public static async Task <bool> RetriveVideos()
{
// Show Progress Ring
// Reset DataContext and Lists
// Send a request to the YouTube API to search for channels
var searchChannelRequest = youtubeService.Channels.List("contentDetails");
searchChannelRequest.Id = "UC70UzaroFf5GcyecHOGw-tw"; // The WinBeta Channel ID
searchChannelRequest.MaxResults = 1; // Only get one result (Only can be one channel with the same channel ID)
// API response
var searchChannelResponse = await searchChannelRequest.ExecuteAsync();
var channel = searchChannelResponse.Items.First(); // Choose the first (and only) item
// Send a request to the YouTube API to search for playlists on youtube channel
// (for now only grab upload playlist, later on will grab all playlists and let user filter)
var playlistRequest = youtubeService.PlaylistItems.List("snippet");
playlistRequest.PlaylistId = channel.ContentDetails.RelatedPlaylists.Uploads; // Get the uploads playlist
playlistRequest.MaxResults = 50; // Max of 50 results
// API response
var playlistResponse = await playlistRequest.ExecuteAsync();
// Loop through all items in upload playlist
foreach (var playlistItem in playlistResponse.Items)
{
// Create a video object to pass into the data context
VideoItem video = new VideoItem()
{
Title = playlistItem.Snippet.Title, // Video Title
Thumbnail = ExtraFunctions.GetVideoThumbnail(playlistItem), // Video thumbnail <- This function gets the highest quality avaliable
Date = ExtraFunctions.ConvertVideoDateTime(playlistItem.Snippet.PublishedAt) // Get the published date (formated and converted to correct time zone)
};
// Add video to data context list
videos.Add(video);
}
return(true);
}