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YouTube Data API v3

Search YouTube and read video/channel/playlist data within a 10,000-unit daily free quota

The YouTube Data API v3 provides read (and authorized write) access to YouTube videos, channels, playlists, captions, and search. Every project gets 10,000 free quota units per day; each operation costs a weighted number of units (a search.list call costs 100, most reads cost 1). A plain API key covers public reads; OAuth is only needed for user-owned data.

Free tier

Free; 10,000 quota units/day per project, resets at midnight Pacific

Rate limits

10,000 units/day shared across endpoints; search.list = 100 units, most list reads = 1 unit

Auth

API key

Base URL

https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3

What you'd build with it

  • Pull channel/video stats into an analytics automation
  • Search for videos on a topic as an agent tool
  • Sync a creator's latest uploads into a content feed

Key endpoints

  • GET/searchSearch videos, channels, and playlists (100 units/call)
  • GET/videosGet video details: snippet, statistics, contentDetails
  • GET/channelsGet channel metadata and statistics
  • GET/playlistItemsList the items in a playlist
Members

Members get the runnable recipe

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Tags

videoyoutubesearchmetadata