can search for recorded dates

lib/youtube_it/request/video_search.rb

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def initialize(params={})
         end
 
         @url << build_query_params(to_youtube_params)
+        @url << fields_to_params(params.delete(:fields))
       end
 
       private
@@ -64,6 +65,18 @@ def to_youtube_params
         }
       end
 
+      def fields_to_params(fields)
+        return "" unless fields
+
+        if fields[:recorded]
+          if fields[:recorded].is_a? Range
+            "&fields=entry[xs:date(yt:recorded) > xs:date('#{formatted_date(fields[:recorded].first)}') and xs:date(yt:recorded) < xs:date('#{formatted_date(fields[:recorded].last)}')]"
+          else
+            "&fields=entry[xs:date(yt:recorded) = xs:date('#{formatted_date(fields[:recorded])}')]"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       # Convert category symbols into strings and build the URL. GData requires categories to be capitalized.
       # Categories defined like: categories => { :include => [:news], :exclude => [:sports], :either => [..] }
       # or like: categories => [:news, :sports]
@@ -93,6 +106,15 @@ def tags_to_params(tags)
         end
       end
 
+      #youtube taked dates that look like 'YYYY-MM-DD'
+      def formatted_date(date)
+        return date if date.is_a? String
+        if date.respond_to? :strftime
+          date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        else
+          ""
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end

test/helper.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'rubygems'
+require 'date'
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'pp'
 require 'open-uri'

test/test_video_search.rb

@@ -137,4 +137,19 @@ def test_should_build_url_for_favorite_videos_by_user_paginate
     request = YouTubeIt::Request::UserSearch.new(:favorites, :user => 'liz', :offset => 20, :max_results => 10)
     assert_equal "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/liz/favorites?max-results=10&start-index=20&v=2", request.url
   end
+
+  #-- Recorded Queries --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  def test_should_search_for_range_of_recoreded_on_dates
+    starts_at = Date.today - 4
+    ends_at = Date.today
+    request = YouTubeIt::Request::VideoSearch.new(:fields => {:recorded => (starts_at..ends_at)})
+    assert_equal "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&fields=entry[xs:date(yt:recorded) > xs:date('#{starts_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}') and xs:date(yt:recorded) < xs:date('#{ends_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}')]", request.url
+  end
+
+ def test_should_search_for_range_of_recoreded_on_dates
+    recorded_at = Date.today
+    request = YouTubeIt::Request::VideoSearch.new(:fields => {:recorded => recorded_at})
+    assert_equal "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&fields=entry[xs:date(yt:recorded) = xs:date('#{recorded_at.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}')]", request.url
+  end
 end