title: Excessive requests required to access viewCount in YouTube v3 API search request
body: <p>I am currently in the process of testing out the YouTube v3 API... I have a search results view in my mobile app that displays video results requiring the following fields:</p>
  
  <p>title, author, views, description, thumbnail</p>
  
  <p>In v2 a request to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=bugatti&amp;orderby=published&amp;max-results=10&amp;v=2&amp;alt=jsonc
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Returns the following response for a video entry:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "id": "rdprvN3g3EU",
      "uploaded": "2013-02-11T12:49:05.000Z",
      "updated": "2013-02-11T12:49:05.000Z",
      "uploader": "thelongsixteen",
      "category": "Games",
      "title": "GTA IV Mods: Most Wanted #29 (German) (HD) - Ford Fiesta HFHV von Ken Block",
      "description": "Wenn euch das Video gefallen hat dann hinterlasst bitte ein ganz brutalen Like. :D Es hilft mir und dem Projekt sehr weiter zu machen. ^_^ » Grand Theft Auto IV Most Wanted Playlist: www.youtube.com » Mehr Videos findet ihr hier: www.youtube.com » Left 4 Liberty Infection v5.1 (Halloween Special): www.youtube.com Eine kleine Info über dieses Projekt: In diesem Projekt nehme ich ein bestimmtes Fahrzeug wie zB den Hummer H2 und versuche vom Flughafen aus zum Alderny Staatsgefängnis zu kommen und der schwierigste Part daran ist: 6 Star Wanted! :O Ich fahre jedesmal eine bestimmte Route um das Ziel zu erreichen und werde sehen wie es die Polizei genießen wird mich gegen alles zu drücken was nicht auf 3 auf dem Baum ist. Ich wünsche euch viel Spaß mit dem Video und wie immer Sweet Lovin! :D Die Mods: Grand Theft Auto Ultimate Vehicle Pack V9 (TBOGT/EPM Support) www.gta4-mods.com Das Video von dem Car Pack www.youtube.com ChinaGreenElvis ENB 4 for GTA IV and EFLC www.gta4-mods.com Color Radio HUD www.gta4-mods.com Bigger and Realistic Explosion Mod V.2 www.gta4-mods.com [PUSH] M16 A2 www.gta4-mods.com 2003 Volkswagen Bora V6 www.gta4-mods.com 2013 Ferrari 458 Spider www.gta4-mods.com 2013 SRT Viper GTS www.gta4-mods.com 2012 Porsche Cayenne Turbo *update* www.gta4-mods.com 2010 Bentley Continental SuperSports [EPM] www.gta4-mods.com 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 www.gta4-mods.com Lincoln Town Car Limousine 2006 (beta) www.gta4-mods.com 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne www.gta4-mods.com GMC &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;",
      "thumbnail": {
          "sqDefault": "http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rdprvN3g3EU/default.jpg",
          "hqDefault": "http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rdprvN3g3EU/hqdefault.jpg"
      },
      "player": {
          "default": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdprvN3g3EU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player",
          "mobile": "https://m.youtube.com/details?v=rdprvN3g3EU"
      },
      "content": {
          "1": "rtsp://v6.cache8.c.youtube.com/CiILENy73wIaGQlF3ODdvGvarRMYDSANFEgGUgZ2aWRlb3MM/0/0/0/video.3gp",
          "5": "https://www.youtube.com/v/rdprvN3g3EU?version=3&amp;f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata",
          "6": "rtsp://v6.cache8.c.youtube.com/CiILENy73wIaGQlF3ODdvGvarRMYESARFEgGUgZ2aWRlb3MM/0/0/0/video.3gp"
      },
      "duration": 615,
      "aspectRatio": "widescreen",
      "rating": 5,
      "likeCount": "8",
      "ratingCount": 8,
      "viewCount": 35,
      "favoriteCount": 0,
      "commentCount": 4,
      "accessControl": {
          "comment": "allowed",
          "commentVote": "allowed",
          "videoRespond": "moderated",
          "rate": "allowed",
          "embed": "allowed",
          "list": "allowed",
          "autoPlay": "allowed",
          "syndicate": "allowed"
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get everything I need... With v3 it's looking like I have to make the following requests</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=id&amp;key={YOUR_API_KEY}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which gives me a name and description and channelId </p>
  
  <pre><code>https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=rdprvN3g3EU&amp;part=snippet%2C+contentDetails%2C+statistics&amp;key={YOUR_API_KEY}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This guy then gives me the view count</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=snippet&amp;id=rdprvN3g3EU&amp;key={YOUR_API_KEY}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this final request to get the name of the author...</p>
  
  <p>In v2 I only need to make a single request to get everything I need, and you'd expect the fields that I am requiring to be present in a standard search request anyway surely? I can't see any support for batch requests in v3 either. Am I missing something? Don't even get me started on the implications with rate limiting either :(</p>
  
  <p>Using v3 to perform a simple search I use 3 quota units for the first request, 7 for the second and a further 3 for the final.</p>
  
  <p>13 quota units to perform a single video search per user, displaying what I consider to be relatively standard information.</p>