Update

Updates a channel's metadata

148 variables
146 variables

Updates a channel's metadata. Note that this method currently only supports updates to the channel resource's brandingSettings and invideoPromotion objects and their child properties

Authorization

To use this building block you will have to grant access to at least one of the following scopes:

  • Manage your YouTube account
  • See, edit, and permanently delete your YouTube videos, ratings, comments and captions
  • View and manage your assets and associated content on YouTube

Input

This building block consumes 148 input parameters

  = Parameter name
  = Format

part STRING Required

The part parameter serves two purposes in this operation. It identifies the properties that the write operation will set as well as the properties that the API response will include.

The API currently only allows the parameter value to be set to either brandingSettings or invideoPromotion. (You cannot update both of those parts with a single request.)

Note that this method overrides the existing values for all of the mutable properties that are contained in any parts that the parameter value specifies

onBehalfOfContentOwner STRING

The onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter indicates that the authenticated user is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. This parameter is intended for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The actual CMS account that the user authenticates with needs to be linked to the specified YouTube content owner

auditDetails OBJECT

The auditDetails object encapsulates channel data that is relevant for YouTube Partners during the audit process

auditDetails.communityGuidelinesGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel respects the community guidelines

auditDetails.contentIdClaimsGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel has any unresolved claims

auditDetails.copyrightStrikesGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel has any copyright strikes

brandingSettings OBJECT

Branding properties of a YouTube channel

brandingSettings.channel OBJECT

Branding properties for the channel view

brandingSettings.channel.country STRING

The country of the channel

brandingSettings.channel.defaultLanguage STRING

brandingSettings.channel.defaultTab STRING

Which content tab users should see when viewing the channel

brandingSettings.channel.description STRING

Specifies the channel description

brandingSettings.channel.featuredChannelsTitle STRING

Title for the featured channels tab

brandingSettings.channel.featuredChannelsUrls[] STRING

brandingSettings.channel.keywords STRING

Lists keywords associated with the channel, comma-separated

brandingSettings.channel.moderateComments BOOLEAN

Whether user-submitted comments left on the channel page need to be approved by the channel owner to be publicly visible

brandingSettings.channel.profileColor STRING

A prominent color that can be rendered on this channel page

brandingSettings.channel.showBrowseView BOOLEAN

Whether the tab to browse the videos should be displayed

brandingSettings.channel.showRelatedChannels BOOLEAN

Whether related channels should be proposed

brandingSettings.channel.title STRING

Specifies the channel title

brandingSettings.channel.trackingAnalyticsAccountId STRING

The ID for a Google Analytics account to track and measure traffic to the channels

brandingSettings.channel.unsubscribedTrailer STRING

The trailer of the channel, for users that are not subscribers

brandingSettings.hints[] OBJECT

A pair Property / Value

brandingSettings.hints[].property STRING

A property

brandingSettings.hints[].value STRING

The property's value

brandingSettings.image OBJECT

Branding properties for images associated with the channel

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrl STRING

This is used only in update requests; if it's set, we use this URL to generate all of the above banner URLs

brandingSettings.image.bannerImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Desktop size (1060x175)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileExtraHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size high resolution (1440x395)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size high resolution (1280x360)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size (640x175)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size low resolution (320x88)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileMediumHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size medium/high resolution (960x263)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletExtraHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size extra high resolution (2560x424)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size high resolution (2276x377)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size (1707x283)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size low resolution (1138x188)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvHighImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size high resolution (1920x1080)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size extra high resolution (2120x1192)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size low resolution (854x480)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvMediumImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size medium resolution (1280x720)

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.trackingImageUrl STRING

The URL for a 1px by 1px tracking pixel that can be used to collect statistics for views of the channel or video pages

brandingSettings.image.watchIconImageUrl STRING

The URL for the image that appears above the top-left corner of the video player. This is a 25-pixel-high image with a flexible width that cannot exceed 170 pixels

brandingSettings.watch OBJECT

Branding properties for the watch. All deprecated

brandingSettings.watch.backgroundColor STRING

The text color for the video watch page's branded area

brandingSettings.watch.featuredPlaylistId STRING

An ID that uniquely identifies a playlist that displays next to the video player

brandingSettings.watch.textColor STRING

The background color for the video watch page's branded area

contentDetails OBJECT

Details about the content of a channel

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists OBJECT

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.favorites STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s favorite videos. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.likes STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s liked videos. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s uploaded videos. Use the videos.insert method to upload new videos and the videos.delete method to delete previously uploaded videos

