment resource being updated.captions.insert method with the isDraft parameter set to true
to upload a caption track in draft status.captions.list method with the videoId parameter to retrieve video caption
tracks.captions.update method with the caption in the request body to update a caption track.captions.download method to download the caption track.captions.delete method to delete the caption track, using the id parameter to
identify the caption track.playlistItems.list method to retrieve a list of videos uploaded
to the channel associated with the request. The code also calls the channels.list method with the
mine parameter set to true to retrieve the playlist ID that identifies the channel's uploaded
videos.
### [Search by keyword](/php/search.php)
Method: youtube.search.listsearch.list method to retrieve search results associated with
a particular keyword.
### [Search by location](/php/geolocation_search.php)
Method: youtube.search.list, youtube.videos.listsearch.list method with the type, q,
location and locationRadius parameters to retrieve search results matching the provided
keyword within the radius centered at a particular location. Using the video IDs from the search result, the sample
calls the API's videos.list method to retrieve location details of each video.
### [Set and retrieve localized channel metadata](/php/channel_localizations.php)
Method: youtube.channels.update, youtube.channels.listchannels.update method to update the default language of a channel's metadata and to add a
localized version of this metadata in a selected language. Note that to set the default language for a channel resource,
you actually need to update the brandingSettings.channel.defaultLanguage property.channels.list method with the hl parameter set to a specific language to
retrieve localized metadata in that language.channels.list method and includes localizations in the part
parameter value to retrieve all of the localized metadata for that channel.channelSections.update method to update the default language of a channel section's
metadata and to add a localized version of this metadata in a selected language.channelSections.list method with the hl parameter set to a specific language
to retrieve localized metadata in that language.channelSections.list method and includes localizations in the
part parameter value to retrieve all of the localized metadata for that channel section.playlists.update method to update the default language of a playlist's metadata and to add
a localized version of this metadata in a selected language.playlists.list method with the hl parameter set to a specific language to
retrieve localized metadata in that language.playlists.list method and includes localizations in the part
parameter value to retrieve all of the localized metadata for that playlist.videos.update method to update the default language of a video's metadata and to add
a localized version of this metadata in a selected language.videos.list method with the hl parameter set to a specific language to
retrieve localized metadata in that language.videos.list method and includes localizations in the part
parameter value to retrieve all of the localized metadata for that video.channelSections.list method to get the list of current channel
sections, shuffles them, and then calls channelSections.update to change the position of each.youtube.videos.list method with id parameter set to videoId
to get the video object. Using this video object, the sample gets the list of tags and appends new tags at the
end of this list. Finally, the code calls youtube.videos.update method with updated video object
to persist these changes on YouTube.
### [Upload a banner image and set as channel's banner](/php/upload_banner.php)
Method: youtube.channelBanners.insert, youtube.channels.updatechannelBanners.insert method to upload an image. With the
returned URL, the sample calls channels.update method to update the channel's banner to this image.
### [Upload a custom video thumbnail image](/php/upload_thumbnail.php)
Method: youtube.thumbnails.setyoutube.thumbnails.set method with videoId parameter set to a video
ID to use a custom image as a thumbnail to the video. For the image upload, the program utilizes the
Google_MediaFileUpload class with the resumable parameter set to
true to upload the image piece-by-piece, allowing for subsequent retries to resume uploading from
a point close to where the previous retry failed, a feature useful for programs that need to upload large files.
### [Upload a video](/php/resumable_upload.php)
Method: youtube.videos.insertvideos.insert method to add a video to user's
channel. The code also utilizes Google_MediaFileUpload class with the resumable upload
parameter set to true to be able to to upload the video in chunks.
### [Create a broadcast and stream](/php/create_broadcast.php)
Method: youtube.liveBroadcasts.bind,youtube.liveBroadcasts.insert,youtube.liveStreams.insertliveBroadcasts.insert and liveStreams.insert
methods to create a broadcast and a stream. Then, it calls the liveBroadcasts.bind method to bind
the stream to the broadcast.
### [Retrieve a channel's broadcasts](/php/list_broadcasts.php)
Method: youtube.liveBroadcasts.listliveBroadcasts.list method to retrieve a list of broadcasts for
the channel associated with the request. By default, the request retrieves all broadcasts for the channel, but you can
also specify a value for the --broadcast-status option to only retrieve broadcasts with a particular status.
### [Retrieve a channel's live video streams](/php/list_streams.php)
Method: youtube.liveStreams.listliveStreams.list method to retrieve a list of video stream settings
that a channel can use to broadcast live events on YouTube.
### [Create a reporting job](/php/create_reporting_job.php)
Method: youtubeReporting.reportTypes.list, youtubeReporting.jobs.createreportTypes.list method
to retrieve a list of available report types. It then calls the jobs.create method to create a new reporting
job.
### [Retrieve reports](/php/retrieve_reports.php)
Method: youtubeReporting.jobs.list, youtubeReporting.reports.listjobs.list method to retrieve reporting jobs. It then calls the reports.list method with the
jobId parameter set to a specific job id to retrieve reports created by that job. Finally, the sample
prints out the download URL for each report.