Google Apps Script: YouTube watchHistory

Question

I want to get the Users watch history of YouTube. This is what I have so far:

function readLatestMovies() {
  var results = YouTube.Channels.list('contentDetails', {mine: true});
  Logger.log(results);
}

In the logger I get the following response:

[16-04-21 20:01:17:467 CEST] {kind=youtube#channelListResponse, pageInfo={totalResults=1, resultsPerPage=1}, etag="dj7Wjtujr8JpxjNVWXy19qVsBRI/9D_cSFBT_DW00BBlOmm4X-jyEHU", items=[{kind=youtube#channel, etag="dj7Wjtujr8JpxjNVWXy19qVsBRI/A_CrD02UoyPA7qPATfqaeKRauW4", id=UCUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng, contentDetails={relatedPlaylists={favorites=FLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng, watchHistory=HLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng, watchLater=WLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng, uploads=UUUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng, likes=LLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng}}}]}

So there is the watchHistory=HLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng. So my question is: how do I ACTUALLY get the history that seems to be hidden in the variable results?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Please don't make double posts. stackoverflow.com/questions/36776257/… — Douglas Gaskell
– Douglas Gaskell, Commented Apr 23, 2016 at 5:21

mpgn · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22 07:40:22Z

The id HLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng is a playlistId. To get the history of your channel you need two step :

First, get the playlistId with resource channel.list like you did :

function readLatestMovies() {

  var results = YouTube.Channels.list('contentDetails', {mine: true});
  Logger.log(results);

}

More infos : https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list

Second, use the ressource playlistItems.list to get all the videos from the playlist

function PLaylistHistory() {
  var results = YouTube.PlaylistItems.list('snippet', {playlistId: 'HLUI8-QMlqUsrpDB9ECPXZng'});
  Logger.log(results);
}

More infos : https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/playlistItems/list

Of course you need to be authenticated to get this playlist :)

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