Get youtube user stats : here, we get the total view count of some user Needs a lot of improvements

youtube-user.js

/**
 *  Requires jQuery (will fallback)
 *  Can take advantage of `numeral()` https://github.com/adamwdraper/Numeral-js
 */

// Dependencies
/*
if(typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {
  var elt = document.createElement('script');
  elt.src = 'http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js';
  document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(elt);
  // $.noConflict();
}
// */

var username = ''; // Youtube username here
if(!username.length) username = /user\/([^\/]+)/.exec(document.location)[1];

var url = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/'+username+'?v=2';
jQuery.get(url, {responseType: 'text/xml'})
.success(function(data){
  // This _might_ need cleanup & pretty selectors
  var views = parseInt(data.documentElement.getElementsByTagName('yt:statistics')[0].getAttribute('totalUploadViews'),10);
  
  // Use `views`
  if(window.numeral) views = numeral(views).format('0,0.');
  alert(views+' views');
});