Get channel ID from vanity URL

[martindrapeau]

Youtube channel URLs can now have this format: https://www.youtube.com/@hamontsports

How can we extract the channel ID from the @hamontsports part? Youtube::getChannelByName fails in this case.

[ederson13]

just came looking for this too

[m33ts4k0z]

You need to search for it first and then process the results. The channelId will exist in the id result object of the response:

$params = [
                'q'             => $channel_name,
                'type'          => 'channel',
                'part'          => 'id, snippet',
                'maxResults'    => 5,
                'order'         => 'title'
            ];

$search = Youtube::searchAdvanced($params); 

[silky1284]

Keep in mind that search will use up 100 quota points verses 1 for list. So you could easily hit quota limits if you look up to many accounts this way. https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/determine_quota_cost