Displaying videos from Youtube in Coppermine without fopen & Youtube dev API ID

[Αndré]

Because Nibbler's Youtube mod doesn't work for me (I'm using a freehoster with PHP URL fopen disabled), I created another method to "upload" Youtube videos to your Coppermine gallery.

Open themes/<yourtheme>/theme.php and copy the function theme_html_picture() from themes/sample/theme.php to your theme.php, if it isn't already there.

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Code:

        $pic_html  = '<object id="'.$player['id'].'" '.$player['clsid'].$player['codebase'].$player['mime'].$image_size['whole'].'>';
        $pic_html .= "<param name=\"autostart\" value=\"$autostart\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"". $picture_url . "\" />";
        $pic_html .= '<embed '.$image_size['whole'].' src="'. $picture_url . '" autostart="'.$autostart.'" '.$player['mime'].'></embed>';
        $pic_html .= "</object><br />\n";

and replace it with

Code:

        if ($mime_content['extension'] == "youtube") {
            // get content of .youtube file
            $youtube_file_content = file_get_contents($picture_url);
            // remove apostrophes and quotes
            $youtube_file_content = str_replace("'", "", $youtube_file_content);
            $youtube_file_content = str_replace("\"", "", $youtube_file_content);
            // get youtube video id
            $youtube_file_content = str_replace("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=", "", $youtube_file_content);
            $youtube_file_content = explode("&", $youtube_file_content);
            $youtube_video_id = $youtube_file_content[0];
            // check if video id is valid
            if (strlen($youtube_video_id) == "11") {
                $youtube_check_result = preg_match("/[A-Za-z0-9_-]{11}/", $youtube_video_id, $youtube_video_id_valid);
            }
            // embed video or print error message
            if ($youtube_check_result == "1" ) {
                $pic_html = "<embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/{$youtube_video_id_valid[0]}&hl=de&fs=1\" />";
            } else {
                $pic_html = "Error: no valid youtube video id";
            }
        } else {
            $pic_html  = '<object id="'.$player['id'].'" '.$player['clsid'].$player['codebase'].$player['mime'].$image_size['whole'].'>';
            $pic_html .= "<param name=\"autostart\" value=\"$autostart\" /><param name=\"src\" value=\"". $picture_url . "\" />";
            $pic_html .= '<embed '.$image_size['whole'].' src="'. $picture_url . '" autostart="'.$autostart.'" '.$player['mime'].'></embed>';
            $pic_html .= "</object><br />\n";
        }

Next you have to add the filetype ".youtube" to the database. Download the attached file, copy it to your cpg root directory and call it in your browser.

To add a Youtube video to your gallery, you have to create a file with the extension ".youtube". The file should contain the youtube video ID (e.g. if you watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo, the video ID is 6B26asyGKDo). The whole youtube url should also work, but if you copy only the ID into your file, you are on the safe side.

At least check if the youtube filetype is allowed in the config. If all is done, you can upload your .youtube files like every other file.

The thumbnail for the video can be created as described here.

[Nibbler]

You should check that the format of the video ID is valid before you use it for security reasons.

[Αndré]

Any hint where to begin? I've never dealt with this before

The only idea I have is deleting all " and ' . Which security issues do you see in my mod?

[Αndré]

I added some lines in my first post. It extracts the video id and checks for string length and unvalid characters.
Can you evaluate my changes Nibbler? Is it a security improvement?

[Cath22]

Hi there,

Will this also work for other sites, like for instance Yahoo? I have some videos there I would like to share.

Thanks in advance
Greetz
Cath

[Αndré]

This method should work for all websites that provide an embed code for their videos. Currently my mod supports Youtube only.

The whole idea is, that the user uploads a file with a video id. Coppermine reads this video id out of the file and places it in the given html embed code. The result is the embed code with the video id, that looks just as the provided embed code of the according website.

The code for Yahoo video could look like:

Code:

        if ($mime_content['extension'] == "yahoo") {
            $pic_html = '<embed src="http://d.yimg.com/static.video.yahoo.com/yep/YV_YEP.swf?ver=2.2.34" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="322" allowFullScreen="true" AllowScriptAccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashVars="id='.file_get_contents($picture_url).'&embed=1" />';
        }

Of course the filetype has to be added to the database, too. This has not been tested and is beyond the intention of this mod.


If you understand how this method works, it should be very easy to adapt it to your needs.

[Cath22]

This method should work for all websites that provide an embed code for their videos. Currently my mod supports Youtube only.

The whole idea is, that the user uploads a file with a video id. Coppermine reads this video id out of the file and places it in the given html embed code. The result is the embed code with the video id, that looks just as the provided embed code of the according website.


If you understand how this method works, it should be very easy to adapt it to your needs.

I'm not completely sure how it works, but hell I'll give it a try,  we'll keep on triying to make it all better right.
Thanks for your reply.

Cath

[concreto]

hi
any one could post a demo  to see if there´s any diffrenece with nibbler´s method...

[Αndré]

There's no difference in displaying the video.

Example with Nibbler's mod: http://gelipo.com/members/Nibbler/pictures/61993
Example with my mod: http://eenemeenemuu.ee.funpic.de/cpg14x/displayimage.php?pos=-2


My mod lacks of these features:

A new section appears on the upload page where you enter the URL of the video.

You have to create a file with the extension '.youtube' and upload it (like an image) with my mod.

Coppermine will use the video thumbnail and title/caption/keywords from Youtube when adding the video.

This isn't possible with PHP URL fopen disabled.

[concreto]

ok thanks i´ll try your method soon.... looks good

[Joachim Müller]

Example with Nibbler's mod: http://gelipo.com/members/Nibbler/pictures/61993

Gelipo is not a good example - they deliberately hide the "Powered by Coppermine" tag, which makes their hacked copy of Coppermine an illegal one. They have been made aware of this, but they ignore the fact that they're running an illegal version. They fail to give credit where credit is due, which is just lame imo. I suggest not to advertize their site as an example for anything except as for silly and rude behaviour.

[Αndré]

Thanks for the hint Joachim. I hadn't noticed that they hide out footer. I just copied the link out of Nibbler's announcement thread.

//Edit: They hide the tag, but they display an image instead. See attachment.

[Nibbler]

I've put back the text link. Logo was nicer though I thought.

[top10ufo]

Thanks for this mod, Αndré. My host doesn't allow fopen, so this is great. It's going to save me alot of bandwidth now as well instead of hosting the videos myself.

  Thanks again! 

You can see the mod in action here:
http://www.top10ufo.com/photos/index.php?cat=5

[timbuktu]

kindly tell me in which root should we put the add_filetyp.php ?? in theme or in public_html?? Thanks with Regards

[Αndré]

copy it to your cpg root directory

= your Coppermine directory where e.g. index.php is located.

[timbuktu]

Andre , Could you please tell me that if i'm using different template in which there is no such code you told us to find and replace with the code give, then what should i do ?? you can see that attached file with name theme, kindly let me know i'll be really very thankful to you,

With Regards,
Nomi

[Αndré]

Andre , Could you please tell me that if i'm using different template in which there is no such code you told us to find and replace with the code give, then what should i do ??

Read my instructions in the initial post!

[DigiMajik]

Thanks for this mod and the outstanding documentation.

http://www.thewarcenter.net/gallery/

[dmosley]

Thanks for the mod! Worked like a charm!