Question

Since the Youtube API requires that you run your files on a webserver rather than locally (http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html#GettingStarted) how can you test the API without pushing it to your live production server?

I’m using Ruby on Rails hosted on Heroku.

Answer 1

Note: To test any of these calls, you must have your file running on a webserver, as the Flash player restricts calls between local files and the internet.

That does not sound like it needs to go to a production server. I am not familiar with Flash, but http://localhost/test.html (as opposed to file://test.html) probably works. And even if not, any old test server will do.