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.watchHistory STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s watch history. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.watchLater STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s watch later playlist. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentOwnerDetails OBJECT

The contentOwnerDetails object encapsulates channel data that is relevant for YouTube Partners linked with the channel

contentOwnerDetails.contentOwner STRING

The ID of the content owner linked to the channel

contentOwnerDetails.timeLinked DATE_TIME

The date and time of when the channel was linked to the content owner. The value is specified in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ) format

conversionPings OBJECT

The conversionPings object encapsulates information about conversion pings that need to be respected by the channel

conversionPings.pings[] OBJECT

Pings that the app shall fire (authenticated by biscotti cookie). Each ping has a context, in which the app must fire the ping, and a url identifying the ping

conversionPings.pings[].context ENUMERATION

Defines the context of the ping

conversionPings.pings[].conversionUrl STRING

The url (without the schema) that the player shall send the ping to. It's at caller's descretion to decide which schema to use (http vs https) Example of a returned url: //googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ viewthroughconversion/962985656/?data=path%3DtHe_path%3Btype%3D cview%3Butuid%3DGISQtTNGYqaYl4sKxoVvKA&labe=default The caller must append biscotti authentication (ms param in case of mobile, for example) to this ping

etag STRING

Etag of this resource

id STRING

The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the channel

invideoPromotion OBJECT

Describes an invideo promotion campaign consisting of multiple promoted items. A campaign belongs to a single channel_id

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming OBJECT

Describes a temporal position of a visual widget inside a video

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.durationMs INTEGER

Defines the duration in milliseconds for which the promotion should be displayed. If missing, the client should use the default

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.offsetMs INTEGER

Defines the time at which the promotion will appear. Depending on the value of type the value of the offsetMs field will represent a time offset from the start or from the end of the video, expressed in milliseconds

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.type ENUMERATION

Describes a timing type. If the value is offsetFromStart, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the start of the video. If the value is offsetFromEnd, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the end of the video

invideoPromotion.items[] OBJECT

Describes a single promoted item

invideoPromotion.items[].customMessage STRING

A custom message to display for this promotion. This field is currently ignored unless the promoted item is a website

invideoPromotion.items[].id OBJECT

Describes a single promoted item id. It is a union of various possible types

invideoPromotion.items[].id.recentlyUploadedBy STRING

If type is recentUpload, this field identifies the channel from which to take the recent upload. If missing, the channel is assumed to be the same channel for which the invideoPromotion is set

invideoPromotion.items[].id.type ENUMERATION

Describes the type of the promoted item

invideoPromotion.items[].id.videoId STRING

If the promoted item represents a video, this field represents the unique YouTube ID identifying it. This field will be present only if type has the value video

invideoPromotion.items[].id.websiteUrl STRING

If the promoted item represents a website, this field represents the url pointing to the website. This field will be present only if type has the value website

invideoPromotion.items[].promotedByContentOwner BOOLEAN

If true, the content owner's name will be used when displaying the promotion. This field can only be set when the update is made on behalf of the content owner

invideoPromotion.items[].timing OBJECT

Describes a temporal position of a visual widget inside a video

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.durationMs INTEGER

Defines the duration in milliseconds for which the promotion should be displayed. If missing, the client should use the default

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.offsetMs INTEGER

Defines the time at which the promotion will appear. Depending on the value of type the value of the offsetMs field will represent a time offset from the start or from the end of the video, expressed in milliseconds

