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YouTube Data Videos API

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

YouTube Data Videos API is one of 8 APIs that YouTube Data publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Videos. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

YouTube Data Videos API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 3 scopes. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Videos 1
GET
/videos
List videos
listVideos 4 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VideoSnippet (8 properties), Video (7 properties), VideoListResponse (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VideoSnippet
object
8 properties
VideoListResponse
object
6 properties
Video
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-youtube-videos-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs YouTube Data publishes across the network.

YouTube Data Activities API
YouTube Data Channels API
YouTube Data CommentThreads API
YouTube Data PlaylistItems API
YouTube Data Playlists API
YouTube Data Search API
YouTube Data Subscriptions API