Block or allow Youtube videos

[arnulf]

Hello,

I have setup a new McAfee Web Gateway, version 9.2.4

I need to be able to block and allow Youtube videos, but it is not working as I had hoped.

I have activated SSL and imported the Youtube API v3.

I have created a valid API key that I have tested using the Postman application and I get search results from Youtube when I use the API key.

I have added the API key into the MWG but it is not working well unfortunately. In the youtube_api_error.log I find a lot of:

[16/Nov/2020:08:57:05 +0100] Unable to fetch result from Youtube - Will Fail Open! [16/Nov/2020:08:57:05 +0100] Unable to fetch result from Youtube - Will Fail Open!

I have added two screenshots from the results in the rule tracing central.

I hope someone can help me figure out what to do to get the rule to work.

Kind regards,

Tim

[arnulf]

I was given the suggestion to look at the mwg-core-errors file and it looks like this:

[2020-11-17 05:06:49.979 +01:00] [ExternalListsFilterPlugin] [ExtListsError] Error in ExternalListsFilter: 'CWebServiceDataSource: unexpected return code =400'. [2020-11-17 05:06:49.979 +01:00] [ExternalListsFilterPlugin] [ExtListsError] Error in ExternalListsFilter: 'Error during data fetch'. [2020-11-17 05:06:49.980 +01:00] [UtilsFilterPlugin] [InvalidPropertyParameter] 'JSON filter: GetPropertyValue': Parameters for property 'com.scur.engine.jsonfilter.getbyname' are invalid, reason: 'first parameter should be a map'

It is this JSON lookup that somehow fails:

https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=${0}&key=${1}&part=snippet

If I manually enter an ID and the key and paste it in a browser I get information about the video.

I log the API Key and the VideoID and they have correct values

I have attached two more screenshots if it is of any help?

[arnulf · Accepted solution]

It seems I had to add payment details to the Youtube account for it to work.

Strange, I could do lookups from Postman without any problems, but when I tried from the MWG it just refused to work...