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.type ENUMERATION

Describes a timing type. If the value is offsetFromStart, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the start of the video. If the value is offsetFromEnd, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the end of the video

invideoPromotion.position OBJECT

Describes the spatial position of a visual widget inside a video. It is a union of various position types, out of which only will be set one

invideoPromotion.position.cornerPosition ENUMERATION

Describes in which corner of the video the visual widget will appear

invideoPromotion.position.type ENUMERATION

Defines the position type

invideoPromotion.useSmartTiming BOOLEAN

Indicates whether the channel's promotional campaign uses "smart timing." This feature attempts to show promotions at a point in the video when they are more likely to be clicked and less likely to disrupt the viewing experience. This feature also picks up a single promotion to show on each video

kind STRING

Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "youtube#channel"

localizations OBJECT

Localizations for different languages

localizations.customKey OBJECT

Add additional named properties

localizations.customKey.description STRING

The localized strings for channel's description

localizations.customKey.title STRING

The localized strings for channel's title

snippet OBJECT

Basic details about a channel, including title, description and thumbnails

snippet.country STRING

The country of the channel

snippet.customUrl STRING

The custom url of the channel

snippet.defaultLanguage STRING

The language of the channel's default title and description

snippet.description STRING

The description of the channel

snippet.localized OBJECT

Channel localization setting

snippet.localized.description STRING

The localized strings for channel's description

snippet.localized.title STRING

The localized strings for channel's title

snippet.publishedAt DATE_TIME

The date and time that the channel was created. The value is specified in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ) format

snippet.thumbnails OBJECT

Internal representation of thumbnails for a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.default OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.default.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.default.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.default.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.high OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.high.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.high.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.high.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.maxres OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.medium OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.medium.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.medium.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.medium.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.standard OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.standard.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.standard.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.standard.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.title STRING

The channel's title

statistics OBJECT

Statistics about a channel: number of subscribers, number of videos in the channel, etc

statistics.commentCount INTEGER

The number of comments for the channel

statistics.hiddenSubscriberCount BOOLEAN

Whether or not the number of subscribers is shown for this user

statistics.subscriberCount INTEGER

The number of subscribers that the channel has

statistics.videoCount INTEGER

The number of videos uploaded to the channel

statistics.viewCount INTEGER

The number of times the channel has been viewed

status OBJECT

JSON template for the status part of a channel

status.isLinked BOOLEAN

If true, then the user is linked to either a YouTube username or G+ account. Otherwise, the user doesn't have a public YouTube identity

status.longUploadsStatus ENUMERATION

The long uploads status of this channel. See

status.privacyStatus ENUMERATION

Privacy status of the channel

topicDetails OBJECT

Freebase topic information related to the channel

topicDetails.topicCategories[] STRING

topicDetails.topicIds[] STRING

Output

This building block provides 146 output parameters

  = Parameter name
  = Format

auditDetails OBJECT

The auditDetails object encapsulates channel data that is relevant for YouTube Partners during the audit process

auditDetails.communityGuidelinesGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel respects the community guidelines

auditDetails.contentIdClaimsGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel has any unresolved claims

auditDetails.copyrightStrikesGoodStanding BOOLEAN

Whether or not the channel has any copyright strikes

brandingSettings OBJECT

Branding properties of a YouTube channel

brandingSettings.channel OBJECT

Branding properties for the channel view

brandingSettings.channel.country STRING

The country of the channel

brandingSettings.channel.defaultLanguage STRING

brandingSettings.channel.defaultTab STRING

Which content tab users should see when viewing the channel

brandingSettings.channel.description STRING

Specifies the channel description

brandingSettings.channel.featuredChannelsTitle STRING

Title for the featured channels tab

brandingSettings.channel.featuredChannelsUrls[] STRING

brandingSettings.channel.keywords STRING

Lists keywords associated with the channel, comma-separated

brandingSettings.channel.moderateComments BOOLEAN

Whether user-submitted comments left on the channel page need to be approved by the channel owner to be publicly visible

brandingSettings.channel.profileColor STRING

A prominent color that can be rendered on this channel page

brandingSettings.channel.showBrowseView BOOLEAN

Whether the tab to browse the videos should be displayed

brandingSettings.channel.showRelatedChannels BOOLEAN

Whether related channels should be proposed

brandingSettings.channel.title STRING

Specifies the channel title

brandingSettings.channel.trackingAnalyticsAccountId STRING

The ID for a Google Analytics account to track and measure traffic to the channels

brandingSettings.channel.unsubscribedTrailer STRING

The trailer of the channel, for users that are not subscribers

brandingSettings.hints[] OBJECT

A pair Property / Value

brandingSettings.hints[].property STRING

A property

brandingSettings.hints[].value STRING

The property's value

brandingSettings.image OBJECT

Branding properties for images associated with the channel

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.backgroundImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrl STRING

