youtube data api retrieve view counts - youtube-api

Question

i implemented in my .net project api youtube.
this is my code
var youtubeService = new YouTubeService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
{
ApiKey = "MY_API_KEY",
ApplicationName = "MY_APPLICATION_NAME"
});
var searchListRequest = youtubeService.Search.List("snippet");
searchListRequest.Q = SearchText;
searchListRequest.MaxResults = 50;
searchListRequest.Order = SearchResource.ListRequest.OrderEnum.ViewCount;
var searchListResponse = await searchListRequest.ExecuteAsync();
foreach (var searchResult in searchListResponse.Items)
{
if (searchResult.Id.Kind == "youtube#video")
{
}
}
in searchResult not have a STATISTICS (for example view counts).
How to?

Answer 1

Because search.list don't have the part statitics you need to call two time the API.
One time with the request search.list
You get the id of the channel
And a second call with channel.list, with the id of the channel and parameter: statistics
Then you have viewCount
Doc can help : https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search/list
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list

Answer 2

I came across the same problem using their Javascript based API search functionality.
Looks like they do not have a build in "views" option for their search based API.
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/search#snippet
How ever, you can use their JSON based API and create a AJAX based search box, which returns a JSON based response with a option for view count!
https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_jsonc
Created this myself, check it out:
$(document).ready(function() {
var q = $('#query');
$('#search-button').click(function(e) {
var url = "https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=" + q.val() + "&v=2&alt=jsonc";
$.getJSON( url, function( response ) {
for(var i = 0; i < response.data.items.length; i++) {
var tr = "<tr>",
title = "<td>" + response.data.items[i].title + "</td>",
views = "<td>" + response.data.items[i].viewCount + "</td>",
likes = "<td>" + response.data.items[i].likeCount + "</td>",
dislikes = "<td>" + (response.data.items[i].ratingCount - response.data.items[i].likeCount) + "</td>",
endtr = "</tr>";
$('#search-container').append(tr + title + views + likes + dislikes + endtr);
}
});
e.preventDefault();
});
});
http://jsfiddle.net/19m9tLo3/1/