YouTube · Authentication Profile

Youtube Authentication

Authentication

YouTube secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: query

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode
apiKey apiKey
· in: query (key)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-11-04'
method: derived
source: openapi/youtube-analytics-groups-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-analytics-reports-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/youtube-captions-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-channels-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-comment-threads-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/youtube-comments-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-group-items-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-groups-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/youtube-i18n-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-jobs-api-openapi.yml, openapi/youtube-live-streams-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/youtube-livebroadcasts-api-openapi.yml ...
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
    scopes: 4
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication for YouTube Analytics API
  sources:
  - openapi/youtube-analytics-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-analytics-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-comment-threads-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-group-items-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-i18n-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-live-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livebroadcasts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livechatmessages-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livechatmoderators-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-playlist-items-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-report-types-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-search-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-videocategories-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-videos-api-openapi.yml
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: key
  sources:
  - openapi/youtube-captions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-comment-threads-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-i18n-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-live-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livebroadcasts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livechatmessages-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-livechatmoderators-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-playlist-items-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-search-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-videocategories-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/youtube-videos-api-openapi.yml

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