Upgrading YouTube to newest version 1.2.0

@michael
9 years ago
7,697 posts

This is an announcemnet as much as it is a blog post. YouTube/Google have change the way they allow Developers to access their data.

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/

This has a big effect on the way the YouTube Support module works. There would be no need to change the way the module works, except that YouTube have cancelled their v2 API so its starting to no longer work.

It does seam to work on occasion, but it will get worse and worse, so today the new version of the YouTube Support module has hit the marketplace.

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/25/youtube-support

This new version 1.2.0 uses the updated current v3 API provided by YouTube/Google. However it does require registration in order to use it.

Steps to get the needed KEY can be found here:

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/295/youtube-support#c2665

If you are running the YouTube module and plan to upgrade, please follow the steps to get the newer version working.
updated by @michael: 06/16/15 07:00:12AM

@blindmime
9 years ago
772 posts

Thanks for your fast work on this, Michael. It's much appreciated!

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Do I choose "server key" when I get to the following choice?:

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@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

You choose "Browser Key":

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/295/youtube-support#c2676

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Ok, done.
Now, it says:

"Create a browser key and configure allowed referrers
This key can be deployed in your clients' applications.
API requests are sent directly to Google from your clients' browsers. Learn more
Accept requests from these HTTP referrers (web sites) (Optional)
One URL or pattern per line. Example: *.example.com/*
Or if you leave this blank, requests will be accepted from any referer. Be sure to add referers before using this key in production."

--should I fill in "*.mysite.com/* in the referers box, or leave it blank to accept any referers?

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@brian
9 years ago
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From the document I linked:

Quote:
When prompted with the dialog to "Configure allowed referrers" You can put your site in or just leave it blank.

let me know if that helps.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Ok, I got a key code. so once I paste that new YT API key into the new jamroom Youtube support module input box and 'save changes', I should be all set?

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updated by @strumelia: 05/08/15 09:05:10AM

gary.moncrieff
@garymoncrieff
9 years ago
865 posts

thanks I went throgh all this, got my api key added it to module but when I click on YouTube Search button all I see is this

Youtube has changed their API. Steps need to be taken by this sites administrator to make this module work again.
See here: Connecting to the YouTube v3 API

Even through I have pasted the api key into the modules global config option.

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

gary.moncrieff:
thanks I went throgh all this, got my api key added it to module but when I click on YouTube Search button all I see is this

Youtube has changed their API. Steps need to be taken by this sites administrator to make this module work again.
See here: Connecting to the YouTube v3 API

Even through I have pasted the api key into the modules global config option.

Upgrade to version 1.2.1 - this has been fixed.

Thanks!

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@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

Strumelia:
Ok, I got a key code. so once I paste that new YT API key into the new jamroom Youtube support module input box and 'save changes', I should be all set?

Yes.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

And no new API YT problems will happen due to my using Seamless to pool all my videos types together in various places on my site? (sorry for all the questions!)

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updated by @strumelia: 05/08/15 09:19:05AM

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

Strumelia:
And no new API YT problems will happen due to my using Seamless to pool all my videos types together in various places on my site? (sorry for all the questions!)

No - this change is not related to Seamless - it just updates the API that is used to talk to Google.

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@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

Painless fix- took just a second- thanks Michael
(tested with new videos and works fine)
updated by @derrickhand300: 05/08/15 11:37:54AM

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

derrickhand300:
Painless fix- took just a second- thanks Michael
(tested with new videos and works fine)

Right on - glad to hear that

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@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

hehehe if I can do it ANYONE CAN DO IT

so its a good test

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Yeah likewise here. Thanks to the Jamroom Team....right on it, once again! :D

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@blindmime
9 years ago
772 posts

Today, when importing a video, I got an error indicating it was unable to import the video because no data was found for the ID. Same error on multiple jamroom sites. I went back to the youtube developer area and emptied out the referrers box (just in case) and also regenerated a key. This got it working, but I'm noticing on the youtube credentials page that is says: Status Active until May 9, 2015, 10:40:00 PM, which is 24 hours after the Activation Date. Does the key expire after 24 hours? Does it reactivate automatically? I guess we'll see. Wondering if anyone else is encountering this behavior.

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

I can't tell because my site is not live yet. But if the JR Team wants to go in to test from my site, that's cool.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Uh oh, during my site overnight maintentence check, I have it set to check the status of 50 youtube vids per day. Looks like it went through the allotted 50 for today and DELETED them all. I'm thinking it's going to go through 50 every day now and delete them off my site. UNtil i have no YT vids left.
=8-(

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updated by @strumelia: 05/09/15 09:40:56AM

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

Set your daily maintenance to 0 (zero). I will open a ticket on this.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Ok, thanks Brian. Let us know when the issue is adjusted. Merci beaucoup, as always!

