Please make sure to review the diagrams in the protocol guide on code.google.com for a high-level overview of the upload process. Uploading videos can be done in one of two ways: either by uploading the video directly or by sending just the video meta-data and having a user upload the video through an HTML form.
In order to upload a video directly, you must first construct a new Zend_Gdata_YouTube_VideoEntry object and specify some required meta-data. The following example shows uploading the Quicktime video "mytestmovie.mov" to YouTube with the following properties:
Table 77. Metadata used in the code-sample below
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | My Test Movie |
| Category | Autos |
| Keywords | cars, funny |
| Description | My description |
| Filename | mytestmovie.mov |
| File MIME type | video/quicktime |
| Video private? | FALSE |
| Video location | 37, -122 (lat, long) |
| Developer Tags | mydevelopertag, anotherdevelopertag |
The code below creates a blank Zend_Gdata_YouTube_VideoEntry to be uploaded. A Zend_Gdata_App_MediaFileSource object is then used to hold the actual video file. Under the hood, the Zend_Gdata_YouTube_Extension_MediaGroup object is used to hold all of the video's meta-data. Our helper methods detailed below allow you to just set the video meta-data without having to worry about the media group object. The $uploadUrl is the location where the new entry gets posted to. This can be specified either with the $userName of the currently authenticated user, or, alternatively, you can simply use the string 'default' to refer to the currently authenticated user.
Example 455. Uploading a video
<?php
$yt = new Zend_Gdata_YouTube($httpClient);
$myVideoEntry = new Zend_Gdata_YouTube_VideoEntry();
$filesource = $yt->newMediaFileSource('mytestmovie.mov');
$filesource->setContentType('video/quicktime');
$filesource->setSlug('mytestmovie.mov');
$myVideoEntry->setMediaSource($filesource);
$myVideoEntry->setVideoTitle('My Test Movie');
$myVideoEntry->setVideoDescription('My Test Movie');
// Note that category must be a valid YouTube category !
$myVideoEntry->setVideoCategory('Comedy');
// Set keywords, note that this must be a comma separated string
// and that each keyword cannot contain whitespace
$myVideoEntry->SetVideoTags('cars, funny');
// Optionally set some developer tags
$myVideoEntry->setVideoDeveloperTags(array('mydevelopertag',
'anotherdevelopertag'));
// Optionally set the video's location
$yt->registerPackage('Zend_Gdata_Geo');
$yt->registerPackage('Zend_Gdata_Geo_Extension');
$where = $yt->newGeoRssWhere();
$position = $yt->newGmlPos('37.0 -122.0');
$where->point = $yt->newGmlPoint($position);
$myVideoEntry->setWhere($where);
// Upload URI for the currently authenticated user
$uploadUrl =
'http://uploads.gdata.youtube.com/feeds/users/default/uploads';
// Try to upload the video, catching a Zend_Gdata_App_HttpException
// if availableor just a regular Zend_Gdata_App_Exception
try {
$newEntry = $yt->insertEntry($myVideoEntry,
$uploadUrl,
'Zend_Gdata_YouTube_VideoEntry');
} catch (Zend_Gdata_App_HttpException $httpException) {
echo $httpException->getRawResponseBody();
} catch (Zend_Gdata_App_Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
To upload a video as private, simply use: $myVideoEntry->setVideoPrivate(); prior to performing the upload. $videoEntry->isVideoPrivate() can be used to check whether a video entry is private or not.