YouTube search

Developed a single-page web application in PHP/JavaScript that allows users to search for videos on YouTube, view them in an embedded player, and track popular content. The project is executed in a modern responsive design with support for dark/light themes.

Key Features

Search for videos by keywords through YouTube results

Embedded video player with autoplay

Display of popular (trending) videos on the homepage

Dynamic loading of the results list in card format

Automatic opening of the first video after searching

Support for dark and light themes (saving the selection in localStorage)

Responsive design — works correctly on mobile devices and PCs

Technical Details

Backend: PHP (curl, parsing YouTube pages, caching trending videos in a JSON file)

Frontend: HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox, Grid, CSS variables, responsive layout)

Interactivity: Vanilla JavaScript (without external libraries)

API/parsing: using YouTube oEmbed API for basic information, parsing ytInitialData from YouTube pages for search and trends