List

Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels

4 variables
17 variables

Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels

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 your YouTube account
  • View and manage your assets and associated content on YouTube

Input

This building block consumes 4 input parameters

  = Parameter name
  = Format

part STRING Required

The part parameter specifies the guideCategory resource properties that the API response will include. Set the parameter value to snippet

hl STRING

The hl parameter specifies the language that will be used for text values in the API response

id STRING

The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube channel category ID(s) for the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a guideCategory resource, the id property specifies the YouTube channel category ID

regionCode STRING

The regionCode parameter instructs the API to return the list of guide categories available in the specified country. The parameter value is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

Output

This building block provides 17 output parameters

  = Parameter name
  = Format

etag STRING

Etag of this resource

eventId STRING

Serialized EventId of the request which produced this response

items[] OBJECT

A guideCategory resource identifies a category that YouTube algorithmically assigns based on a channel's content or other indicators, such as the channel's popularity. The list is similar to video categories, with the difference being that a video's uploader can assign a video category but only YouTube can assign a channel category

items[].etag STRING

Etag of this resource

items[].id STRING

The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the guide category

items[].kind STRING

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

items[].snippet OBJECT

Basic details about a guide category

items[].snippet.channelId STRING

items[].snippet.title STRING

Description of the guide category

kind STRING

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

nextPageToken STRING

The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set

pageInfo OBJECT

Paging details for lists of resources, including total number of items available and number of resources returned in a single page

pageInfo.resultsPerPage INTEGER

The number of results included in the API response

pageInfo.totalResults INTEGER

The total number of results in the result set

prevPageToken STRING

The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set

tokenPagination OBJECT

Stub token pagination template to suppress results

visitorId STRING

The visitorId identifies the visitor