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YouTube Data API v3

googleapis · Analytics

Analytics No Auth Free & Open analytics media

The YouTube Data API v3 is an API that provides access to YouTube data, such as videos, playlists, and channels.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET youtube.activities.list

Retrieves a list of resources, possibly filtered.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&home=true&mine=true&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&channelId=example&pageToken=example&quotaUser=example&maxResults=1&regionCode=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&publishedAfter=example&publishedBefore=example&upload_protocol=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&home=true&mine=true&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&channelId=example&pageToken=example&quotaUser=example&maxResults=1&regionCode=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&publishedAfter=example&publishedBefore=example&upload_protocol=example"
import requests
params = {
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "home": "true",
    "mine": "true",
    "part": "example",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "channelId": "example",
    "pageToken": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "maxResults": "1",
    "regionCode": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "publishedAfter": "example",
    "publishedBefore": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('home', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('mine', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('part', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('channelId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('pageToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');
url.searchParams.set('regionCode', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('publishedAfter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('publishedBefore', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("home", "true")
	q.Set("mine", "true")
	q.Set("part", "example")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("channelId", "example")
	q.Set("pageToken", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	q.Set("regionCode", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("publishedAfter", "example")
	q.Set("publishedBefore", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "home" => "true",
  "mine" => "true",
  "part" => "example",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "channelId" => "example",
  "pageToken" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1",
  "regionCode" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "publishedAfter" => "example",
  "publishedBefore" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/activities?" . http_build_query([
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "home" => "true",
    "mine" => "true",
    "part" => "example",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "channelId" => "example",
    "pageToken" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1",
    "regionCode" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "publishedAfter" => "example",
    "publishedBefore" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET youtube.captions.list

Retrieves a list of resources, possibly filtered.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions?id=1&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&videoId=example&callback=example&quotaUser=example&onBehalfOf=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example&onBehalfOfContentOwner=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions?id=1&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&videoId=example&callback=example&quotaUser=example&onBehalfOf=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example&onBehalfOfContentOwner=example"
import requests
params = {
    "id": "1",
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "part": "example",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "videoId": "example",
    "callback": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "onBehalfOf": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example",
    "onBehalfOfContentOwner": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions');
url.searchParams.set('id', '1');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('part', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('videoId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('onBehalfOf', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('onBehalfOfContentOwner', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("id", "1")
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("part", "example")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("videoId", "example")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("onBehalfOf", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	q.Set("onBehalfOfContentOwner", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "id" => "1",
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "part" => "example",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "videoId" => "example",
  "callback" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "onBehalfOf" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example",
  "onBehalfOfContentOwner" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/captions?" . http_build_query([
    "id" => "1",
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "part" => "example",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "videoId" => "example",
    "callback" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "onBehalfOf" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example",
    "onBehalfOfContentOwner" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET youtube.channelSections.list

Retrieves a list of resources, possibly filtered.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections?hl=example&id=1&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&mine=true&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&channelId=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example&onBehalfOfContentOwner=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections?hl=example&id=1&alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&mine=true&part=example&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&channelId=example&quotaUser=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&upload_protocol=example&onBehalfOfContentOwner=example"
import requests
params = {
    "hl": "example",
    "id": "1",
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "mine": "true",
    "part": "example",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "channelId": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example",
    "onBehalfOfContentOwner": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections');
url.searchParams.set('hl', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('id', '1');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('mine', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('part', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('channelId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('onBehalfOfContentOwner', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("hl", "example")
	q.Set("id", "1")
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("mine", "true")
	q.Set("part", "example")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("channelId", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	q.Set("onBehalfOfContentOwner", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "hl" => "example",
  "id" => "1",
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "mine" => "true",
  "part" => "example",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "channelId" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example",
  "onBehalfOfContentOwner" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/youtube/v3/youtube/v3/channelSections?" . http_build_query([
    "hl" => "example",
    "id" => "1",
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "mine" => "true",
    "part" => "example",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "channelId" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example",
    "onBehalfOfContentOwner" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with YouTube Data API v3?

YouTube Data API v3 is a Analytics API. Developers commonly use analytics APIs for:

  • tracking product usage and user behaviour
  • building custom reporting and BI dashboards
  • measuring marketing and campaign performance
  • running funnel, retention, and cohort analysis
  • aggregating metrics from multiple data sources

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. YouTube Data API v3 is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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