diff --git a/ecmabot.js b/ecmabot.js
index 1d3d7c6..a84e427 100644
--- a/ecmabot.js
+++ b/ecmabot.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var Sandbox = require("./lib/sandbox");
 var FactoidServer = require("./lib/factoidserv");
 var FeelingLucky = require("./lib/feelinglucky");
 var CanIUseServer = require("./lib/caniuse");
+var YoutubeRequest = require("./lib/youtube");
 
 var Bot = require("./lib/irc");
 var Shared = require("./shared");
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ var JSBot = function(profile) {
 	this.factoids = new FactoidServer(path.join(__dirname, "ecmabot-factoids.json"));
 	this.caniuse_server = new CanIUseServer;
 	this.executeRegex = /^((?:sm?|v8|js?|b|n|>>?|>>>>|\|)>)([^>].*)+/;
+	this.youtubeRegex  = /https?:\/\/(?:www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=|youtu.be\/)([^&\s]+)/;
 
 	Bot.call(this, profile);
 	this.set_log_level(this.LOG_ALL);
@@ -33,11 +35,17 @@ JSBot.prototype.init = function() {
 
 	this.register_listener(this.executeRegex, Shared.execute_js);
 
+	this.register_listener(this.youtubeRegex, this.ytRememberId);
+
 	//this.register_listener(/^(\S+)(\+\+|--);?$/, this.do_beers);
 
 	this.register_command("g", Shared.google, {
 		help: "Run this command with a search query to return the first Google result. Usage: !g kitten images"});
 
+	this.register_command("yt", this.ytRequest, {
+		help: "You have to paste a link to youtube first."
+	});
+
 	this.register_command("google", this.google, {
 		help: "Returns a link to a Google search page of the search term. Usage: !google opencourseware computational complexity"});
 
@@ -79,6 +87,30 @@ JSBot.prototype.init = function() {
 
 };
 
+JSBot.prototype.ytRememberId = function(context, text, vidId) {
+	this._lastYtId = vidId
+};
+
+JSBot.prototype.ytRequest = function(context, text) {
+	if (this._lastYtId) {
+		YoutubeRequest(this._lastYtId, function(data) {
+			context.channel.send(
+				'^^ Youtube: ' + data.title +
+				' (by ' + data.user +
+				') [' + data.duration
+				  .replace(/PT((\d{1,2})H)?((\d{1,2})M)?((\d{1,2})S)?/,'$2:$4:$6')
+				  .replace(/:(\d)$/,':0$1')
+				  .replace(/^:|:$/g,'') +
+				'] views:' + Number(data.views).toLocaleString('en') +
+				' likes:' + Number(data.likes).toLocaleString('en') +
+				' dislikes:' + Number(data.dislikes).toLocaleString('en')
+			);
+		});
+		this._lastYtId = null
+	} else {
+		context.channel.send_reply (context.sender, this.get_command_help("yt"));
+	}
+};
 
 JSBot.prototype.google = function(context, text) {
 
@@ -269,4 +301,3 @@ if (process.env.ECMABOT_PROFILE) {
 }
 
 (new JSBot(profile)).init();
-
diff --git a/lib/youtube/index.js b/lib/youtube/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44493bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/youtube/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var HTTPS = require("https");
+
+var youtube = module.exports = function(query, callback) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  var request = HTTPS.get({
+    'host': 'www.googleapis.com',
+    'path': "/youtube/v3/videos?part=snippet%2CcontentDetails%2Cstatistics&key=<pasteSomeGoogleAPIKeyHere>&id=" + query,
+    'Referer': 'http://www.v8bot.com',
+    'User-Agent': 'NodeJS HTTP client',
+    'Accept': '*/*'
+  })
+
+  request.addListener('response', function(response) {
+    response.setEncoding('utf8');
+    var body = "";
+    response.addListener('data', function(chunk) { body += chunk; });
+    response.addListener('end', function() {
+      var videoData = JSON.parse(body);
+      var video = videoData.items && videoData.items.length && videoData.items[0] || null
+      if (video) {
+        callback.call(self, {
+          title: video.snippet.title,
+          user: video.snippet.channelTitle,
+          duration: video.contentDetails.duration,
+          views: video.statistics.viewCount,
+          likes: video.statistics.likeCount,
+          dislikes: video.statistics.dislikeCount,
+        });
+      } else {
+        callback.call(self, null);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+};