ChannelBanners

  • The channelBanner resource provides the URL needed to set a newly uploaded image as a channel's banner image.

  • Updating a channel banner image involves a three-step process, starting with uploading the image using the channelBanners.insert method.

  • The uploaded banner image must have a 16:9 aspect ratio and be at least 2048x1152 pixels, with 2560x1440 recommended.

  • After uploading, the url property from the API response is extracted, and then used in the channels.update method, specifically in the brandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrl property, to set the banner image.

  • The channelBanners resource contains kind, etag, and url properties, with the url property holding the banner image's URL.

A channelBanner resource contains the URL that you would use to set a newly uploaded image as the banner image for a channel.

Methods

The API supports the following methods for channelBanners resources:

insert
Uploads a channel banner image to YouTube. This method represents the first two steps in a three-step process to update the banner image for a channel:
  1. Call the channelBanners.insert method to upload the binary image data to YouTube. The image must have a 16:9 aspect ratio and be at least 2048x1152 pixels. We recommend uploading a 2560px by 1440px image.
  2. Extract the url property's value from the response that the API returns for step 1.
  3. Call the channels.update method to update the channel's branding settings. Set the brandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrl property's value to the URL obtained in step 2.

Resource representation

The following JSON structure shows the format of a channelBanners resource:

{
  "kind": "youtube#channelBannerResource",
  "etag": etag,
  "url": string
}

Properties

The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource: