ok, didn't realize about the -e switch, and I also removed the extra space.

still does not seem like anything is happening after opening the socket.
I have the "echo -tag" posted as such
Code:
alias youtube {
  sockopen -e ytube www.googleapis.com 443
  echo -tag socket open
}

on *:sockopen:ytube:{
  if ($sockerr) { 
    sockclose $sockname
    halt 
  }
  sockwrite -n $sockname GET /youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=id&playlistId=<playlist ID Here>&key=<api key here> HTTP/1.1
  sockwrite -n $sockname Host: www.googleapis.com
  sockwrite -n $crlf
  
  echo -tag socket write
}



and also one in the sockread block. The only thing that is responded to is "socket open" which means that the code is hanging in, or not executing in the sockopen block, right?