Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube videos.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 1 unit.
Common use cases
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
Parameters
Required parameters
part
string
The
part
parameter specifies the videoCategory
resource properties that the API response will include. Set the parameter value to snippet
. Filters (specify exactly one of the following parameters)
id
string
The
id
parameter specifies a comma-separated list of video category IDs for the resources that you are retrieving.regionCode
string
The
regionCode
parameter instructs the API to return the list of video categories available in the specified country. The parameter value is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
country code. Optional parameters
hl
string
The
hl
parameter specifies the language that should be used for text values in the API response. The default value is en_US
.Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{ "kind" : "youtube#videoCategoryListResponse" , "etag" : etag , "nextPageToken" : string , "prevPageToken" : string , "pageInfo" : { "totalResults" : integer , "resultsPerPage" : integer } , "items" : [ videoCategory resource ] }
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties | |
|---|---|
kind
|
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#videoCategoryListResponse
. |
etag
|
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken
|
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken
parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
prevPageToken
|
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken
parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set. |
pageInfo
|
object
The pageInfo
object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.
totalResults
|
integer
The total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.
resultsPerPage
|
integer
The number of results included in the API response. |
items[]
|
list
A list of video categories that can be associated with YouTube videos. In this map, the video category ID is the map key, and its value is the corresponding videoCategory
resource. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
notFound (404)
|
videoCategoryNotFound
|
The video category identified by the id
parameter cannot be found. Use the videoCategories.list
method to retrieve a list of valid values. |
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