# YouTube IFrame Player API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-iframe-player-api/  
**Provider:** Youtube — https://apis.io/providers/youtube/  
**Documentation:** https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference

YouTube IFrame Player API is one of 36 APIs that [Youtube](https://apis.io/providers/youtube/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Embed, Player, and Videos. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

Enables embedding a YouTube video player on websites and controlling playback through JavaScript. The API supports queuing and playing videos, adjusting volume, retrieving video information, and subscribing to player state change events.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference#Getting_started
- **APIReference** — https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters

## Other Youtube APIs (12)

- [Youtube Channel Sections API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-channel-sections-api/)
- [Youtube Channel Banners API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-channel-banners-api/)
- [Youtube Members API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-members-api/)
- [Youtube Memberships Levels API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-memberships-levels-api/)
- [Youtube Thumbnails API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-thumbnails-api/)
- [Youtube Watermarks API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-watermarks-api/)
- [Youtube Video Abuse Report Reasons API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-video-abuse-report-reasons-api/)
- [YouTube Subscribe Button](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-subscribe-button/)
- [Youtube Playlist Images API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-playlist-images-api/)
- [YouTube Content ID API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-content-id-api/)
- [YouTube oEmbed API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-oembed-api/)
- [Youtube Analytics Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/youtube/youtube-analytics-groups-api/)

## Tags

Embed, Player, Videos

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