gistfile1.rb

  def Tumblr.youtube_views(post)
    begin
      doc = Hpricot.parse(post)
      video_count = 0
      if doc.present?
        embed_doc = doc.at("embed")
        embed_doc = doc.at("iframe") if embed_doc.class != Hpricot::Elem
        if !embed_doc.nil?
          video_url = embed_doc.attributes["src"]
          video_id = video_url.split("/")[4]
          video_id = video_id.split("?")[0]
          cache_name = "youtube_#{video_id}"

          client = YouTubeIt::Client.new
          dev_key = "dev_key_here"
          client = YouTubeIt::Client.new(:dev_key => dev_key)
      
          video_count = Rails.cache.fetch(cache_name, :expires_in => 1.hour) {
            video_count = client.video_by(video_id).view_count
            video_count.present? ? video_count.to_i : 0
          }
        end
      end
    rescue => e
      Airbrake.notify(e)
      video_count = Rails.cache.fetch(cache_name, :expires_in => 1.hour) {
        0
      }
    rescue Timeout::Error => e
      Airbrake.notify(e)
      video_count = Rails.cache.fetch(cache_name, :expires_in => 1.hour) {
        0
      }
    end
    return video_count
  end