This is used only in update requests; if it's set, we use this URL to generate all of the above banner URLs

brandingSettings.image.bannerImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Desktop size (1060x175)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileExtraHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size high resolution (1440x395)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size high resolution (1280x360)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size (640x175)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size low resolution (320x88)

brandingSettings.image.bannerMobileMediumHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Mobile size medium/high resolution (960x263)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletExtraHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size extra high resolution (2560x424)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletHdImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size high resolution (2276x377)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size (1707x283)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTabletLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. Tablet size low resolution (1138x188)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvHighImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size high resolution (1920x1080)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size extra high resolution (2120x1192)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvLowImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size low resolution (854x480)

brandingSettings.image.bannerTvMediumImageUrl STRING

Banner image. TV size medium resolution (1280x720)

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageImapScript.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.largeBrandedBannerImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageImapScript.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl.default STRING

brandingSettings.image.smallBrandedBannerImageUrl.defaultLanguage OBJECT

brandingSettings.image.trackingImageUrl STRING

The URL for a 1px by 1px tracking pixel that can be used to collect statistics for views of the channel or video pages

brandingSettings.image.watchIconImageUrl STRING

The URL for the image that appears above the top-left corner of the video player. This is a 25-pixel-high image with a flexible width that cannot exceed 170 pixels

brandingSettings.watch OBJECT

Branding properties for the watch. All deprecated

brandingSettings.watch.backgroundColor STRING

The text color for the video watch page's branded area

brandingSettings.watch.featuredPlaylistId STRING

An ID that uniquely identifies a playlist that displays next to the video player

brandingSettings.watch.textColor STRING

The background color for the video watch page's branded area

contentDetails OBJECT

Details about the content of a channel

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists OBJECT

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.favorites STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s favorite videos. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.likes STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s liked videos. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s uploaded videos. Use the videos.insert method to upload new videos and the videos.delete method to delete previously uploaded videos

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.watchHistory STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s watch history. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.watchLater STRING

The ID of the playlist that contains the channel"s watch later playlist. Use the playlistItems.insert and playlistItems.delete to add or remove items from that list

contentOwnerDetails OBJECT

The contentOwnerDetails object encapsulates channel data that is relevant for YouTube Partners linked with the channel

contentOwnerDetails.contentOwner STRING

The ID of the content owner linked to the channel

contentOwnerDetails.timeLinked DATE_TIME

The date and time of when the channel was linked to the content owner. The value is specified in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ) format

conversionPings OBJECT

The conversionPings object encapsulates information about conversion pings that need to be respected by the channel

conversionPings.pings[] OBJECT

Pings that the app shall fire (authenticated by biscotti cookie). Each ping has a context, in which the app must fire the ping, and a url identifying the ping

conversionPings.pings[].context ENUMERATION

Defines the context of the ping

conversionPings.pings[].conversionUrl STRING

The url (without the schema) that the player shall send the ping to. It's at caller's descretion to decide which schema to use (http vs https) Example of a returned url: //googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ viewthroughconversion/962985656/?data=path%3DtHe_path%3Btype%3D cview%3Butuid%3DGISQtTNGYqaYl4sKxoVvKA&labe=default The caller must append biscotti authentication (ms param in case of mobile, for example) to this ping

etag STRING

Etag of this resource

id STRING

The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the channel

invideoPromotion OBJECT

Describes an invideo promotion campaign consisting of multiple promoted items. A campaign belongs to a single channel_id

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming OBJECT

Describes a temporal position of a visual widget inside a video

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.durationMs INTEGER

Defines the duration in milliseconds for which the promotion should be displayed. If missing, the client should use the default

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.offsetMs INTEGER

Defines the time at which the promotion will appear. Depending on the value of type the value of the offsetMs field will represent a time offset from the start or from the end of the video, expressed in milliseconds

invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.type ENUMERATION

Describes a timing type. If the value is offsetFromStart, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the start of the video. If the value is offsetFromEnd, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the end of the video

invideoPromotion.items[] OBJECT

Describes a single promoted item

invideoPromotion.items[].customMessage STRING

A custom message to display for this promotion. This field is currently ignored unless the promoted item is a website

