VideoAbuseReportReasons
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A videoAbuseReportReason resource contains information about a reason that a video would be flagged for containing abusive content. When your application calls the videos.reportAbuse method to report an abusive video, the request uses the information from a videoAbuseReportReason resource to identify the reason that the video is being reported.
Methods
The API supports the following methods for videoAbuseReportReasons resources:
- list
- Retrieve a list of reasons that can be used to report abusive videos.
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Resource representation
The following JSON structure shows the format of a videoAbuseReportReason resource:
{
"kind": "youtube#videoAbuseReportReason",
"etag": etag,
"id": string,
"snippet": {
"label": string,
"secondaryReasons": [
{
"id": string,
"label": string
}
]
}
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties |
kind |
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#videoAbuseReportReason. |
etag |
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
id |
string
The ID that YouTube uses to identify the reason. When calling the videos.reportAbuse method, your application should use this value to set the reasonId property. |
snippet |
object
The snippet object contains basic details about the reason. |
snippet.label |
string
The localized label text for the abuse report reason. |
snippet.secondaryReasons[] |
list
A list of secondary reasons associated with the reason, if any are available. (There might be 0 or more.) |
snippet.secondaryReasons[].id |
string
The ID that YouTube uses to identify the secondary reason. When calling the videos.reportAbuse method, your application should use this value to set the secondaryReasonId property. |
snippet.secondaryReasons[].label |
string
The localized label text for the secondary reason. |
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