The folks at Google have added some very cool features to the YouTube API. They now offer the ability to upload and make other write calls using the API. So now it’d be possible to have users make comments or even upload their own videos without leaving your site. This is very cool and I can already think of a few things I’d like to try out with this.
It looks like they’re also offering a Javascript API that allows you to control the player via javascript. Along with that they’re also offering a chromeless player too. So now you can make custom controls for embedded YouTube videos. I can’t wait to get started with these features. A custom player can really make the movies work better with someone’s site.
The PHP Client Library (Zend Framework 1.50RC2) was also updated today too.