GuideCategories

Note: This is a deprecation announcement.

The guideCategories resource and the guideCategories.list method have both been deprecated as of September 9, 2020.

A guideCategory resource identifies a category that YouTube algorithmically assigns based on a channel's content or other indicators, such as the channel's popularity. The list is similar to video categories, with the difference being that a video's uploader can assign a video category but only YouTube can assign a channel category.

Methods

The API supports the following methods for guideCategories resources:

list: Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels. Try it now.

Resource representation

The JSON structure below shows the format of a guideCategories resource:

{
  "kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
  "etag": etag,
  "id": string,
  "snippet": {
    "channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
    "title": string
  }
}

Properties

The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:

Properties
`kind`	`string` Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be `youtube#guideCategory`.
`etag`	`etag` The Etag of this resource.
`id`	`string` The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the guide category.
`snippet`	`object` The `snippet` object contains basic details about the category, such as its title.
`snippet.channelId`	`string` The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the channel publishing the guide category.
`snippet.title`	`string` The category's title.