VideoCategories

  • A videoCategory resource in the YouTube API defines a category that can be associated with uploaded videos.

  • The API's videoCategories list method returns a list of categories applicable to YouTube videos.

  • Each videoCategory resource includes an ID, a title, and information about whether the category is assignable to videos.

  • The snippet section within a videoCategory resource provides basic details such as the channel that created it and its title.

  • The kind property of the resource is always a string that identifies the resource type as youtube#videoCategory.

A videoCategory resource identifies a category that has been or could be associated with uploaded videos.

Methods

The API supports the following methods for videoCategories resources:

list
Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube videos. Try it now.

Resource representation

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

{
  "kind": "youtube#videoCategory",
  "etag": etag,
  "id": string,
  "snippet": {
    "channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
    "title": string,
    "assignable": boolean
  }
}

Properties

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