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Youtube VideoCategories API

Operations related to YouTube video categories

Youtube VideoCategories 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 VideoCategories. 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 1 operation 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.

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
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 VideoCategories 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 1

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

VideoCategories 1

Operations related to YouTube video categories

GET
/videoCategories
Youtube List Video Categories
youtube.videoCategories.list 6 params → 200400403

Schemas 3

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

VideoCategoryListResponse
object
A list of video category resources matching the request criteria.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
A standard error response returned by the YouTube Data API.
1 property
VideoCategory
object
A videoCategory resource identifies a category that has been or could be associated with uploaded videos.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

youtube-videocategories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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