getChannels: getChannels
In SocialFunction/youTubeDataR: Integrates R and the YouTube Data API

Description Usage Arguments Details Author(s) Examples

Returns a collection of zero or more channel resources that match the request criteria.

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getChannels(token, n = 50, part = "snippet", category.id, for.username, id,
  managed.by.me = FALSE, mine = FALSE, hl = NULL, max.results = 50,
  on.behalf.of.content.owner = NULL, verbose = FALSE)

`token`	Your token as returned by `youOAuth`.
`n`	Number of results to fecth. The default value is `50`.
`part`	The part parameter specifies a comma-separated list of one or more activity resource properties that the API response will include. The default value is `snippet`, see `findParts` or official documentation for all valid values.
`category.id`	Specifies a YouTube guide category, thereby requesting YouTube channels associated with that category. As returned by`getGuideCategories` . The default value is `NULL`.
`for.username`	Specifies a YouTube username, thereby requesting the channel associated with that username. The default value is `NULL`.
`id`	specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube channel ID(s) for the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a channel resource, the id property specifies the channel's YouTube channel ID. The default value is `NULL`
`managed.by.me`	This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners. See scopes under `youOAuth`. Set this parameter's value to true to instruct the API to only return channels managed by the content owner that the `on.behalf.of.content.owner` parameter specifies. The user must be authenticated as a CMS account linked to the specified content owner and `on.behalf.of.content.owner` must be provided.
`mine`	Set this parameter's value to true to retrieve a feed of the authenticated user's activities. The default value is `FALSE`.
`hl`	The hl parameter instructs the API to retrieve localized resource metadata for a specific application language that the YouTube website supports. The parameter value must be a language code included in the list returned by `getLanguages`.
`max.results`	Specifies the maximum number of results that should be returned by each API call. Acceptable values are `0` to `50`, inclusive. The default value is `50`.
`on.behalf.of.content.owner`	Indicates that the request's authorization credentials identify a YouTube CMS user who is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. This parameter is intended for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The actual CMS account that the user authenticates with must be linked to the specified YouTube content owner. This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners. See scope under `youOAuth`. The default value is `NULL`.
`verbose`	If `TRUE` prints infromational messages in the console. The default value is `FALSE`.

MUST specify at least one of the following:

category.id
for.username
id
managed.by.me (TRUE)
mine (TRUE)

John Coene jcoenep@hotmail.com

## Not run: 
# Authenticate
token <- youOAuth(client.id = "something.apps.googleusercontent.com",
                  client.secret = "XxxXX1XxXxXxxx1xxx1xxXXX")
                  
# search channels about cats
search <- searchTube(token, query = "cats", type = "channel")

# pick random id
set.seed(19880525)
chan <- sample(search$channelId, 1)

# fetch
chan.dat <- getChannels(token, id = chan)

## End(Not run)