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References YouTubeAPI FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch ApplicationprogramminginterfaceusedinYouTube Thisarticleiswrittenlikeapersonalreflection,personalessay,orargumentativeessaythatstatesaWikipediaeditor'spersonalfeelingsorpresentsanoriginalargumentaboutatopic.Pleasehelpimproveitbyrewritingitinanencyclopedicstyle.(May2018)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TheYouTubeApplicationProgrammingInterface(YouTubeAPI)allowsdeveloperstoaccessvideostatisticsandYouTubechannelsdataviatwotypesofcalls,RESTandXML-RPC.GoogledescribeYouTube'sAPIresourcesas"APIsandToolsthatletyoubringtheYouTubeexperiencetoyourwebpage,applicationordevice."[1] Contents 1PlayersandPlayerAPIs 1.1PlayerAPIsandtools 1.1.1Android 1.1.2iOS 2DataandAnalyticsAPIs 2.1YouTubeAPIV3 3Buttons,Widgets,andTools 4HowToUseYouTube'sAPI 5Advantages 6Disadvantages 7Seealso 8References 9Externallinks PlayersandPlayerAPIs[edit] ThePlayersandPlayerAPIssectionidentifieswaysyoucanletyouruserswatchYouTubevideosinyourapplicationandcontroltheplaybackexperience.WithanembeddedYouTubeplayer,youcanintegratetheYouTubevideoplaybackexperiencedirectlyinyourwebpageorapplication.Youcanuseplayerparameterstocustomizetheplayer'sappearance,andyoucanalsousePlayerAPIstocontroltheplayerdirectlyfromyourwebpageorapp.[2] PlayerAPIsandtools[edit] Android[edit] PlayerAPI PlayerAPIsampleapp PlayerAPIReference YouTubeDirectsampleapp TheminimumversionsupportedofAndroidforthemostrecentversionsoftheAPI'siscurrentlyversion2.2.TheAndroiddevicemustberunningtheYouTubeappversion4.2.16.Thenusingawebkey,itispossibletouseGooglesAPI'sthroughadeveloperenabledAndroidphone.[3] iOS[edit] PlayerIFrameAPI YouTubeDirectSampleApp UsingtheiOSversionsoftheAPIsisverysimilartotheAndroidexplanation.HoweveritinvolvesusingtheGoogleCloudConsole.FromthereyouareabletocontroltheAPIsandsetuptheAPIstoworkwithyourvideos.YouwillalsoneedaClientIDandaClientSecret;whichcanbothbedownloadedfromGoogle'sAPISite.Afterthis,itisasimpleprocessofrunningthesampleandtheAPIsshouldthenbeproperlyintegrated.[4] OtherAPIsincluderesourcesthatcanbeimplementedintoa3rdpartywebsite.ThesearetheusualsocialnetworkintegratedAPIsthatweregularlycomeacrosssuchastheFacebooklikebuttonortheTwitterfollowbutton.YouTubewidgetAPIsinclude: SubscribeButton UploadWidget PlayerAPIDemo PlayerAPICodePlayground DataandAnalyticsAPIs[edit] TheDataandAnalyticsAPIssectionbrieflydescribesAPIsthatletyourapplicationaccessfeaturesanddatanormallyavailableontheYouTubewebsite.[5] YouTubeAPIV3[edit] TheYouTubeDataAPI(v3)letsyouincorporateYouTubefunctionalityintoyourownapplication.YoucanusetheAPItofetchsearchresultsandtoretrieve,insert,update,anddeleteresourceslikevideosorplaylists. InconjunctionwiththeYouTubePlayerAPIsandtheYouTubeAnalyticsAPI,theAPIletsyourapplicationprovideafull-fledgedYouTubeexperiencethatincludessearchanddiscovery,contentcreation,videoplayback,accountmanagement,andviewerstatistics. youtube.activities.insert Postsabulletinforaspecificchannel.(Theusersubmittingtherequestmustbeauthorizedtoactonthechannel'sbehalf.) Note:Eventhoughanactivityresourcecancontaininformationaboutactionslikeauserratingavideoormarkingavideoasafavorite,youneedtouseotherAPImethodstogeneratethoseactivityresources.Forexample,youwouldusetheAPI'svideos.rate()methodtorateavideoandtheplaylistItems.insert()methodtomarkavideoasafavorite. youtube.activities.list Returnsalistofchannelactivityeventsthatmatchtherequestcriteria.Forexample,youcanretrieveeventsassociatedwithaparticularchannel,eventsassociatedwiththeuser'ssubscriptionsandGoogle+friends,ortheYouTubehomepagefeed,whichiscustomizedforeachuser. youtube.channelBanners.insert UploadsachannelbannerimagetoYouTube.Thismethodrepresentsthefirsttwostepsinathree-stepprocesstoupdatethebannerimageforachannel: -CallthechannelBanners.insertmethodtouploadthebinaryimagedatatoYouTube.Theimagemusthavea16:9aspectratioandbeatleast2120x1192pixels. -Extracttheurlproperty'svaluefromtheresponsethattheAPIreturnsforstep1. -Callthechannels.updatemethodtoupdatethechannel'sbrandingsettings.SetthebrandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrlproperty'svaluetotheURLobtainedinstep2. youtube.channelSections.delete DeletesachannelSection. youtube.channelSections.insert AddsachannelSectionfortheauthenticateduser'schannel. youtube.channelSections.list ReturnschannelSectionresourcesthatmatchtheAPIrequestcriteria. youtube.channelSections.update UpdateachannelSection. youtube.channels.list Returnsacollectionofzeroormorechannelresourcesthatmatchtherequestcriteria. youtube.channels.update Updatesachannel'smetadata. youtube.guideCategories.list ReturnsalistofcategoriesthatcanbeassociatedwithYouTubechannels. youtube.i18nLanguages.list Returnsalistofsupportedlanguages. youtube.i18nRegions.list Returnsalistofsupportedregions. youtube.liveBroadcasts.bind BindsaYouTubebroadcasttoastreamorremovesanexistingbindingbetweenabroadcastandastream.Abroadcastcanonlybeboundtoonevideostream. youtube.liveBroadcasts.control Controlsthesettingsforaslatethatcanbedisplayedinthebroadcaststream. youtube.liveBroadcasts.delete Deletesabroadcast. youtube.liveBroadcasts.insert Createsabroadcast. youtube.liveBroadcasts.list ReturnsalistofYouTubebroadcaststhatmatchtheAPIrequestparameters. youtube.liveBroadcasts.transition ChangesthestatusofaYouTubelivebroadcastandinitiatesanyprocessesassociatedwiththenewstatus.Forexample,whenyoutransitionabroadcast'sstatustotesting,YouTubestartstotransmitvideotothatbroadcast'smonitorstream.Beforecallingthismethod,youshouldconfirmthatthevalueofthestatus.streamStatuspropertyforthestreamboundtoyourbroadcastisactive. youtube.liveBroadcasts.update Updatesabroadcast.Forexample,youcouldmodifythebroadcastsettingsdefinedintheliveBroadcastresource'scontentDetailsobject. youtube.liveStreams.delete Deletesavideostream. youtube.liveStreams.insert Createsavideostream.ThestreamenablesyoutosendyourvideotoYouTube,whichcanthenbroadcastthevideotoyouraudience. youtube.liveStreams.list ReturnsalistofvideostreamsthatmatchtheAPIrequestparameters. youtube.liveStreams.update Updatesavideostream.Ifthepropertiesthatyouwanttochangecannotbeupdated,thenyouneedtocreateanewstreamwiththepropersettings. youtube.playlistItems.delete Deletesaplaylistitem. youtube.playlistItems.insert Addsaresourcetoaplaylist. youtube.playlistItems.list ReturnsacollectionofplaylistitemsthatmatchtheAPIrequestparameters.YoucanretrievealloftheplaylistitemsinaspecifiedplaylistorretrieveoneormoreplaylistitemsbytheiruniqueIDs. youtube.playlistItems.update Modifiesaplaylistitem.Forexample,youcouldupdatetheitem'spositionintheplaylist. youtube.playlists.delete Deletesaplaylist. youtube.playlists.insert Createsaplaylist. youtube.playlists.list ReturnsacollectionofplayliststhatmatchtheAPIrequestparameters.Forexample,youcanretrieveallplayliststhattheauthenticateduserowns,oryoucanretrieveoneormoreplaylistsbytheiruniqueIDs. youtube.playlists.update Modifiesaplaylist.Forexample,youcouldchangeaplaylist'stitle,description,orprivacystatus. youtube.search.list ReturnsacollectionofsearchresultsthatmatchthequeryparametersspecifiedintheAPIrequest.Bydefault,asearchresultsetidentifiesmatchingvideo,channel,andplaylistresources,butyoucanalsoconfigurequeriestoonlyretrieveaspecifictypeofresource. youtube.subscriptions.delete Deletesasubscription. youtube.subscriptions.insert Addsasubscriptionfortheauthenticateduser'schannel. youtube.subscriptions.list ReturnssubscriptionresourcesthatmatchtheAPIrequestcriteria. youtube.thumbnails.set UploadsacustomvideothumbnailtoYouTubeandsetsitforavideo. youtube.videoCategories.list ReturnsalistofcategoriesthatcanbeassociatedwithYouTubevideos. youtube.videos.delete DeletesaYouTubevideo. youtube.videos.getRating Retrievestheratingsthattheauthorizedusergavetoalistofspecifiedvideos. youtube.videos.insert UploadsavideotoYouTubeandoptionallysetsthevideo'smetadata. youtube.videos.list ReturnsalistofvideosthatmatchtheAPIrequestparameters. youtube.videos.rate Addalikeordislikeratingtoavideoorremovearatingfromavideo. youtube.videos.update Updatesavideo'smetadata. youtube.watermarks.set UploadsawatermarkimagetoYouTubeandsetsitforachannel. youtube.watermarks.unset Deletesawatermark. Buttons,Widgets,andTools[edit] TheButtons,Widgets,andToolssectiondescribesothertoolsyoucanusetoaddYouTubefunctionalitytoyourapportotestYouTubeAPIs.