I have a YouTube channel that is not connected with Google+, because it was created before YouTube put in the policy that every channel be connected to Google+. So I'd like to know the following:
How do I connect it to Google+?
If I can't, and I have to make a new channel, how do I add a video to that channel, and not the first channel
Once my channel (and therefore all videos in it) is connected to Google+, how do I share it with just one Google circle and not the whole world?
You can connect your YouTube channel to either a Google+ Personal Profile or to a Google+ Page. In general, the latter is the preferred solution.
To connect to a Profile, see https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2657961?hl=en
To connect to a Page, see https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2897336?hl=en
Once you have done this, you can make a video private and share it to one of your circles through the Video Info Edit page.
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I created a youtube app in console.developers.google.com that has the youtube data, youtube analytics and youtube reporting apis enabled. I also have access to multiple youtube channels that I'm hoping to automate some reports. several youtube channels I can login to with my app with no problem, but one in particular returns a message saying "Google has disabled this app" and I don't know why. It works will all channels but one, is there some permission that needs to be set in this particular one?
I have a YouTube channel for my personal account, and one for my business account. I have associated a Google+ page to both channels. In the business account, I have clicked "Managers" (in the drop down in the top right), and added my personal gmail account as a Manager. This has all worked fine.
Now, though, I am trying to use the YouTube API to list all of the channels that my personal account has rights to manage. I'm trying to use the Google Developer's page here https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list#try-it but it is only returning the one channel that is directly associated with my personal account. I'd expect it to return both the personal channel and the business channel.
Is there a way, an api call, or a setting that will allow me to make a single api call for an oauth user and see all of the YouTube channels / Google+ Pages that the user has permissions to manage?
I you are using the WebView for authentication, the user has to choose the YouTube account to be used. The channel will then be returned. If you are using Android OAuth, the only way to specify a channel is for the user to select the "default channel" in the advanced YouTube account settings.
http://youtube-eng.blogspot.de/2013/06/google-page-identities-and-youtube-api_24.html
I don't think that you can manage different accounts (even if they have linked to eachother) with the same API key. Sub-channels can be managed with the same API key with main channel. Which version of API are you using?
I'd like to have a way to allow users to switch between channels that they are managing.
The app doesn't seem to recognize the new identity after I've gone to YouTube.com and switched to another channel backed by a G+ Page I'm managing. Let's call this Channel B. When I return to my app, it seems to always choose the main YouTube channel (linked to my #gmail.com account) as the default. Let's call this Channel A.
After signing out of YouTube and re-authenticating on my app as Channel B, I am able to operate as Channel B, but once I refresh the page, my identity gets switched back to Channel A.
Is there a good way to implement channel switching to ensure that my app always chooses the current YouTube channel account? I am using the gapi javascript libraries and would like to avoid writing server-side code.
Thanks!
You can not manage channel switching or login activities. You only get one channel out of OAuth2.
Here is a little more detail: http://apiblog.youtube.com/2013/06/google-page-identities-and-youtube-api.html
I manage several Youtube channels, each with their Gmail account and now also associated with a Google+ account.
My question is: I can access, via Youtube Analytics API, to all my Youtube channels reports with a single Google account without having to choose between them? That is, a general account with permissions to access reports on all channels.
Thanks in advance.
Yes, you actually can have these different channels linked under a single Google account.
1) Set up a Google Plus Page for your YouTube account via https://www.youtube.com/account (requires g+ account) Note: This may overwrite avatar and channel title, and may change your YouTube display name to whatever you set your Page Title to be.
2) Your personal g+ account will be the owner of this Google plus page.
3) Repeat for other accounts, setting up their own google plus pages.
4) You can add your main personal g+ account (if you have one for each unique gmail) as a "manager" of these other pages, giving a single login access to the pages (and therefore all the associated YouTube accounts) via the drop down "switch acocunts" on YouTube (top right drop down)
5) After a page is old enough (2 weeks?) you can change owners so your main g+ page owns the page. Not necessary but helps consolidate + lets you abandon other personal g+ accounts.
Let me know if you're able to follow that. There are benefits to doing this with only a single channel. You won't be able to see "combined" analytics but you can switch accounts much, much easier.
This link provides the youtube channel report in range. But when used with google php library it get hooked in a "User login required Error!"
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtubeAnalytics/v1/youtubeAnalytics.reports.query?ids=channel%253D%253DMINE&start-date=2014-05-01&end-date=2014-06-30&metrics=views&dimensions=day&_h=3&
Is there any way i can access the channel analytics report in youtube V3 same as like in v3
http://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.channels.list?part=statistics&id=UCMGgBRBiijmpgL3xNuiDVOQ&_h=10&
Is it possible to upload videos on a specific channel through Youtube API?
I am just able to upload videos on main account. We have created some channels using business names. But, I could not find any way to upload videos on those channels so far using API.
On main account, the profile is using a human name. We need to use business name and the channels have been created using business names under the main youtube account. I uploaded a video manually too. But, we need to upload the videos using API on those business channels.
Can anyone help here?
If you get authorized for that account, you can upload to that account too.
If you are using Google+ to manage all those accounts, you can read here. (This is also suggested way to manage multiple channels with one login name.)
If you are a content owner that is managing all these channels, then you can use Content ID API.