I'm developing a YouTube live streaming related program. I know there're APIs to create/list/delete broadcasts and live streams. But all these are assuming that YouTube Live Streaming is already enabled on your account.
I tried to but failed to find any API with which I can use to enable YouTube live streaming on my account. Is there such an API?
As far as I can tell, there is not. As you can see here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2474026?hl=en, in order to create live events on youtube an account must be verified and in good standing.
If you are making the API requests using a YouTube account that fulfills these requirements you can use the YouTube Data API to create liveBroadcasts, otherwise you will likely receive an insufficientPermissions error. This error is detailed here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/docs/errors#youtube.liveBroadcasts.insert-insufficientPermissions-liveStreamingNotEnabled-permission.userNotEnabled
One potential way you could tell if an account is able to create live events programmatically would be to call the channels.list() method, and return the status. The status of the channels will have status.longUploadStatus. Long uploads also require an account to be verified and in good standing, so if this value returns allowed you likely have the permissions to work with live events. More details of this can be found in the YouTube Data API documentation.
Let me know if you find information to the contrary.
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As the title says, I am using a internal app which clearly states that it does not require an audit from YouTube.
I use this to upload video's to my YouTube channel. After uploading, whenever I try to change the permissions from "private" to "hidden", YouTube automatically will set it to "private (locked)".
Does anyone know how I can get this working? all I want to do is:
Login by using oAuth2 on the (internal) app with an account that is within the internal workspace.
Upload clips to YouTube.
View the clips to the public on my website.
As said, we made an internal app and the account that uploads the movies is a member of the (internal) Google workspace.
Been trying to get this working for days now without any progress.
YouTube's documentation states that an internal app does not need an audit and therefor I would think that YouTube video's would be able to set public.
If you check Videos: insert documentation you will notice it states that app needs to be verified.
There was some note that if it was for internal use you did not need to be verified in practice this is not the case. Apply for verification and tell them its internal only should get you though the verification process quickly enough.
I would like to extract playlist data from Youtube Music, as well as metadata related to the songs in the said playlist. Is this possible with the Youtube Data V3 API, or YouTube Analytics API?
If so, where can I find documentation about calls and available metadata; I am not finding what I need on the YouTube Data API page. I am currently referencing PlaylistItems and Playlists in the reference Docs, but it seems that is geared to videos. Is that by design because you can toggle between video and audio in YT Music?
If possible is there an official Rust Crate?
Thank you in advance for the help.
Indeed, this feature is missing from YouTube Data API and quite a few other API users expressed the same need as yours.
The official Google staff account says the following:
This type of information is not available in the API. We have already raised a feature request for this but I can't guarantee that this feature will be implemented.
That is it: they may well implement this feature at some point, but, unfortunately, cannot tell when that'll happen.
I am building an app which does live streaming to Youtube channel using an embedded player. So i want to know if it violates the policy of Youtube since I am using a different application to do live to the youtube Also, all the application users will stream to a single youtube channel, so any idea in how many live streams can take place at a time?
It was stated in the Broadcast and Stream documentation of the YouTube API that "only one event is live at any given time, and the video content for each broadcast is unique". To learn more about policy, you can read the YouTube API developer policies.
i'm planning to create some app that use youtube-api.
Is it legal to use Youtube Data API to create youtube-like app that aggregrate youtube videos from any channel? even it is not my channel or my video? Can I (legally) monetize those app with Admob?
Your question is answered in the first paragraph of the YouTube API Terms of Service.
1. Is it legal to use Youtube Data API to create youtube-like app that aggregrate youtube videos from any channel?
The terms don't prohibit it, as long as the client is compliant with the ToS. So, yes, it is legal.
2. Can I (legally) monetize those app with Admob?
It depends.
You agree not to use the YouTube API for any of the following commercial uses unless You obtain YouTube's prior written approval: [...] the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page of the API Client containing YouTube audiovisual content, unless other content not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and is of sufficient value to be the basis for such sales.
I'm not an expert in law questions, but what this says (imho) is that you may advertise your application if it does not solely contain YouTube content. In other words, your application has to extend the functionality of https://youtube.com, not recreate it.
In any case, you may not block or in any way alter in-player ads.
Conclusion
Based on the short concept of your app you posted in the question, I would say:
You may build "youtube-like app that aggregrate youtube videos from any channel", but
you may not advertise it, since it does not feature original content.
if you plan to publish this on app store please review the IOS Guide Lines
5.2.3 Audio/Video Downloading: Apps should not facilitate illegal file sharing or include the ability to save, convert, or download media
from third-party sources (e.g. Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud,
Vimeo, etc.) without explicit authorization from those sources.
Streaming of audio/video content may also violate Terms of Use, so be
sure to check before your app accesses those services. Documentation
must be provided upon request.
And this SO question
So I have a video product that I am about to start selling. Once people pay, they will be able to download the videos, or ideally stream it via YouTube.
But...I don't want them to be able to share the link with every Tom, Dick and Harry.
I know that an unlisted video can still be made public, so that won't work for me. But apparently there can be 'private videos' too.
Where can I learn more about this in the API docs? Or what is the best way to approach this? Especially given that I don't want them to have to have a Google+ account.
Ideally, they should be able to login to my app, and watch the embedded videos there. But they should not be able to share the direct YouTube link.
I know they can always share their account info, that's fine...I will do other things to keep track of and monitor that. It's really the anonymous sharing of the YouTube link I am worried about.
Thanks.
Read the API terms of service and check with your legal folks. Specifically, you will want to make sure that your sale of private content uploaded to YouTube is in compliance with #2 in the Terms of Service:
You agree not to use the YouTube API for any of the following
commercial uses unless You obtain YouTube's prior written approval:
the sale of the YouTube API, API Data, YouTube audiovisual content or
related services, or access to any of the foregoing;