I've looked over the Youtube API guidelines and wanted to ask if we qualify for commercial use. We're a travel start-up that wants to enable users to upload videos of themselves on our website about the trips they want to take and to potentially get funding for their trip (Kickstarter for travelers). Below I've added a portion from the guideline, any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Farhad Rizvi
Commercial Use.
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;
the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the YouTube audiovisual content or player; or
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.
The following commercial uses are permitted provided that You comply with all other terms and conditions of this Agreement:
the sale of an API Client;
uploading an original video to YouTube, or maintaining an original channel on YouTube, to promote Your own business or artistic enterprise;
using the YouTube API to show YouTube content on an ad-enabled API Client (such as an ad-enabled blog or website), subject to the advertising restrictions set forth above in Section 2;
the placement of Your own branding on the API Client, provided that it does not interfere with YouTube audiovisual content playback or with any YouTube branding; or
the sale or distribution of any device that contains or runs an API Client; or
Yes, it is. For users to upload on your site you can use YouTube Direct Lite project.
And when you reach to a scale, you can definitely apply for a YouTube partner program.
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I am aware of the partnership program in order to gain access to the YouTube Content ID API, but I'm not interested in monetization. I'd like to work with the API to develop a web tool. Is there any way to do this? I'm having a hard time trying to contact YouTube about it. Any help would be appreciated.
You can contact them through here.
The YouTube Content ID API is intended for use by YouTube content
partners and is not accessible to all developers or to all YouTube
users. If you do not see the YouTube Content ID API as one of the
services listed in the Google Developers Console, see
www.youtube.com/partner to learn more about the YouTube Partner
Program.
I’ve been doing some research on the YouTube Content ID api and researching about making claims, there is a “manual claim” property, but it’s noted as restricted with semi-minimal information about it.
params.isManualClaim - restricted
https://gist.github.com/esvit/27bc8f26c09c7a3a0c18
My question is, what does restricted actually mean? Is it restricted to only partners that have access to perform manual claims, or is it restricted to everyone and only available to internal YouTube processes?
Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
Here is the reason from the documentation.
Note: The YouTube Content ID API is intended for use by YouTube
content partners and is not accessible to all developers or to all
YouTube users. If you do not see the YouTube Content ID API as one of
the services listed in the Google Developers Console, see
www.youtube.com/partner to learn more about the YouTube Partner
Program.
The YouTube Content ID API lets developers build applications that
interact directly with YouTube's rights management system. The system,
which has an online interface at www.youtube.com/content_id ,
enables content owners and administrators to provide YouTube with
metadata, ownership information, and policy information for their
assets.
As a YouTube partner, you can use the API to create new assets and
manage existing assets. You can also retrieve information about your
Content Manager account, including a list of saved policies that you
can apply to your claimed content.
In addition, by combining the YouTube Content ID API with the YouTube
Data API and YouTube Player APIs, you can enable your application to
also upload, manage, and play YouTube videos.
I have question for Youtube api for vendor
Does youtube provide API to vendor such as DSP, Networks so that they can buy youtube inventory through API or RTB?
Demand Side Platform is not mentioned in Youtube API, only in Ad Exchange for buyers overview.
Google will no longer support the small amount of Youtube buying
To continue improving the YouTube advertising experience for as many
of our clients as possible, we’ll be focusing our future development
efforts on the formats and channels used by most of our partners. To
enable that, as of the end of the year, we’ll no longer support the
small amount of YouTube buying happening on the DoubleClick Ad
Exchange.
I have seen multiple sites that use direct link from youtube.
For example, for this youtube link :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY6ex5Dqkks
the direct link for quality 720p is :
http://r12---sn-n4v7kne7.c.docs.google.com/videoplayback?sparams=dur,expire,id,initcwndbps,ip,ipbits,itag,lmt,mime,mm,mn,ms,mv,nh,pl,ratebypass,source,upn&key=cms1&mime=video%2Fmp4&fexp=9416126%2C9416891%2C9420452%2C9422596%2C9423662%2C9427902%2C9428399&expire=1459599509&ipbits=0&upn=99USaJ1LnkA&dur=30.093&pl=48&lmt=1459568922521937&signature=63FE6D047E895678BAD75266A901C5ABA672A189.0ABBCAA69A9C69003ED38AC11CC08BBF237BB1B3&itag=22&source=youtube&ip=2604:a880:1:20::1ff:1&ratebypass=yes&id=o-AJMIxtvMFBps0IkCDE5t76_cGObBwaTk_xoexDWKt2c0&sver=3&cms_redirect=yes&mm=31&mn=sn-n4v7kne7&ms=au&mt=1459577754&mv=m&nh=IgpwcjAxLnBhbzAzKgkxMjcuMC4wLjE&utmg=ytap1&title=New%20TV%20Ad:%20%22Nose%22
How can I get this direct link with youtube api v3 or any other.
use https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ with -g. here are some more characters.
You can't get direct link using youtube api, because it is against their terms.
So they won't allow you to get download link using their api.
Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content. You shall not copy, reproduce, make available online or electronically transmit, publish, adapt, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content. YouTube and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service and the Content.
The new android youtube api allows developer to embed and play videos in the third party app. I made android app that shows list of youtube videos and show video in the app (not using youtube official app).
I want to know if there will be any copyright issues for the same.
Do I need any permissions or something?
Posting this question here because youtube has mentioned to use stack-overflow with tag "youtube-api" as the official support group. See this link
https://youtube-eng.googleblog.com/2012/09/the-youtube-api-on-stack-overflow_14.html
If you are using the official API to show videos, either on Android or for a Web App, then this should not be a concern as the API will only give you videos that haven't been restricted by the content owners (or if there is a concern over content, the videos will be removed, and hence your apps will no longer be displaying them).
When it comes to uploading, if you utilize oAuth authentication with v3 of the API then users who upload videos will be responsible for whatever is uploaded to their YouTube account through your app. That is, you won't have to worry about doing copyright checks yourself, as that will happen once the video ends up on the YouTube servers (this is the best reason to utilize this authentication method; if an app instead were to forego oAuth authentication and have uploads go into the app owner's account, then the app owner could be liable for copyright infringing videos sent through the app).
Note that this isn't legal advice or an official YouTube perspective; just my interpretation of reading the terms of service (which you should read as well).