Last updated: 2022-11-28
This platform-specific fact sheet is intended to provide researchers with tips and resources to get started using YouTube data in their research.
Researchers should be aware that these platforms can and do change over time. Therefore, for the most up to date information, please refer to YouTube Data API's official documentation. The links below are helpful starting points.
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YouTube API v.3 documentation
A Google Account and YouTube Data API key are required to access the Data API.
YouTube Data API controls API rate limits via a quota system, whereby each request, valid or invalid, incurs a quota cost of at least one point. Different endpoints will use up different quota costs. Refer to YouTube Data API's documentation for more details on costs of each endpoint.
A free Google Account is allocated 10,000 points per day, which reset at midnight Pacific Time. You can complete an Audit and Quota Extension form to request additional quota on top of your default allocation.
Client libraries to interact with YouTube Data API. Google provides client libraries to interact with their APIs, including YouTube Data API. The libraries are available in a number of programming languages such as Java, Python, and JavaScript.
youte. An open source commandline tool that makes querying and tidying data from YouTube Data API easy.
