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Youtube Captions API

Operations related to YouTube video caption tracks

Youtube Captions API is one of 36 APIs that Youtube publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Captions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, an API reference, code examples, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2.

4 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Youtube Captions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 4 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • OAuth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for YouTube Analytics API

Paths & Operations 4

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Captions 4

Operations related to YouTube video caption tracks

GET
/captions
Youtube List Caption Tracks
youtube.captions.list 5 params → 200400401403
POST
/captions
Youtube Upload a Caption Track
youtube.captions.insert 3 params body → 200400401403
PUT
/captions
Youtube Update a Caption Track
youtube.captions.update 3 params body → 200400401403
DELETE
/captions
Youtube Delete a Caption Track
youtube.captions.delete 2 params → 204400401403404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Caption (4 properties), CaptionListResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CaptionListResponse
object
A list of caption resources associated with the specified video.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
A standard error response returned by the YouTube Data API.
1 property
Caption
object
A caption resource represents a YouTube caption track. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video.
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youtube-captions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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