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YouTube Integration Overview

Learn about the YouTube integration capabilities and how to interact with YouTube’s API.

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Features

Our YouTube integration provides:

• Video data retrieval
• Channel information
• Playlist management
• Comment handling
• Analytics access

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Available Operations

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Videos

• Get video details
• Search videos
• Analyze video metrics
• Download video data

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Channels

• Get channel information
• List channel videos
• Analyze channel stats
• Track subscribers

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Playlists

• Create playlists
• Manage playlist items
• Get playlist details
• Update playlists

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Authentication

To use the YouTube integration:

1. Create a Google Cloud Project
2. Enable YouTube Data API
3. Generate API credentials
4. Configure OAuth2 (if needed)

{
  "auth": {
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "oauth2": {
      "client_id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
      "client_secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
    }
  }
}

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Example Usage

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Get Video Details

{
  "operation": "get_video",
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "parts": ["snippet", "statistics", "contentDetails"]
}

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Search Videos

{
  "operation": "search_videos",
  "query": "programming tutorials",
  "max_results": 50,
  "order": "viewCount",
  "published_after": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}

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API Quotas

YouTube API quota limits:

• Daily quota allocation
• Cost per operation
• Quota monitoring
• Rate limiting

{
  "quota": {
    "daily_limit": 10000,
    "monitoring": {
      "enabled": true,
      "threshold": 8000,
      "notification_url": "https://api.example.com/quota-alert"
    }
  }
}

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Data Types

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Video Resource

{
  "video": {
    "id": "string",
    "snippet": {
      "title": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "publishedAt": "datetime",
      "thumbnails": {
        "default": {
          "url": "string",
          "width": 120,
          "height": 90
        }
      }
    },
    "statistics": {
      "viewCount": "number",
      "likeCount": "number",
      "commentCount": "number"
    }
  }
}

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Error Handling

Common API errors:

• Quota exceeded
• Invalid credentials
• Resource not found
• Permission denied
• Rate limiting

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Best Practices

1. Cache responses when possible
2. Monitor quota usage
3. Handle rate limiting
4. Use batch requests
5. Implement error retry logic