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Get YouTube Comments Results by id

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
	// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
	$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "n";
	exit();
}
try {
	$result = array();
	// #1 - using this method you can get a list of completed tasks
	// GET /v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/tasks_ready
	// in addition to 'youtube' and 'video_comments' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
	// the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
	$tasks_ready = $client->get('/v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/tasks_ready');
	// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
	if (isset($tasks_ready['status_code']) AND $tasks_ready['status_code'] === 20000) {
		foreach ($tasks_ready['tasks'] as $task) {
			if (isset($task['result'])) {
				foreach ($task['result'] as $task_ready) {
					// #2 - using this method you can get results of each completed task
					// GET /v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/task_get/advanced/$id
					if (isset($task_ready['endpoint_advanced'])) {
						$result[] = $client->get($task_ready['endpoint_advanced']);
					}
					// #3 - another way to get the task results by id
					// GET /v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/task_get/advanced/$id
					/*
					if (isset($task_ready['id'])) {
						$result[] = $client->get('/v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/task_get/advanced/' . $task_ready['id']);
					}
					*/
				}
			}
		}
	}
	print_r($result);
	// do something with result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20220819",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.0816 sec.",
  "cost": 0,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "11141758-4426-0066-0000-61c7f8808f8d",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.0357 sec.",
      "cost": 0,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "youtube",
        "video_comments",
        "task_get",
        "advanced",
        "11141758-4426-0066-0000-61c7f8808f8d"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "task_get",
        "se": "youtube",
        "se_type": "video_comments",
        "language_code": "en",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "video_id": "vQXvyV0zIP4",
        "priority": 2,
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "video_id": "vQXvyV0zIP4",
          "se_domain": "youtube.com",
          "location_code": 2840,
          "language_code": "en",
          "check_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXvyV0zIP4",
          "datetime": "2022-11-14 15:58:31 +00:00",
          "spell": null,
          "item_types": [
            "youtube_comment"
          ],
          "title": "The first-ever BMW M5 CS.",
          "comments_count": 4081,
          "items_count": 20,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "youtube_comment",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 1,
              "author_name": "BMW M",
              "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/mf6fcFw9Rt5jYWkkvld0rm8BMBaUtByv4vkgxl4RM5X_TBChHeWMKfc5nOy96DBu3DOLlWmtoto=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
              "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1hby9X42xkXUiAVcJS81A",
              "text": "To get notifications for all new exciting BMW M videos, subscribe here: http://b.mw/yt-bmwm-subscribe",
              "publication_date": "1 year ago",
              "timestamp": "2021-11-14 15:58:31 +00:00",
              "likes_count": 417,
              "reply_count": 55
            },
            {
              "type": "youtube_comment",
              "rank_group": 2,
              "rank_absolute": 2,
              "author_name": "racemonkey",
              "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-JbekVxh3072_1hajVv847mU51S88foZygmmqJ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
              "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4-fJHOpJpGhaZ_aSAY53A",
              "text": "Let’s just take a minute to appreciate what BMW have achieved here. At a time where other manufacturers are starting to shy away from performance cars.",
              "publication_date": "1 year ago",
              "timestamp": "2021-11-14 15:58:31 +00:00",
              "likes_count": 486,
              "reply_count": 24
            },
            {
              "type": "youtube_comment",
              "rank_group": 3,
              "rank_absolute": 3,
              "author_name": "Leonardo Mangili",
              "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9gYjG_zEL_8ksmQHMPFfAdZFIAo-vkLI5SxBU=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
              "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5y4sBdt_snCl9zRbl5vbQ",
              "text": "I think for the first time in my life I got goosebumps from a car advert. Great video, whoever directed it, needs a raise",
              "publication_date": "1 year ago",
              "timestamp": "2021-11-14 15:58:31 +00:00",
              "likes_count": 314,
              "reply_count": 4
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Description of the fields for sending a request:

Field name Type Description
id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
you will be able to use it within 30 days to request the results of the task at any time


‌‌As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

You can also get all available SERP features and possible extra elements by making a request to the following Sandbox URL:
https://sandbox.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/task_get/advanced/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
The response will include all available items in the YouTube Video Comments SERP Advanced endpoint with the fields containing dummy data.
You won’t be charged for using Sandbox endpoints.

Description of the fields in the results array:

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            video_id string ID of the video received in a POST array
            se_domain string search engine domain in a POST array
            location_code integer location code in a POST array
            language_code string language code in a POST array
            check_url string direct URL to search engine results
you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
            datetime string date and time when the result was received
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
            spell object autocorrection of the search engine
if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection
            item_types array types of search results in SERP
contains types of search results (items) found in SERP.
possible item:
youtube_comment
            title string title of the video
            comments_count integer number of comments on the video
            items_count integer the number of results returned in the items array
            items array elements of search results found in SERP
                type string type of element = ‘youtube_comment’
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP for the target domain
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                author_name string name of the author of the comment
                author_thumbnail string the URL of the page where the author’s channel logo is hosted
                author_url string URL of the author’s channel
                text string text of the comment
                publication_date string displayed publication date
                timestamp string date and time when the result was published
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2022-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
                likes_count integer number of likes on the comment
                reply_count integer number of replies on the comment

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