Youtube API: Top Live Games - youtube-api

Question

Which API call to use to get the list of "Top Live Games" on the youtube API?
https://www.youtube.com/gaming/games example
It seems to me that "Games" is a category, which can be found in the "youtube.videoCategories.list" call.
{
"id": "20",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Gaming",
"assignable": true
}
},
However, the call does not support child elements, just the snippet.
The individual "games" in there seem to be auto-generated channels.
However, when calling "youtube.channels.list" and setting "categoryId" to "20", I get:
{
"domain": "youtube.channel",
"reason": "categoryNotFound",
"message": "Channel category not found.",
"locationType": "parameter",
"location": "categoryId"
}

Answer 1

You have to use the channel_id of the Gaming YouTube channel.
The channel_id of the Gaming YouTube channel is: UCOpNcN46UbXVtpKMrmU4Abg.
Unfortunately, I couldn't retrieve the live gaming videos by this way, so I have to check the Live YouTube channel.
Once I check the "Live: gaming" section, I can use its playlistid which is: PLiCvVJzBupKkpGacV_ScUzA-eGF2KSZKC.
This is the playlist of the live gaming if you're interested in.
Once you have the playlistid of the "Live: gaming" section, use the for get (let's say: the top 10 live games).
This is the YouTube Data API request you can use for retrieve top 10 live games:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems?part=snippet%2CcontentDetails&maxResults=10&playlistId=PLiCvVJzBupKkpGacV_ScUzA-eGF2KSZKC&fields=items(contentDetails%2FvideoId%2Cid%2Csnippet%2Ftitle)%2Ckind%2CnextPageToken%2CpageInfo%2CprevPageToken%2CtokenPagination&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
And the results vary from region - the following results are from Latin America:
{
"kind": "youtube#playlistItemListResponse",
"nextPageToken": "CAoQAA",
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 1000,
"resultsPerPage": 10
},
"items": [
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy4zM0M5OTA4RTE2OEVBMTEz",
"snippet": {
"title": "THE DARK INTERNET: ¡GAMEPLAY EXCLUSIVO DE LA PRÓXIMA ACTUALIZACIÓN 1.1.0! ⭐️ iTownGamePlay"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "Jl8YMVQfFTw"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy44RDE1Q0NGQTIyNDVBMjYz",
"snippet": {
"title": "🔴 DIRECTO | NUEVO EZA DE VEGETA Y TRUNKS EN DOKKAN BATTLE"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "k6MhzkxaNPw"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy5EQzdBMTk0QUNCMTFDODM4",
"snippet": {
"title": "Campeonato de Europa de Ajedrez (7) y Campeonato de Estados Unidos (5)"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "JDuVoBfuS-I"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy4yOTNDM0Y1QjE3OUQ3NTVF",
"snippet": {
"title": "FREE FIRE *DE RUTA A LOS 3600* [EX TOP GLOBAL] //CAPITAN"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "6fvjeB6jukM"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy4xQTI1REI0MTgyNkFFRjFD",
"snippet": {
"title": "YO INTERNETO EP.6: Me duelen los Mods"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "m6rK02kD_io"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy43QjJGQjYxMEQwRjRGRkQ3",
"snippet": {
"title": "!!ÚLTIMO INTENTO EN DIRECTO¡¡ ¿CONSEGUIREMOS LAS 20 VICTORIAS CON ADRIÁN DE COACH? I Clash Royale'"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "ko2dzJh4E8I"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy5EM0I5QkM1RTQyNDk5RUI2",
"snippet": {
"title": "EL NUEVO BATTLE ROYALE *BATTLEFIELD V FIRESTORM*"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "yhEHPFp9J1w"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy5GNTk3QTg1RDZGNUZGNENF",
"snippet": {
"title": "Jugando Niveles de SUSCRIPTORES en Vivo! | Super Mario Maker"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "-WnrFEzbnhs"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy5GOTYwNDNGRDJCMkQ1QkI2",
"snippet": {
"title": "🔴Si me ganas *TE DOY CUENTA RANDOM de FORTNITE* GRATIS!! 1vs1 CONTRA SUSCRIPTORES en PATIO DE JUEGO"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "d-uQ_ete2Ko"
}
},
{
"id": "UExpQ3ZWSnpCdXBLa3BHYWNWX1NjVXpBLWVHRjJLU1pLQy42QTJGODE2OEZDOTc4Rjcx",
"snippet": {
"title": "🔴 DIRECTO DE FREE FIRE 🔴 GANA DIAMANTES Y PREMIOS JUGANDO *TE RETO* | SALAS PRIVADAS"
},
"contentDetails": {
"videoId": "izYgIFMBKKo"
}
}
]
}
This is the Google API Explorer demo I prepared.
This is the popular live gaming if you're interested in.