Partial Responses and Updates with the YouTube API

[Jeffrey Posnick]

We wanted to share some big news that was just announced on the Google
Code blog: the YouTube API now supports partial responses and partial
update requests. Both these features allow you to drastically cut down
on the amount of data you send and receive via the API, which means
simpler, faster API operations and happier users.

The announcement post

http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/03/making-apis-faster-introducing-partial.html

on the Google Code blog goes into much more detail, so take a look at
that first. When you’re ready to start writing code, check out the
partial response

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol_partial.html

and partial update

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol_partial_updates.html

sections of the YouTube API Developer’s Guide.

Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
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