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HTML
<input value="CplTXmbJj3g" type="text" id="txtVidID" />
<input type='button' id="btnMain" onclick="getViewsFromYT()" value="Get Video View Count" />
JavaScript
function getViewsFromYT() {
var sURL = "https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/" + $("#txtVidID").val() + "?v=2&alt=json";
$.getJSON( sURL, function( data ) {
var sTitle = data.entry['media$group']['media$title']['$t'];
var iCount = data.entry['yt$statistics'].viewCount;
alert(iCount + " views for : " + sTitle);
});
}