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Youtube Group Items API

Operations for managing items within analytics groups

Youtube Group Items 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 Group Items. 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 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 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.

3 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST

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 Group Items 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 3

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

Group Items 3

Operations for managing items within analytics groups

GET
/groupItems
Youtube List Group Items
listGroupItems 4 params → 200401
POST
/groupItems
Youtube Add Item to Group
createGroupItem 2 params body → 200400
DELETE
/groupItems/{itemId}
Youtube Remove Item from Group
deleteGroupItem 3 params → 204404

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GroupItem (5 properties), ErrorItem (5 properties), ErrorDetails (3 properties), GroupItemListResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GroupItemCreateRequest
object
Request body for adding an item to a group
2 properties 2 required
GroupItemListResponse
object
Response containing a list of group items
3 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
Error response object
1 property 1 required
ErrorDetails
object
Details about an API error
3 properties 2 required
ErrorItem
object
Individual error detail
5 properties
GroupItem
object
An item (channel or video) within an analytics group
5 properties 4 required
GroupItemResource
object
Resource information for a group item
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youtube-group-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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