Videos: rate
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Add a like or dislike rating to a video or remove a rating from a video.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 50 units.
NOTE: This does not affect the official like/dislike count of the video.
Common use cases
Request
HTTP request
POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos/rate
Authorization
This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).
| Scope |
|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl |
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Required parameters |
id |
string
The id parameter specifies the YouTube video ID of the video that is being rated or having its rating removed. |
rating |
string
Specifies the rating to record.
Acceptable values are:
dislike – Records that the authenticated user disliked the video.like – Records that the authenticated user liked the video.none – Removes any rating that the authenticated user had previously set for the video.
|
Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns an HTTP 204 response code (No Content).
Errors
The following table identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. Please see the error message documentation for more detail.
| Error type |
Error detail |
Description |
badRequest (400) |
emailNotVerified |
The user must verify their e-mail address prior to rating. |
badRequest (400) |
invalidRating |
The request contained an unexpected value for the rating parameter. |
badRequest (400) |
videoPurchaseRequired |
Rental videos can only be rated by users who rented them. |
forbidden (403) |
forbidden |
The video that you are trying to rate cannot be rated. The request might not be properly authorized. |
forbidden (403) |
videoRatingDisabled |
The owner of the video that you are trying to rate has disabled ratings for that video. |
notFound (404) |
videoNotFound |
The video that you are trying to rate cannot be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct. |
Try it!
Use the APIs Explorer to call this API and see the API request and response.
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2026-06-01 UTC.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2026-06-01 UTC."],[],[]]
