Youtube · JSON Structure

Youtube Data Video Snippet Structure

Basic details about a video, including its title, description, tags, and category.

Type: object Properties: 11
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VideoSnippet is a JSON Structure definition published by Youtube, describing 11 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema meta-schema.

Properties

publishedAt channelId title description thumbnails channelTitle tags categoryId liveBroadcastContent defaultLanguage localized

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

JSON Structure

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{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Basic details about a video, including its title, description, tags, and category.",
  "name": "VideoSnippet",
  "properties": {
    "publishedAt": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "The date and time when the video was published."
    },
    "channelId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The ID of the YouTube channel that published the video."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The video title."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The video description."
    },
    "thumbnails": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A map of thumbnail images associated with the video."
    },
    "channelTitle": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The channel title of the YouTube channel that published the video."
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "A list of keyword tags associated with the video.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "categoryId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The YouTube video category associated with the video."
    },
    "liveBroadcastContent": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Indicates if the video is an upcoming/active live broadcast.",
      "enum": [
        "live",
        "none",
        "upcoming"
      ]
    },
    "defaultLanguage": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The language of the text in the video resource's snippet.title and snippet.description properties."
    },
    "localized": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The snippet.localized object contains either a localized title and description for the video or the title in the default language.",
      "properties": {
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The localized video title."
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The localized video description."
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

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