VideoAbuseReportReasons
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A videoAbuseReportReason
resource contains information about a reason that a video would be flagged for containing abusive content. When your application calls the videos.reportAbuse
method to report an abusive video, the request uses the information from a videoAbuseReportReason
resource to identify the reason that the video is being reported.
Methods
The API supports the following methods for videoAbuseReportReasons
resources:
- list
- Retrieve a list of reasons that can be used to report abusive videos. Try it now
.
Resource representation
The following JSON structure shows the format of a videoAbuseReportReason
resource:
{
" kind
": "youtube#videoAbuseReportReason",
" etag
": etag
,
" id
": string
,
" snippet
": {
" label
": string
,
" secondaryReasons
": [
{
" id
": string
,
" label
": string
}
]
}
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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