Youtube api v3 error “SSL is required to perform this operation”

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Looking for some insight into how to get video information using youtube’s v3 api.

When passing the url, the json response I get is:

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{"error":{"errors":[{"domain":"global","reason":"sslRequired","message":"SSL is required to perform this operation."}],"code":403,"message":"SSL is required to perform this operation."}}

All I’m trying to do is get basic information (title, description, etc) so I used “snippet” for the part.

Here’s a sample url i’m using: 

http://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=Ho4XgLj40Ss&part=snippet

I have tried creating an API Key and adding &key={my_api_key} to the end of that url.

If the environment matters, I’m using a jquery getJSON request in a custom WordPress theme.

I should mention that in the “try it now” section in the documentation, it returns a nice json object – with the OAuth off.

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  1. I had the same problem for another API.
    As SLaks pointed out in the comments, just use https:// instead of http://

    In your case, try :

    https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=Ho4XgLj40Ss&part=snippet

  2. Adding to @Xavier’s answer, if you are using this API in a Flutter environment, then you can change your 

    Uri.http(baseUrl, endPointUrl, parameters);

    to 

    Uri.https(baseUrl, endPointUrl, parameters);

    Notice the https above.