Q:

simple url format for crawling youtube categories?

Is there a simple form like http://www.youtube.com/category/horror or even something with a simple get parameter that would allow one get to the different youtube category homes?
Note I am aware of the api...I am asking about a direct url format that would allow one visit different categories with python or php or something.
Any tools that already do this are ofcourse very welcome!
Thanks

A:

Youtube category homes?
Take a look to see if the following types of pages are what you're looking for:

Youtube Category Home - Autos & Vehicles
Youtube Category Home - Gaming (Hurray!)
Both use the 'c' variable to denote a category.. The URL is youtube.com/categories .

If you want, the second best option to browse the category (by "Most watched") is:

Gaming (page 1 of 'most watched')  ... uses a p=0 variable and up to specify which page of results.

Is this what you were looking for?

