YouTube Meme API

The intention of this API is to fetch random meme videos/playlist/channels from a Google Sheet and learn a little bit about Go while doing it.

The API uses the Go standard library to route HTTP paths to functions.

All "backend" data for this project is stored in this sheet for ease of editing and sharing. Recommendations can be added using this form

The "frontend" is a single index.html template with embedded iframes for the YT video and form (this is served by Go's builtin http server).

How it works

The data is fetched from the Google Sheets API with the Go client library. Additional video/playlist info is retrieved from the YouTube Data API with the associated Go library.

HTTP Endpoints

Hosted on Heroku: https://youtube-meme-api.herokuapp.com

GET

• / - Home page
• /api/ - See all available endpoints

API "Random" Endpoints

• /api/v1/random/video - Gets a random video
• /api/v1/random/playlist - Gets a random playlist
• /api/v1/random/playlist/item - Gets a random playlist item (playlist video)
• /api/v1/random/channel - Gets a random channel

API "List" Endpoints

• /api/v1/all/video - Gets all videos
• /api/v1/all/playlist - Gets all playlists
• /api/v1/all/playlist/item - Gets all playlists items/videos
• /api/v1/all/channel - Gets all channels

Client usage examples

Web browser

Go to https://youtube-meme-api.herokuapp.com The default video is a randomized playlist item from the sheet.

Bash

endpoint="https://youtube-meme-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/random/playlist/item"
vid_id="$(curl -sSL $endpoint | jq .contentDetails.videoId | sed 's/"//g')"
vid_url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$vid_id"

# on linux
xdg-open $vid_url

# on mac
open $vid_url

PowerShell

$endpoint = "https://youtube-meme-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1/random/playlist/item"
$vid_id = ((iwr "$endpoint").Content | ConvertFrom-Json).contentDetails.videoId
$vid_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$vid_id"

start chrome $vid_url