I18nLanguages

  • The i18nLanguage resource identifies a language supported by the YouTube website, which can be automatically set based on Google Account settings, browser language, or IP location, or manually selected by the user.

  • Each i18nLanguage resource includes a language code and a name, with the language code being usable as the value for the hl parameter in API calls like videoCategories.list and guideCategories.list.

  • The i18nLanguages resource can be retrieved using the i18nLanguages.list method, which provides a list of supported application languages.

  • The resource is represented in JSON format, containing properties such as kind (identifying the resource type), etag, id, and a snippet object with details like the hl code and the language name.

An i18nLanguage resource identifies an application language that the YouTube website supports. The application language can also be referred to as a UI language. For the YouTube website, an application language could be automatically selected based on Google Account settings, browser language, or IP location. A user could also manually select the desired UI language from the YouTube site footer.

Each i18nLanguage resource identifies a language code and a name. The language code can be used as the value of the hl parameter when calling API methods like videoCategories.list and guideCategories.list.

Methods

The API supports the following methods for i18nLanguages resources:

list
Returns a list of application languages that the YouTube website supports. Try it now.

Resource representation

The following JSON structure shows the format of a i18nLanguages resource:

{
  "kind": "youtube#i18nLanguage",
  "etag": etag,
  "id": string,
  "snippet": {
    "hl": string,
    "name": string
  }
}

Properties

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