'Retrieving feeds (uploads) for YouTube user

Sometimes last year I could retrieve (publicly accessible) video feeds for a YouTube user by simply appending/uploads?alt=rss. e.g. http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/NTVKenya gave http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/NTVKenya/uploads?alt=rss. But this service is no longer available.

Now the recommended way, I guess, is to use GData library. However, using this service is giving me com.google.gdata.util.NoLongerAvailableException exception:

        YouTubeService service = new YouTubeService("service"); 
        ArrayList<String> urls = new ArrayList<String>();
        VideoFeed videoFeed = service.getFeed(new URL('http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/NTVKenya'), VideoFeed.class);
        for (VideoEntry videoEntry : videoFeed.getEntries() ) {
            urls.add( videoEntry.getHtmlLink().getHref() );
        }

This gives:

        com.google.gdata.util.NoLongerAvailableException: No longer available
        <errors xmlns='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'><error><domain>GData</domain><code>NoLongerAvailableException</code><internalReason>No longer available</internalReason></error></errors>

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks.

javayoutuberssgdata


Solution 1:[1]

Another way to get the "uploads" from a given YouTube user, you can follow these steps:

  1. Go to the YouTube channel you want to get their "upload" feed.
  2. Get its channel_id - see here more info.
  3. Replace the second character of the channel_id from "C" to "U". Example: channel_id: UCqBJ47FjJcl61fmSbcadAVg - modified: UUqBJ47FjJcl61fmSbcadAVg.
  4. Paste the modified channel_id in this URL: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=<>

The result would be this URL:

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=UUqBJ47FjJcl61fmSbcadAVg

It brings the latest 15 uploaded videos.

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Solution 1 Marco Aurelio Fernandez Reyes

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