YT links with channel IDs not working

[mundry]

Hey,

the YouTube links using a channel ID are not working. The /c/ path is for custom URLs only. Navigating to the path with a channel ID results in a 404, despite the channel ID itself being of a valid channel. Channel IDs only work with the /channel/ path. However, custom URLs don't. [1]

So there needs to be some sort of differentiation. I can't really think of a reliable way to determine programmatically whether a youtubeChannelId value is a custom URL or an ID, just from the value entered for youtubeChannelId. Either always use a channel ID (as not every channel has a custom URL or is eligible for one by default) or add a flag in Contentful denoting a channel ID as a custom URL, or even add a separate field in Contentful for YouTube custom URLs and channel IDs and fill in either or.

Perhaps there are other ways to handle this I can't think of, or even an URL format working with both custom URLs and channel IDs.

[1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6180214?hl=en

[whitep4nth3r]

Thanks for reporting this @mundry!

I think a quick workaround would be to store the full URL to the Youtube channel in Contentful.

[OliverFlint]

Thanks for reporting this @mundry!

I think a quick workaround would be to store the full URL to the Youtube channel in Contentful.

Agreed. We can enter /channel/UCUZHFZ9jIKrLroW8LcyJEQQ or /c/YouTubeCreators. I'd say that would be acceptable as a solution with some regex input validation in contentful too.