YouTube Data

The YouTube Data API v3 lets you incorporate YouTube functionality into your own application. You can use the API to fetch search results, manage videos, playlists, channels, subscriptions, and access activity data. It supports reading and writing YouTube data using RESTful operations with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

YouTube Data publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Activities API, Channels API, CommentThreads API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Channels, Google, Media, Playlists, and Search.

The YouTube Data catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

YouTube Data’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 13 more developer resources.

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45.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Channels Google Media Playlists Search Streaming Video YouTube

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Contract Quality 13.9 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 8.4 / 18

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Operational Transparency 3.1 / 12

Contract Governance 1.1 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

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Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

YouTube Data Activities API

The Activities API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for activities.

YouTube Data Channels API

The Channels API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for channels.

YouTube Data CommentThreads API

The CommentThreads API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for commentthreads.

YouTube Data PlaylistItems API

The PlaylistItems API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlistitems.

YouTube Data Playlists API

The Playlists API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlists.

YouTube Data Search API

The Search API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for search.

YouTube Data Subscriptions API

The Subscriptions API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.

YouTube Data Videos API

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

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Postman Collections 8

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

YouTube Data Activities API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities Channels API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities CommentThreads API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities PlaylistItems API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities Playlists API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities Search API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities Subscriptions API

POSTMAN

YouTube Data Activities Videos API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities Channels API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities CommentThreads API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities PlaylistItems API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities Playlists API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities Subscriptions API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data Activities Videos API

OPEN COLLECTION

YouTube Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Youtube Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Youtube Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Youtube Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Youtube Context

15 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

YouTube Data API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

YouTube Video

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Youtube Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Google Youtube Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Youtube Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Youtube Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Youtube Agentic Access

9 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-youtube
name: YouTube Data
description: The YouTube Data API v3 lets you incorporate YouTube functionality into your own application. You can use the
  API to fetch search results, manage videos, playlists, channels, subscriptions, and access activity data. It supports reading
  and writing YouTube data using RESTful operations with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-youtube.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-youtube/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
tags:
- Channels
- Google
- Media
- Playlists
- Search
- Streaming
- Video
- YouTube
apis:
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-activities-api
  name: YouTube Data Activities API
  description: The Activities API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for activities.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Activities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-activities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-channels-api
  name: YouTube Data Channels API
  description: The Channels API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for channels.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-commentthreads-api
  name: YouTube Data CommentThreads API
  description: The CommentThreads API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for commentthreads.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - CommentThreads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-commentthreads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-playlistitems-api
  name: YouTube Data PlaylistItems API
  description: The PlaylistItems API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlistitems.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - PlaylistItems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-playlistitems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-playlists-api
  name: YouTube Data Playlists API
  description: The Playlists API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlists.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-search-api
  name: YouTube Data Search API
  description: The Search API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-subscriptions-api
  name: YouTube Data Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Subscription
  tags_raw:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-videos-api
  name: YouTube Data Videos API
  description: The Videos API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for videos.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.google.com/
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/youtube-data/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-youtube-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-youtube-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-youtube-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-youtube-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-youtube-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/youtube
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/youtube
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/quota_and_compliance_audits
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/youtube.jsonld
- url: https://blog.youtube/rss/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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