YouTube Data

YouTube Data Videos API

The Videos API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for videos.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: YouTube Data Activities Videos API
  description: The YouTube Data API v3 lets you incorporate YouTube functionality into your own application. You can use the API to fetch search results, retrieve and manage video resources, manage channels and playlists, and access subscription and activity data.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Google
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
servers:
- url: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
security:
- oauth2: []
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Videos
paths:
  /videos:
    get:
      operationId: listVideos
      summary: List videos
      description: Returns a list of videos that match the API request parameters.
      parameters:
      - name: part
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The part parameter specifies a comma-separated list of one or more video resource properties.
      - name: id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of YouTube video IDs.
      - name: maxResults
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 5
          maximum: 50
        description: The maximum number of items to return.
      - name: pageToken
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Identifies a specific page in the result set.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoListResponse'
      tags:
      - Videos
components:
  schemas:
    Video:
      type: object
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
        etag:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        snippet:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoSnippet'
        contentDetails:
          type: object
        statistics:
          type: object
          properties:
            viewCount:
              type: string
            likeCount:
              type: string
            commentCount:
              type: string
        status:
          type: object
    VideoSnippet:
      type: object
      properties:
        publishedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        channelId:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        thumbnails:
          type: object
        channelTitle:
          type: string
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        categoryId:
          type: string
    VideoListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
        etag:
          type: string
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
        prevPageToken:
          type: string
        pageInfo:
          type: object
          properties:
            totalResults:
              type: integer
            resultsPerPage:
              type: integer
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Video'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube: Manage your YouTube account
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly: View your YouTube account
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload: Upload YouTube videos
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key