Youtube API is not categorizing "googlevideo.com" URLs.
We see some videos with googlevideos.com domain that cannot be categorized by the YouTube API v3, as described below:
Observed Behavior Overview
Requests to the "youtube.com" domain that include the respective video id in the format "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_ID]" are successfully categorized by the Youtube API.Requests to "googlevideo.com" are not categorized by the Youtube API and return a category of "none" or "unavailable".The reason this is significant is because the initial request from the client is directed to "googlevideo.com".
Detailed Example:
Client sends a request to "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWnOCDEsyk" via the browser
Keep note of the video ID which is "iGWnOCDEsyk"
The actual request initiated by the client is for a googlevideo server address that hosts the video and ad content:
If you look at the URI path in the googlevideo.com request, you see the video ID: &id=iGWnOCDEsyk.1
From category testing via the Youtube API tester as well as on the proxies, it's evident that Google Video destinations are not categorized by the Youtube API:
url.category: none@Policy;none@YouTube;
When the client refreshes the page, the request sent to the proxy is the actual expected URL/URI pathIn this case the request sent to the proxy is a GET for 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWnOCDEsyk", which is categorized by the Youtube APIurl.category: none@Policy;Music@YouTube;Mixed Content/Potentially Adult@Blue Coat;Audio/Video Clips@Blue Coat
Can someone help to get this fixed ?
Thanks !!!
