Great Plugin!! I am using it for a website and it is working great!!
The issue is that I also need to embed the live chat when available. Currently, I am using the following code in my function.php which does the trick :
add_shortcode( 'youtube_live_chat', 'output_youtube_live_chat' );
function output_youtube_live_chat(){
ob_start();
try {
$youtube_options = get_option( 'youtube_live_settings' );
$channelid = $youtube_options['youtube_live_channel_id'];
$videoId = getLiveVideoID($channelid);
$output = '<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?v='.$videoId.'&embed_domain='.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'" width="100%"></iframe>';
// Output the Chat URL
//$output = "The Chat URL is https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?v=".$videoId;
} catch(Exception $e) {
// Echo the generated error
$output = "ERROR: ".$e->getMessage(); // should return false
}
return $output;
}
// The method which finds the video ID
function getLiveVideoID($channelId)
{
$videoId = null;
// Fetch the livestream page
if($data = file_get_contents('https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel='.$channelId))
{
// Find the video ID in there
if(preg_match('/\'VIDEO_ID\': \"(.*?)\"/', $data, $matches))
$videoId = $matches[1];
else
throw new Exception('Couldn\'t find video ID');
}
else
throw new Exception('Couldn\'t fetch data');
return $videoId;
}
Now with the code above I can just use this shortcode [youtube_live_chat] to display the live chat it is not using the API but just a simple iframe embed, the only issue is the way I am getting $videoId using this made-up function getLiveVideoID instead of the of requesting it from your plugin.
Is there any way to integrate a live chat shortcode with this plugin, I think a lot of people will find it very useful (especially that there is no plugin currently available that has the functionality to add the like chat).
Also, I have a few other unrelated notes/questions:
What is the difference between using the Youtube API V3 vs a simple iFrame embed?
Doesn't the API have limitations/quota on the number of requests sent?
What happens if the quota is reached? Would it be a good idea to fall back to a simple embed video iframe (cause I don't think that the embed iframe has such limitation does it?)
Hi Matthew,
Great Plugin!! I am using it for a website and it is working great!!
The issue is that I also need to embed the live chat when available. Currently, I am using the following code in my function.php which does the trick :
Now with the code above I can just use this shortcode [youtube_live_chat] to display the live chat it is not using the API but just a simple iframe embed, the only issue is the way I am getting $videoId using this made-up function getLiveVideoID instead of the of requesting it from your plugin.
Is there any way to integrate a live chat shortcode with this plugin, I think a lot of people will find it very useful (especially that there is no plugin currently available that has the functionality to add the like chat).
Also, I have a few other unrelated notes/questions:
What is the difference between using the Youtube API V3 vs a simple iFrame embed? Doesn't the API have limitations/quota on the number of requests sent? What happens if the quota is reached? Would it be a good idea to fall back to a simple embed video iframe (cause I don't think that the embed iframe has such limitation does it?)
Thank again for sharing this great plugin!
Red.