YouTube Integration Overview
Learn about the YouTube integration capabilities and how to interact with YouTube’s API.
Features
Our YouTube integration provides:
- Video data retrieval
- Channel information
- Playlist management
- Comment handling
- Analytics access
Available Operations
Videos
- Get video details
- Search videos
- Analyze video metrics
- Download video data
Channels
- Get channel information
- List channel videos
- Analyze channel stats
- Track subscribers
Playlists
- Create playlists
- Manage playlist items
- Get playlist details
- Update playlists
Authentication
To use the YouTube integration:
- Create a Google Cloud Project
- Enable YouTube Data API
- Generate API credentials
- Configure OAuth2 (if needed)
{
"auth": {
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"oauth2": {
"client_id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
"client_secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
}
}
}
Example Usage
Get Video Details
{
"operation": "get_video",
"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"parts": ["snippet", "statistics", "contentDetails"]
}
Search Videos
{
"operation": "search_videos",
"query": "programming tutorials",
"max_results": 50,
"order": "viewCount",
"published_after": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
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"
}
}
}
Data Types
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"
}
}
}
Error Handling
Common API errors:
- Quota exceeded
- Invalid credentials
- Resource not found
- Permission denied
- Rate limiting
Best Practices
- Cache responses when possible
- Monitor quota usage
- Handle rate limiting
- Use batch requests
- Implement error retry logic
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