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@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

This should be fixed now - update to version 1.2.2 and the daily maintenance should not do this. Note that I did NOT see this on my test site, so my assumption is that YouTube failed to respond on your requests and the module interpreted that as a failure.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

What, you fixed it already??? =8-*
Next you'll be fixing things before they even break. Oh wait, you do that already too. D'oh!

Hey, if I set my YT daily maintenance to 15/day or so now...will it still function properly in detecting and deleting YT vids that no longer exist? Guess I should just try it out, huh?

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@blindmime
9 years ago
772 posts

There still appear to be lingering issues. Today, when importing a video, it's not importing any information except an odd duration. No title, to description, etc. I'm seeing this on multiple jamroom installs. Most recent updates. See screenshot. The gray bar at top is where the linked title normally is displayed.

The datastore entry looks like this:

youtube_artwork_url:
youtube_category:
youtube_category_url:
youtube_description:
youtube_display_order: 0
youtube_duration: 397560:03:56
youtube_id: -PM20-1pRaM
youtube_pending: 0
youtube_short_url: 5ac1Nvb5
youtube_stream_count: 1
youtube_title:
youtube_title_url:

This began happening with v 1.2.2

updated by @blindmime: 05/10/15 06:34:59AM

@blindmime
9 years ago
772 posts

Now today this is not happening. However, I was getting errors unable to import youtube ID so I regenerated a key which still didn't fix the errors, but after testing on a few different jamroom installs, a couple different hosts, the imports began working perfectly. Doesn't really make sense to me though.

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

blindmime:
Now today this is not happening. However, I was getting errors unable to import youtube ID so I regenerated a key which still didn't fix the errors, but after testing on a few different jamroom installs, a couple different hosts, the imports began working perfectly. Doesn't really make sense to me though.

I'm suspecting on the new V3 API that Google is doing some caching - this is the same type of "issues" we see with Facebook. the V2 AP worked perfectly, but this new API will allow Google to monetize their customers even more, so I know why they are forcing everyone to upgrade

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Damn!

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

ok, I set the YT daily check to 6 yesterday, and my log today shows no deletions:
system: jrYouTube daily maintenance - 6 items checked, 0 deleted

Thanks Brian for fixing that!

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

So here is the new issue(s) occurring when adding new YT vids.

Previously, all info and thumbnail etc was being pulled in nicely automatically:

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updated by @strumelia: 05/10/15 12:11:14PM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Now:

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updated by @strumelia: 05/10/15 12:13:13PM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

and...

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updated by @strumelia: 05/10/15 12:15:07PM

@michael
9 years ago
7,697 posts

Try going into that one via the UPDATE button and saving it. I just tried with that video URL and it did pull in the info.

@brian
9 years ago
10,144 posts

I'm not seeing any issues here either - working well.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

I'm going to add another youtube video as a regular member and see what the new experience is like, as opposed to how it was before.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Ok, this is not working well at all.
As a regular member, or as admin:
I add a new YT video but no thumbnail, no vid title, no description, not even a way to click to the video as it now semi-appears in the member's video list. Any of this info would now have to be pasted or typed in individually by hand through the update/gear window.

Here are some screenshots to clarify:

First issue: the add YT will not accept the basic "Share this" code that YT handily supplies (as in for example: https://youtu.be/zvzVwPZJAMw)
Instead, I get this error and I have to paste in the larger/longer browser location window URL, as in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvzVwPZJAMw
This seems like going backwards...

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 11:18:07AM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Next problem:
Prior to the whole YT & JR change, any YT video automatically pulled in thumbs, title, description, and of course showed the video immediately without needing to go into any update form.
This is how the video would immediately appear, with no fussing or editing:

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 11:22:04AM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Now when the same member adds a new YT vid, we get this instead....NOTE: the new video doesn't even show- it's the BLANK space on top of the older video here:

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 11:23:40AM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Then even if i click on the update 'gear' icon, I get this to fill in everything laboriously by hand somehow, by going back and forth from youtube:

This is probably the most important activity shared by my music network's members- their YT videos. Obviously I must fix this situation somehow to what it was like before.

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 11:27:54AM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Maybe there is an issue with some of the custom code on my video/seamless layout or video info views that is interfering?

Oh, and here is what the two latrest YT vids look like in my site's /video page now...(one added yesterday by me, one added by a regular member):

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 11:31:52AM

@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

sorry I have an off topic question- gonna seem like a stupid one but "How are you adding images to each post?"
I have NEVER found that option

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Make your post and post it. Then go back to it and click the gear icon to update it, and theres' a button to attach a file or image. Then save again.

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@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

wow thanks!
I have NEVER noticed that- always hosting screenshots off site- never understood why we could not keep posting screenshots...now i know...thanks!

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Hey whaddya know...something I knew and you didn't!

Maybe I'm not such a 'silly old woman' after all... ;D

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updated by @strumelia: 05/11/15 02:20:33PM

@blindmime
9 years ago
772 posts

strumelia's issue appears to be the same one I am seeing as I noted above where Brian indicated it was possibly a youtube caching issue.

