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> The Youtube API only delivers about 20 results, which is a bug that has existed for about 2 years. That may not be a bug. It might be a way to limit the traf
by lutusp 12y ago
> The Youtube API only delivers about 20 results, which is a bug that has existed for about 2 years.
That may not be a bug. It might be a way to limit the traffic created by scrapers who submit requests and then download all the videos listed on the result page.
- sroerick 12y agoHrm, then why offer the feature? I'm kind of still a beginner when it comes to APIs, but it seems disingenuous to offer an API feature and then intentionally break it so that it can't be used.
- lutusp 12y ago> Hrm, then why offer the feature? Because people can still get 20 results. I mean, 20 results is way better than no results. > I'm kind of still a beginner when it comes to APIs, but it seems disingenuous to offer an API feature and then intentionally break it so that it can't be used. It's not broken. It returns 20 results. Maybe Google decided that was enough of a hit on their database. One could also argue that most people wouldn't want more than 20 results on their small-screen Android device served by a slow connection.
- sroerick 12y agohttps://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=&colspec=API%20ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Summary&groupby=&sort=&id=4642 https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?can=2&s... The number of results returned is random. Some people report seeing videos watched on computers but not locally. One person says it works. That's not a limit. That's broken.