Friday, 6 September 2013

Determine URL of a users YouTube channel

Determine URL of a users YouTube channel

I'm using the YouTube API (v2) and can't find a reliable way of linking to
a users youtube page.
If they are a normal user then I can put their username in the URL such
as: http://www.youtube.com/user/user-NAME-goes-here
But if its a channel then the username seeems to come back as a garbled
mess and doesn't work. I've found that you can put "UC" in front of the
user ID and change /user/ to /channel/ as follows:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/user-ID-goes-here
But how do I know if its a channel or a normal user so I make the adjustment?

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