Youtube Category List

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Hi How we can get Youtube Category List with their names. Thanks

Vishal Joshi · Answer

Hello You can call the below API to get data. https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories?part=snippet&regionCode={two-character-region}&key={YOUR_API_KEY} API will return all categories (names and IDs) for the region you selected Thanks

Amit Mohanty · Answer

Try this using Google.Apis.YouTube.v3; using Google.Apis.YouTube.v3.Data; // create a new YouTube service var youtubeService = new YouTubeService(new BaseClientService.Initializer() { ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY", ApplicationName = "YOUR_APP_NAME" }); // make a GET request to the videoCategories resource var categoriesListRequest = youtubeService.VideoCategories.List("snippet"); categoriesListRequest.RegionCode = "IN"; var categoriesListResponse = categoriesListRequest.Execute(); // iterate through the list of video categories foreach (var category in categoriesListResponse.Items) { // display the category name and id Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", category.Snippet.Title, category.Id); }

Pasang Tamang · Answer

Hi, API URL given by Vishal is correct. You forgot to remove {} from the exampla link. It should be like below var client = new RestClient("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories?part=snippet&regionCode=IN&key=AIzaSyAu9f7blF7idzt6cGul59UQ9b2Ls8EXKG8"); Regards, Pasang

Ramco Ramco · Answer

Hi Vishal I am getting this error - { "error": { "code": 400, "message": "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.", "errors": [ { "message": "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.", "domain": "global", "reason": "badRequest" } ], "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT", "details": [ { "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo", "reason": "API_KEY_INVALID", "domain": "googleapis.com", "metadata": { "service": "youtube.googleapis.com" } } ] } } var client = new RestClient("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories?part=snippet&regionCode={IN}&key={AIzaSyAu9f7blF7idzt6cGul59UQ9b2Ls8EXKG8}"); client.Timeout = -1; var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); IRestResponse response0 = client.Execute(request); Console.WriteLine(response0.Content); Thanks

Pasang Tamang · Answer

Forgot to include note about enabling Youtube Data API. You need to enable YouTube Data API service in your project in Google Developer console. You can check this link https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6158841?hl=en. Regards, Pasang

Pasang Tamang · Answer

Hi, For this first you need to create a project in Google Developer Console. You can check below links to create a project and API key in Google Developer Console https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6251787?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccreate-a-project https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6158862?hl=en Then in your project you have to install Google.Apis.YouTube.v3 plugin from nuget. And then you can follow below code using Google.Apis.Services; using Google.Apis.YouTube.v3; namespace ConsoleApp1; class ConsoleApp1 { static void Main(string[] args) { var youtubeService = new YouTubeService(new BaseClientService.Initializer() { ApiKey = " ", }); var youtubeRequest = youtubeService.VideoCategories.List("snippet"); youtubeRequest.RegionCode = "US"; var response = youtubeRequest.Execute(); foreach (var category in response.Items) { Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", category.Snippet.Title, category.Id); } Console.Read(); } } Regards, Pasang

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