[YouTube-API] Re: End Live Event Through API

Jeff,

I found out that you can stop an event if you supply a start time that
is within an hour in the past of the current time. The start time
doesn't change with the request.

~ Rob

On Jan 10, 12:45 pm, Jeffrey Posnick <je...@google.com> wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
>  Unfortunately, this is a known bug with the Live Events API. I don't
> have any estimate on when it will be addressed, though. I'm not aware
> of any method that could explicitly end an event using the API.
>
> Cheers,
> -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
> groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |
> @YouTubeDev
>
> On Jan 9, 8:33 pm, Robert Taylor <rtaylo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > While sending a PATCH request to the API indicating <yt:when end='now'/>,
> > it responds that a start time is required. If I supply a start time, the
> > API assumes that I am trying to start an already started event.
>
> > URL:https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/#{youtube_username}/live/events/#{youtube_event_id}
> > Method: POST
>
> > *Request Headers:*
> > User-Agent: GoogleDataRubyUtil-AnonymousApp
> > GData-Version: "2"
> > X-HTTP-Method-Override: PATCH
> > X-GData-Key: key=#{developer_key}
> > Content-Type: application/xml
>
> > *Request Body:*
> > <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
> >     xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/'
> > xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'
> >     xmlns:yt='http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007'
> > gd:fields='yt:when'>
> >   <yt:when end='now'/>
> > </entry>

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YouTube APIs Developer Forum" group.
To post to this group, send email to youtube-api-gdata@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to youtube-api-gdata+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata?hl=en.