I've tried regenerating a key which has both worked and not worked. Not sure if that's what "fixed" it or if this issue is just a periodic caching glitch, however. Just sharing what I've encountered.

I haven't been seeing the issue today, incidentally.

@michael
9 years ago
7,697 posts

There's a newer version of youtube in the markeplace now, run your system updates and see if that fixes it.

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

So sorry Michael, ran the update, integrity check etc... still no joy:

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updated by @strumelia: 05/12/15 06:50:58AM

MAD
@madc
9 years ago
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Thanks Michael. Will update and check it. Cheers

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@michael
9 years ago
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Hey @madc good to see you around again

@strumelia, looks like your not quite setup at google,

With your credentials, I get this as the return info from youtube:

{
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "usageLimits",
    "reason": "ipRefererBlocked",
    "message": "There is a per-IP or per-Referer restriction configured on your API key and the request does not match these restrictions. Please use the Google Developers Console to update your API key configuration if request from this IP or referer should be allowed.",
    "extendedHelp": "https://console.developers.google.com"
   }
  ],
  "code": 403,
  "message": "There is a per-IP or per-Referer restriction configured on your API key and the request does not match these restrictions. Please use the Google Developers Console to update your API key configuration if request from this IP or referer should be allowed."
 }
}

The error says there is some sort of restriction based on IP setup in your google developers account.

Try following the instructions here:

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/295/youtube-support#c2665

again to get another key. Sorry for the hassle, google grrrrrr.....

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Michael- thank you so much!
It WORKED!

Perhaps because i had put (mysite).com in the permitted referrers window screwed it up, who knows? All other steps I had done the same. So this time I left that box BLANK.

Anyway all is working great now.... wheeeeeee!

By the way, the instructions with step by step screenshots you guys gave are wonderful- couldn't be clearer and otherwise I would have been floundering a bit. Jamroom = GREATEST

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updated by @strumelia: 05/13/15 07:16:57AM

@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

Strumelia:
Hey whaddya know...something I knew and you didn't!

Maybe I'm not such a 'silly old woman' after all... ;D

I am not prepared to go that far....

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Well, silly is as silly does... so I'm not too worried.

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MAD
@madc
9 years ago
600 posts

Hi Michael, Yeah my lifes been hectic lately. Catch you in IRC sometime eh?
Anyway we tested this remedy and everything is AOK. Cheers :D

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

Ok, sorry to bring this up yet again, but...
I'm seeing a whole bunch of "!" notes in my activity log since yesterday or the day before, having to do with the YT API and videos.
Even though I applied the new fix and new key and everything seems to be working fine when adding new videos...
I get these errors, many of them- see my two screenshots please- it even happens when I'm simply updating to the latest modules that have nothing to do with videos...

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updated by @strumelia: 05/14/15 04:40:03PM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

and here's the detail, similar for all the "!" errors:

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Hoping to fix this somehow...there is something not quite right....see above errors.

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@douglas
9 years ago
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If you have the Developer Mode enabled, you'll see those. They aren't really errors, I believe they are just debug entries. If you turn the Developer Mode off, they should not show.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
3,602 posts

They do show. My "run in developer mode" box wasn't and isn't checked.

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@douglas
9 years ago
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Is there any reason you haven't deleted your activity log? Are you keeping them for a reason or can I delete them?

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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delete away!

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@michael
9 years ago
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I don't think that info is related.

That info is supposed to help provide some extra data to diagnose problems when there are problems. The log is not showing any of those things as a problem.

The reason I dont think its related is because when your daily maintenence starts, there is this log entry: (screenshot)

which has a url /angela when that is unrelated to the daily mantenence starting and it has some data, which is also un-connected.

It feels like info that has been collected when something that could fail was happening was not cleared and just happens to be there when something else that is not an error happens so it gets attached.

Ignore it. We'll try to track down the source and stop it from happening. If the error log is YELLOW and demanding attention like the "Errors Only" section shows and they have attached data, that is probably important.

updated by @michael: 05/16/15 01:37:45AM

Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Ok Michael, I'll try to ignore them. Thank you!

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@brian
9 years ago
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That's not a problem at all, and is normal - there's no changes on our end needed.

How "queues" work in Jamroom is that a module can create a queue entry which goes into a database table. A request for a page at a later point can "kick off" the worker for that queue entry. So in this case, a visitor to the URL "/ashley" is what started the daily maintenance worker.

It will likely be a different URL every day that kicks off the maintenance work, but that's "how it works".

We store that URL as part of the debug collection so if it is an actual error we have an idea of where to go to try and replicate the issues.

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Strumelia
@strumelia
9 years ago
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Ok, I feel reassured now- I will pay it no mind- thanks for the explanation.

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completed Upgrading YouTube to newest version 1.2.0

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