/**
* Because the normal getChannelByName/Id functions appear to make youtube give 500's,
* I've got my own wrapper of those functions here.
* @param $channel string The channel name/id
* @param $isId boolean Is the first parameter a channel id?
*
*/
protected function getChannel($channel, $isId)
{
$API_URL = $this->youtube->getApi('channels.list');
$params = ['part' => 'id,snippet,contentDetails'];
if ($isId) {
$params["id"] = $channel;
} else {
$params["forUsername"] = $channel;
}
$apiData = $this->youtube->api_get($API_URL, $params);
return $this->youtube->decodeSingle($apiData);
}
