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YouTube APIs provide programmatic access to YouTube data including videos, playlists, channels, user interactions, live streaming, analytics, captions, and embedded player controls.

28 APIs 4 Capabilities 14 Features
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APIs

Youtube Activities API

Manages YouTube user activities, including videos liked, channels subscribed to, and other user interactions on YouTube.

Youtube Channels API

Provides access to YouTube channel data including channel metadata, statistics, and settings for both the authenticated user and other public channels.

Youtube Comments API

Manages individual comments on YouTube videos and other resources, supporting retrieval, creation, update, deletion, and moderation operations.

Youtube Comment Threads API

Provides access to comment threads on YouTube videos and channels, where a comment thread includes a top-level comment and any replies to that comment.

Youtube Playlists API

Manages YouTube playlists including creating, updating, deleting, and listing playlists associated with a channel or the authenticated user.

Youtube Playlist Items API

Manages individual items within a YouTube playlist, enabling retrieval, addition, update, and removal of videos from playlists.

Youtube Search API

Searches across YouTube content including videos, channels, and playlists matching specified query parameters, returning a collection of results.

Youtube Subscriptions API

Manages YouTube channel subscriptions, allowing retrieval, creation, and deletion of subscriptions for the authenticated user.

Youtube Videos API

Provides access to YouTube video data including metadata, statistics, and content details, and supports uploading, updating, rating, and deleting videos.

Youtube Captions API

Manages caption tracks associated with YouTube videos. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video and supports upload, update, download, and deletion operations.

Youtube Channel Sections API

Manages sections that a channel has chosen to feature on its channel page, including inserting, updating, and deleting channel sections.

Youtube Channel Banners API

Enables uploading a new banner image to a YouTube channel, returning the URL that identifies the uploaded image for use with the channels.update method.

Youtube Members API

Provides access to channel membership data, allowing channel owners to retrieve a list of paying members who support the channel in exchange for exclusive benefits.

Youtube Memberships Levels API

Provides information about membership pricing tiers that a channel has set up, allowing retrieval of the levels that members can subscribe to.

Youtube Thumbnails API

Manages custom video thumbnail images, enabling upload of a custom thumbnail image for a video that the authenticated user owns.

Youtube Watermarks API

Manages images that display in the corner of a player during playback of a channel's videos, supporting upload and deletion of channel watermarks.

Youtube Video Categories API

Provides a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube videos, allowing retrieval of video categories available in a given region.

Youtube Video Abuse Report Reasons API

Retrieves a list of reasons that can be used to report abusive videos, supporting programmatic submission of video abuse reports.

Youtube I18n Languages API

Returns a list of application languages that the YouTube website supports, providing the language codes and human-readable names for localization purposes.

Youtube I18n Regions API

Returns a list of content regions that the YouTube website supports, providing region codes and human-readable names used for region-specific content filtering.

YouTube Analytics API

Generates custom reports containing YouTube Analytics data for channels and content owners. Reports can be filtered by dimensions such as date, country, and video, and measured ...

YouTube Reporting API

Retrieves bulk YouTube Analytics data through predefined reports for a channel or content owner. Reports are generated daily as CSV datasets covering 24-hour periods and are acc...

YouTube Live Streaming API

Enables creating, updating, and managing live events on YouTube including scheduling broadcasts, linking video streams, managing live chat, and controlling ad insertion during l...

YouTube IFrame Player API

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

YouTube Subscribe Button

Provides an embeddable subscribe button that website owners can configure and add to their pages, enabling one-click channel subscriptions for visitors without leaving the page.

Youtube Playlist Images API

Manages thumbnail images associated with YouTube playlists, supporting retrieval, insertion, update, and deletion of custom playlist thumbnail images.

YouTube Content ID API

Enables YouTube content partners to interact with the rights management system, allowing creation and management of assets, content references, ownership data, claims, and polic...

YouTube oEmbed API

Provides an oEmbed-compliant endpoint that returns embed code and metadata for YouTube videos in JSON or XML format, enabling easy embedding of YouTube content on external websi...

Capabilities

YouTube Analytics And Reporting

Workflow combining YouTube Analytics and Reporting APIs for comprehensive channel performance monitoring, custom report generation, and bulk data export. Designed for data analy...

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YouTube Community Engagement

Workflow for managing community interactions including comments, comment threads, subscriptions, and channel management. Designed for community managers, social media teams, and...

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YouTube Content Management

Unified workflow for managing YouTube video content lifecycle including uploading, updating, organizing into playlists, managing captions, and moderating comments. Designed for ...

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YouTube Live Streaming

Workflow for managing YouTube live events including scheduling broadcasts, linking streams, managing live chat, and moderating live interactions. Designed for live event produce...

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Features

Video Management

Upload, update, rate, and delete videos programmatically with full metadata control.

Playlist Management

Create, update, and delete playlists and manage playlist items for content organization.

Channel Management

Access and update channel metadata, branding, settings, and sections.

Search

Search across videos, channels, and playlists with filters for date, location, topic, and more.

Comments And Moderation

Create, retrieve, update, and moderate comments and comment threads on videos.

Live Streaming

Schedule and manage live broadcasts, streams, live chat, moderators, and super chat events.

Analytics And Reporting

Generate custom analytics reports with views, watch time, revenue, and demographic data.

Captions

Upload, update, download, and delete caption tracks for video accessibility.

Channel Memberships

Access membership data and pricing tiers for channel monetization features.

Content ID

Manage digital rights, assets, claims, and policies for intellectual property protection.

Embedded Players

Embed YouTube players on websites with full JavaScript playback control.

Internationalization

Retrieve supported languages and regions for localized content and UI.

OAuth 2.0 Authentication

Secure API access with OAuth 2.0 for user-authorized operations.

Quota Management

Monitor and manage API quota usage with per-operation cost tracking.

Use Cases

Video Publishing Platform

Build automated video upload and management workflows for content creators and media companies.

Social Media Dashboard

Aggregate YouTube analytics with other social platforms for unified performance monitoring.

Content Moderation

Automate comment moderation and abuse reporting for community management at scale.

Live Event Management

Schedule and manage live streaming events with real-time chat and audience interaction.

Education Platform

Organize educational video content into playlists with searchable course catalogs.

Digital Rights Management

Track and manage content ownership, claims, and monetization policies using Content ID.

Video Search Application

Build custom video search experiences with filters for topics, dates, and regions.

Analytics Dashboard

Create custom reporting dashboards with channel and video performance metrics.

Accessibility Tools

Manage captions and translations to improve video accessibility across languages.

Embedded Video Experience

Create branded video experiences with customized embedded players on external websites.

Integrations

Google Cloud Platform

Integrates with GCP for authentication, hosting, and infrastructure services.

Google Analytics

Combine YouTube Analytics data with Google Analytics for comprehensive web and video metrics.

Google Ads

Connect YouTube content with Google Ads for video advertising campaigns.

Firebase

Use Firebase with YouTube APIs for mobile app development with video features.

Google Workspace

Embed YouTube videos in Google Docs, Slides, and Sites for collaborative content.

Semantic Vocabularies

Youtube Analytics Context

0 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Youtube Context

0 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

Youtube Data Context

0 classes · 31 properties

JSON-LD

Youtube Live Context

0 classes · 16 properties

JSON-LD

Youtube Reporting Context

0 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Youtube API Rules

55 rules · 22 errors 20 warnings 13 info

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