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The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Here is the link -How to Find YouTube Channel ID - 2023
Simple enough, right click and then view page source within your browser.
Then, search the variable ?channel_id and it will show you in the page source where it is.
Just use that channel id.

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Okay, thank you. I found a workaround to grab the channel ID.

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Is there a way of finding the channel ID? Maybe even through a ping or something?

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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I guess you need the API to get into the data…and be able to pull that info from the database. I think I answered my own question

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Okay…But if you entree the YouTube URL with the handle in it, shouldn’t it redirect and that functionality have nothing to do with the API?

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Brian understands what is going on here…

It’s simple. The YouTube module has the functionality to import YouTube channels by channel ID or username…but now this also needs the ability to import the YouTube channel by a handle…

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Yes the old channel ID's still work and it's not a problem finding your own ID's or handles. However, if i want to import somebody else's channel, now with the new change, Youtube has changed this to handles and hidden the channel ID/URL...

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Excellent! Thank you for working on a fix for this. Such an important feature. Anything in the works yet?

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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The ability to fetch this by handle need to be put in...When can we have a fix for this?

The Plan To Fix New Youtube Channel Names?

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Youtube has rolled out new handle names that are replacing channel names...When trying to add a youtube channel to a profile, it will not work with the new handles. What's the plan?
updated by @michael-d: 11/06/23 12:41:07PM