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diff --git a/.styleci.yml b/.styleci.yml
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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index e1b8e40..9175154
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "name": "madcoda/php-youtube-api",
+    "name": "scrobot/php-youtube-api",
     "type": "library",
+    "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "description": "PHP wrapper for the Youtube Data API v3",
     "keywords": ["youtube", "api", "video", "madcoda"],
     "license": "MIT",
@@ -8,6 +9,10 @@
         {
             "name": "Madcoda",
             "email": "jason@madcoda.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Scrobot",
+            "email": "scrobot91@gmail.com"
         }
     ],
     "support":{
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
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diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
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diff --git a/src/Constants.php b/src/Constants.php
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diff --git a/src/Facades/Youtube.php b/src/Facades/Youtube.php
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diff --git a/src/Youtube.php b/src/Youtube.php
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index 6c1fe0c..f37cee8
--- a/src/Youtube.php
+++ b/src/Youtube.php
@@ -148,16 +148,18 @@ public function getVideoInfo($vId)
 
     /**
      * @param $vIds
+     * @param array $parts
      * @return \StdClass
-     * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function getVideosInfo($vIds)
+    public function getVideosInfo($vIds, array $parts = [])
     {
+        $partArray = $this->fillParts(['id', 'snippet', 'contentDetails', 'player', 'statistics', 'status'], $parts);
+
         $ids = is_array($vIds) ? implode(',', $vIds) : $vIds;
         $API_URL = $this->getApi('videos.list');
         $params = array(
             'id' => $ids,
-            'part' => 'id, snippet, contentDetails, player, statistics, status'
+            'part' => implode(",", $partArray),
         );
 
         $apiData = $this->api_get($API_URL, $params);
@@ -301,15 +303,18 @@ public function paginateResults($params, $token = null)
 
     /**
      * @param $username
+     * @param bool $optionalParams
+     * @param array $parts
      * @return \StdClass
-     * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function getChannelByName($username, $optionalParams = false)
+    public function getChannelByName($username, $optionalParams = false, array $parts = [])
     {
+        $partArray = $this->fillParts(['id', 'snippet', 'contentDetails', 'invideoPromotion', 'statistics'], $parts);
+
         $API_URL = $this->getApi('channels.list');
         $params = array(
             'forUsername' => $username,
-            'part' => 'id,snippet,contentDetails,statistics,invideoPromotion'
+            'part' => implode(",", $partArray)
         );
         if ($optionalParams) {
             $params = array_merge($params, $optionalParams);
@@ -321,20 +326,25 @@ public function getChannelByName($username, $optionalParams = false)
 
     /**
      * @param $id
+     * @param bool $optionalParams
+     * @param array $parts
      * @return \StdClass
-     * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function getChannelById($id, $optionalParams = false)
+    public function getChannelById($id, $optionalParams = false, array $parts = [])
     {
+        $partArray = $this->fillParts(['id', 'snippet', 'contentDetails', 'invideoPromotion', 'statistics'], $parts);
         $API_URL = $this->getApi('channels.list');
         $params = array(
             'id' => $id,
-            'part' => 'id,snippet,contentDetails,statistics,invideoPromotion'
+            'part' => implode(",", $partArray)
         );
+
         if ($optionalParams) {
             $params = array_merge($params, $optionalParams);
         }
+
         $apiData = $this->api_get($API_URL, $params);
+
         return $this->decodeSingle($apiData);
     }
 
@@ -616,9 +626,9 @@ public function decodeList(&$apiData)
      */
     public function api_get($url, $params)
     {
+
         //set the youtube key
         $params['key'] = $this->youtube_key;
-
         //boilerplates for CURL
         $tuCurl = curl_init();
         if ($this->sslPath !== null) {
@@ -633,9 +643,11 @@ public function api_get($url, $params)
         }
         curl_setopt($tuCurl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
         $tuData = curl_exec($tuCurl);
+
         if (curl_errno($tuCurl)) {
             throw new \Exception('Curl Error : ' . curl_error($tuCurl), curl_errno($tuCurl));
         }
+
         return $tuData;
     }
 
@@ -672,4 +684,18 @@ public static function _parse_url_query($url)
 
         return array_filter($params);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $defaultParts
+     * @param array $parts
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function fillParts(array $defaultParts, array $parts)
+    {
+        if (!empty($parts)) {
+            return array_unique(array_merge($defaultParts, $parts));
+        }
+
+        return $defaultParts;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/YoutubeServiceProviderLaravel4.php b/src/YoutubeServiceProviderLaravel4.php
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diff --git a/src/YoutubeServiceProviderLaravel5.php b/src/YoutubeServiceProviderLaravel5.php
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diff --git a/src/cert/cacert.pem b/src/cert/cacert.pem
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diff --git a/src/compat.php b/src/compat.php
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diff --git a/src/config/youtube.php b/src/config/youtube.php
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diff --git a/tests/YoutubeTest.php b/tests/YoutubeTest.php
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