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TLDR

Official YouTube code samples for the Data, Analytics, and Live Streaming APIs, organized by programming language, short focused examples to copy and adapt, not full apps.

Mindmap

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  root((youtube api samples))
    APIs covered
      Data API
      Analytics API
      Live Streaming API
    Tasks
      Search videos
      Upload content
      Pull statistics
      Manage broadcasts
    Languages
      Java
      Python
      Multiple folders
    Notes
      Short examples
      No setup guide
      Needs API docs
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Search YouTube for videos, retrieve channel details, or upload a video by adapting the official Data API samples in your preferred language.

USE CASE 2

Build a dashboard that pulls a channel's view counts and watch hours using the Analytics API samples as a starting point.

USE CASE 3

Start, stop, and monitor a live YouTube broadcast programmatically by adapting the Live Streaming API samples.

Tech stack

JavaPython

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

No setup instructions included, you must obtain YouTube API credentials separately and consult the YouTube API documentation.

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In plain English

This repository contains official code samples provided by YouTube for working with its developer APIs. The samples cover three distinct YouTube APIs: the Data API, the Analytics API, and the Live Streaming API. The Data API lets developers interact with YouTube's core features programmatically. This includes searching for videos, retrieving details about channels and playlists, uploading videos, and managing subscriptions. The Analytics API provides access to performance statistics and reporting data, so a developer could build a tool that shows a channel owner how many views or watch hours their videos received over a given period. The Live Streaming API handles the creation and management of live broadcasts, letting developers start, stop, and monitor live video streams through code rather than the YouTube website. The repository organizes its samples by programming language. Each language has its own directory, so a developer working in Python would find Python files there, while a developer working in Java would use the Java directory. The samples cover a wide range of tasks, but they are short, focused examples rather than full applications. The README is intentionally brief. It names the three APIs and explains the folder structure, but nothing more. There are no setup instructions, no explanation of how to obtain API credentials, and no guidance on rate limits or usage quotas. Someone using these samples would need to refer to the separate YouTube API documentation for those details. This repository functions as a code reference alongside that documentation, not as a self-contained tutorial.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Using the YouTube Data API Python sample as a base, write code that searches for the top 10 most viewed videos for a given keyword uploaded in the last 30 days.
Prompt 2
Show me how to adapt the YouTube Analytics API sample to pull weekly view counts for a specific channel ID and print them as a table.
Prompt 3
Using the YouTube Live Streaming API sample, write code that creates a new live broadcast with a given title and scheduled start time, and returns the stream key.
Prompt 4
I want to list all videos in a specific YouTube playlist using the Data API, which sample file do I start from, and what OAuth credentials do I need?
Prompt 5
How do I use the YouTube Data API upload sample to upload a local MP4 file to a channel, set its title and description, and mark it as public?
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