In addition to documentation, you can use these tools, sample repositories, support channels, and policy guides to build applications and stay informed about YouTube developer products.
Tools and samples
- Google APIs Explorer: Test YouTube API requests interactively in your browser using real data.
- Google Cloud console: Enable YouTube APIs, manage projects, and create API keys or OAuth 2.0 credentials.
- YouTube Data API Quota Calculator: Estimate the quota costs of different YouTube Data API methods.
- YouTube Player Demo: Customize an embedded YouTube player and preview player parameters, events, and functions.
- Configure a Subscribe Button: Configure a YouTube Subscribe Button and generate code to embed on your website.
- Code Samples: Browse sample code for the YouTube Data API, YouTube Analytics API, and YouTube Live Streaming API across supported languages.
- Client Libraries: Download Google API client libraries for Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, .NET, PHP, and Ruby.
Support and updates
- Issue Tracker: Search open issues, feature requests, and bug reports for YouTube APIs, or file a new bug.
- YouTube Data API revision history: Review release notes and documentation updates for the YouTube Data API.
- YouTube Analytics API revision history: Review release notes and documentation updates for the YouTube Analytics API.
- YouTube Reporting API revision history: Review release notes and documentation updates for the YouTube Reporting API.
- IFrame Player API revision history: Review release notes and updates for the YouTube IFrame Player API.
- YouTube Blog: Read official news, announcements, and product updates from YouTube.
- YouTube Researcher Program: Apply for academic data access to study public data on YouTube.
Terms and policies
- YouTube API Services Terms of Service: Review the legal terms that govern your use of YouTube API Services.
- Developer Policies: Review policy requirements for building and operating API clients.
- Complying with the YouTube Developer Policies: Follow implementation guidance and best practices to comply with YouTube Developer Policies.
- Required Minimum Functionality: Review functional requirements for API clients that implement specific YouTube features.
- Branding Guidelines: Review attribution and logo guidelines for displaying YouTube branding in your application.