invideoPromotion.items[].id OBJECT

Describes a single promoted item id. It is a union of various possible types

invideoPromotion.items[].id.recentlyUploadedBy STRING

If type is recentUpload, this field identifies the channel from which to take the recent upload. If missing, the channel is assumed to be the same channel for which the invideoPromotion is set

invideoPromotion.items[].id.type ENUMERATION

Describes the type of the promoted item

invideoPromotion.items[].id.videoId STRING

If the promoted item represents a video, this field represents the unique YouTube ID identifying it. This field will be present only if type has the value video

invideoPromotion.items[].id.websiteUrl STRING

If the promoted item represents a website, this field represents the url pointing to the website. This field will be present only if type has the value website

invideoPromotion.items[].promotedByContentOwner BOOLEAN

If true, the content owner's name will be used when displaying the promotion. This field can only be set when the update is made on behalf of the content owner

invideoPromotion.items[].timing OBJECT

Describes a temporal position of a visual widget inside a video

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.durationMs INTEGER

Defines the duration in milliseconds for which the promotion should be displayed. If missing, the client should use the default

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.offsetMs INTEGER

Defines the time at which the promotion will appear. Depending on the value of type the value of the offsetMs field will represent a time offset from the start or from the end of the video, expressed in milliseconds

invideoPromotion.items[].timing.type ENUMERATION

Describes a timing type. If the value is offsetFromStart, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the start of the video. If the value is offsetFromEnd, then the offsetMs field represents an offset from the end of the video

invideoPromotion.position OBJECT

Describes the spatial position of a visual widget inside a video. It is a union of various position types, out of which only will be set one

invideoPromotion.position.cornerPosition ENUMERATION

Describes in which corner of the video the visual widget will appear

invideoPromotion.position.type ENUMERATION

Defines the position type

invideoPromotion.useSmartTiming BOOLEAN

Indicates whether the channel's promotional campaign uses "smart timing." This feature attempts to show promotions at a point in the video when they are more likely to be clicked and less likely to disrupt the viewing experience. This feature also picks up a single promotion to show on each video

kind STRING

Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "youtube#channel"

localizations OBJECT

Localizations for different languages

localizations.customKey OBJECT

Add additional named properties

localizations.customKey.description STRING

The localized strings for channel's description

localizations.customKey.title STRING

The localized strings for channel's title

snippet OBJECT

Basic details about a channel, including title, description and thumbnails

snippet.country STRING

The country of the channel

snippet.customUrl STRING

The custom url of the channel

snippet.defaultLanguage STRING

The language of the channel's default title and description

snippet.description STRING

The description of the channel

snippet.localized OBJECT

Channel localization setting

snippet.localized.description STRING

The localized strings for channel's description

snippet.localized.title STRING

The localized strings for channel's title

snippet.publishedAt DATE_TIME

The date and time that the channel was created. The value is specified in ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sZ) format

snippet.thumbnails OBJECT

Internal representation of thumbnails for a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.default OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.default.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.default.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.default.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.high OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.high.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.high.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.high.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.maxres OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.maxres.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.medium OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.medium.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.medium.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.medium.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.standard OBJECT

A thumbnail is an image representing a YouTube resource

snippet.thumbnails.standard.height INTEGER

(Optional) Height of the thumbnail image

snippet.thumbnails.standard.url STRING

The thumbnail image's URL

snippet.thumbnails.standard.width INTEGER

(Optional) Width of the thumbnail image

snippet.title STRING

The channel's title

statistics OBJECT

Statistics about a channel: number of subscribers, number of videos in the channel, etc

statistics.commentCount INTEGER

The number of comments for the channel

statistics.hiddenSubscriberCount BOOLEAN

Whether or not the number of subscribers is shown for this user

statistics.subscriberCount INTEGER

The number of subscribers that the channel has

statistics.videoCount INTEGER

The number of videos uploaded to the channel

statistics.viewCount INTEGER

The number of times the channel has been viewed

status OBJECT

JSON template for the status part of a channel

status.isLinked BOOLEAN

If true, then the user is linked to either a YouTube username or G+ account. Otherwise, the user doesn't have a public YouTube identity

status.longUploadsStatus ENUMERATION

The long uploads status of this channel. See

status.privacyStatus ENUMERATION

Privacy status of the channel

topicDetails OBJECT

Freebase topic information related to the channel

topicDetails.topicCategories[] STRING

topicDetails.topicIds[] STRING