Youtube · GraphQL Specification

YouTube GraphQL Schema

YouTube does not expose a native public GraphQL API. The YouTube Data API v3 is a REST-based API served at `https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3`. This GraphQL schema is a community-defined type mapping derived from the official YouTube Data API v3 resource models documented at [https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/).

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Overview

YouTube GraphQL Schema is a GraphQL API specification published by Youtube on the APIs.io network.

YouTube does not expose a native public GraphQL API. The YouTube Data API v3 is a REST-based API served at https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3. This GraphQL schema is a community-defined type mapping derived from the official YouTube Data API v3 resource models documented at https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/.

The specification includes 2 reference links.

Tagged areas include Google, Media, Social, Streaming, and Video.

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