Youtube api v3 error "SSL is required to perform this operation"

Question

Looking for some insight into how to get video information using youtube's v3 api.

When passing the url, the json response I get is:

{"error":{"errors":[{"domain":"global","reason":"sslRequired","message":"SSL is required to perform this operation."}],"code":403,"message":"SSL is required to perform this operation."}}

All I'm trying to do is get basic information (title, description, etc) so I used "snippet" for the part.

Here's a sample url i'm using:

http://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=Ho4XgLj40Ss&part=snippet

I have tried creating an API Key and adding &key={my_api_key} to the end of that url.

If the environment matters, I'm using a jquery getJSON request in a custom Wordpress theme.

I should mention that in the "try it now" section in the documentation, it returns a nice json object - with the OAuth off.

Grand

What part of the error don't you understand? – Joviality

I guess I'm not sure why I'm getting the error at all. Why does getting public information for a public video require ssl? How do I go about making the proper request. – Grand

I could have swore I tried that... headdesk Thanks! – Grand

Answer 1

I had the same problem for another API. As SLaks pointed out in the comments, just use https:// instead of http://

In your case, try :

https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=Ho4XgLj40Ss&part=snippet

Tinhorn

Answer 2

Adding to @Xavier's answer, if you are using this API in a Flutter environment, then you can change your

Uri.http(baseUrl, endPointUrl, parameters);

to

Uri.https(baseUrl, endPointUrl, parameters);

Notice the https above.

Herdsman