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Youtube Comments API

Operations related to individual YouTube comments

Youtube Comments 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 Comments. 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 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 14 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.

6 operations 3 paths 14 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 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 Comments 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 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Comments 6

Operations related to individual YouTube comments

GET
/comments
Youtube List Comments
youtube.comments.list 8 params → 200400401403
POST
/comments
Youtube Create a Comment
youtube.comments.insert 3 params body → 200400401403
PUT
/comments
Youtube Update a Comment
youtube.comments.update 3 params body → 200400401403
DELETE
/comments
Youtube Delete a Comment
youtube.comments.delete 2 params → 204400401403404
POST
/comments/setModerationStatus
Youtube Set Comment Moderation Status
youtube.comments.setModerationStatus 4 params → 204400401403
GET
/commentThreads
Youtube List Comment Threads
listCommentThreads 8 params → 200404

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CommentSnippet (9 properties), CommentThreadSnippet (6 properties), ErrorItem (5 properties), CommentThread (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CommentThread
object
A comment thread resource
5 properties 3 required
PageInfo_2
object
Pagination information
2 properties
CommentListResponse
object
A list of comment resources matching the request criteria.
5 properties
PageInfo
object
Paging details for a list operation, including information about the total number of resources and the number per page.
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
A standard error response returned by the YouTube Data API.
1 property
ErrorDetails
object
Details about an API error
3 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse_2
object
Error response object
1 property 1 required
CommentThreadListResponse
object
Response containing comment thread resources
5 properties 3 required
Comment_2
object
A comment resource
4 properties
ErrorItem
object
Individual error detail
5 properties
CommentThreadSnippet
object
Basic information about the comment thread
6 properties
CommentSnippet
object
Basic information about the comment
9 properties
CommentThreadReplies
object
Replies to the comment thread
1 property
Comment
object
A comment resource contains information about a single YouTube comment.
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youtube-comments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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