[6] HowToUseYouTube'sAPI[edit] TouseYouTube'sAPI,adevelopermustacquireaDeveloperID-thisisanadditionalpropertythatisattachedtothedeveloper'sYouTubeaccount.TheinformationthatisavailabletodevelopersissimilartotheinformationthatcanbeacquiredbyaccessingYouTube'smanyRSSfeeds.SincetheintegrationofGoogleandYouTubeitispossibletologintoYouTubeusinganexistingGoogleaccount.AneasytousetutorialcanbefoundasaYouTubevideo.[7] TheAPI'shavesincebeenextendedandarenowcompatiblewithmanymobileoperatingplatformssuchasAndroidandiOS.QuiteobviouslytheAndroidAPI'saremorecompletewiththeiOSresourcessomewhatlacking.AlistofthisAPI'savailableforbothplatformsarebelow: OtherYouTubeAPI's(thetraditionalAPI's)include: AnalyticsAPI's GettingStarted CodeSamples APIReference SampleRequests SampleApplication DataAPI GettingStarted SampleRequests GuidesandTutorials APIReference APIExplorer Advantages[edit] AgreatadvantageofusingYouTube'sAPI'sisthat3rdpartycompaniesareabletoarrangepayperclickcoupledwithadvertisingforyourvideos.Thisallowsthevideouploadertoreceivemoneyfortheworktheyhaveputintotheirvideos.[8] YouTubeAPI'salsoallowatighterintegrationofthevideoserviceintoa3rdpartywebsite.ThisessentiallymeansthattheuserdoesnotneedtoclickalinktogototheYouTubevideo.Instead,theyareabletoviewthevideointhesamepagethattheyarevisiting.[9] AnotheradvantageofusingtheYouTubeAPIsisthatitiseasiertoselectthespecificdataandvideostobestoredona3rdpartysite.[10] Disadvantages[edit] DuringaperiodthatincludedMarch2006,APIcallsfromFlashweredisabledduetosecurityconcerns.These,however,havesincebeenre-enabled.[11] Therearealsoproblemscurrently(October2014)withtheorientationonAndroiddevices.EvenbyaddingthefullscreentotheAndroidManifest,itstilldoesnotloadproperlyinthecorrectfullscreenorientation.[12] YouTubealsodoesnotallowvideostorunwhilsttheAndroiddeviceissleeping.Thiscanbeseenasanannoyanceforsomeusers.ParticularlyiftheuseristryingtouseYouTubeasareplacementmusicplayer.[13] Quotaslimittheactivityofsomeusers[14] Overall,theYouTubeAPI'shelptheuserwithcertainpiecesofcode.Ifthecodesnippetisalreadypresent,thereisnoneedforeachusertorecreatethiscodeasithasbeensuppliedbyYouTubethemselves.[15] Seealso[edit] Comparisonofvideoservices Viralvideo YouTube References[edit] ^"APIResources".YouTubeAPI.Retrieved7October2014. ^"PlayersandPlayerAPIs".Retrieved28November2014. ^Francis,William."UsingGoogle'sAPIInYourAndroidApps".TechRepublicUK.Retrieved24October2014. ^"YouTubeDirectLiteforiOS".GitHub.GitHubInc.Retrieved24October2014. ^"DataandAnalyticsAPIs".Retrieved28November2014. ^"Buttons,Widgets,andTools".Retrieved28November2014. ^"ObtainingasimpleAPIkeyforusewiththeYouTubeAPI".ZixMp4.GoogleDevelopers.Retrieved25October2014. ^Litt,Michael."HowTo:BenefitFromUsingYouTube".VidYard.VidYard.Retrieved24October2014. ^Wagner,Janet."TheIncreasingImportanceofAPIsInWebDevelopment".Tuts+.Tuts+.Retrieved24October2014. ^Arno,Christian(16October2014)."TheAdvantagesofSocialMediaAPIs".SearchEngineJournal.SearchEngineJournal.Retrieved27October2014. ^"FirsttimeusingYouTube'sAPi".Retrieved2007-03-17. ^"whattheadvantageordisadvantagesifiusedyoutube-APIorpresentthevideoinawebview".StackOverflow.StackOverflow.Retrieved24October2014. ^bh6712121."WhySteamMusicWon'tReplaceMyMusicPlayer".YouTube.bh6712121.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2015-07-20.Retrieved25October2014. ^"YouTubeDataAPI(V3)-QuotaCalculator". ^Purifier,HTML."EmbeddingYouTubeVideos".HTMLPurifier.HTMLPurifier.Retrieved27October2014. 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