# YouTube & partners targeting

YouTube \& partners resource targeting is defined as:

- All targeting assigned to a YouTube \& partners [line
  item](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/guides/concepts/campaign-resources/youtube#line_items) or [ad group](https://developers.google.com/display-video/api/guides/concepts/campaign-resources/youtube#ad_groups_and_ads).
- Advertiser targeting of YouTube URLs.
- Advertiser targeting that excludes content themes.

You can get this targeting with the API, but you can't create or update it.

When serving, YouTube \& partners ads use targeting inherited from its parent
resources. This behavior is the same as other resource types. Unlike other
types, though, YouTube \& partners resources don't surface inherited targeting.
You must retrieve targeting from an ad's advertiser, line item, and ad group to
construct its full targeting suite.