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Youtube Data Caption Structure

A caption resource represents a YouTube caption track. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video.

Type: object Properties: 4 Required: 2
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Caption is a JSON Structure definition published by Youtube, describing 4 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema meta-schema.

Properties

kind etag id snippet

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema

JSON Structure

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{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A caption resource represents a YouTube caption track. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video.",
  "name": "Caption",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifies the API resource's type. Value is youtube#caption."
    },
    "etag": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Etag of this resource."
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the caption track."
    },
    "snippet": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The snippet object contains basic details about the caption.",
      "properties": {
        "videoId": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The ID of the video that the caption track is associated with."
        },
        "lastUpdated": {
          "type": "datetime",
          "description": "The date and time when the caption track was last updated."
        },
        "trackKind": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The caption track's type.",
          "enum": [
            "asr",
            "forced",
            "standard"
          ]
        },
        "language": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The language of the caption track. The property value is a BCP-47 language tag."
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the caption track."
        },
        "audioTrackType": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The type of audio track associated with the caption track.",
          "enum": [
            "commentary",
            "descriptive",
            "primary",
            "unknown"
          ]
        },
        "isCC": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Indicates whether the track contains closed captions for the deaf and hard of hearing."
        },
        "isLarge": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Indicates whether the caption track uses large text for the vision-impaired."
        },
        "isEasyReader": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Indicates whether caption track is formatted for easy reader."
        },
        "isDraft": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Indicates whether the caption track is a draft."
        },
        "isAutoSynced": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Indicates whether YouTube synchronized the caption track to the audio track in the video."
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The caption track's status.",
          "enum": [
            "failed",
            "serving",
            "syncing"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "kind",
    "etag"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

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