while (my @section = splice @vidids, 0, 50) {
    my $idees = join ',', @section;
    my $uri = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos"
           . "?part=items(viewCount)&id=$idees&key=$API_KEY";
    my $result = get($uri);
    my $json = decode_json($result);
    push @counts, map $_->{viewCount}, @{ $json->{items} };
}