Method: validator.validate

    • This webpage documents how to use the YouTube Partner API's validator to validate a metadata file through a POST request to https://youtubepartner.googleapis.com/youtube/partner/v1/validator .

    • The request requires the onBehalfOfContentOwner query parameter to specify the content owner, particularly for users managing multiple content owners.

    • The request body must be a ValidateRequest object, including the uploader name, the metadata file contents, the locale for error messages, and the resource kind .

    • The response body will include a status string indicating the validation results, an array of errors and/or warnings objects, and a kind string confirming the response type.

    • To use this endpoint, the request must be authorized with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner OAuth scope.

    validator.validate a metadata file.

    HTTP request

    POST https://youtubepartner.googleapis.com/youtube/partner/v1/validator

    The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

    Query parameters

    Parameters
    onBehalfOfContentOwner

    string

    The onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter identifies the content owner that the user is acting on behalf of. This parameter supports users whose accounts are associated with multiple content owners.

    Request body

    The request body contains an instance of ValidateRequest .

    Response body

    Response from validation request.

    If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "status" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "errors" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 object (  ValidateError 
 
) 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "kind" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    status

    string

    The validation status.
    errors[]

    object ( ValidateError )

    The list of errors and/or warnings.
    kind

    string

    The type of the API resource. For this operation, the value is youtubePartner#validateResponse .

    Authorization scopes

    Requires the following OAuth scope:

    • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner

    For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview .

    ValidateRequest

    Request to validate content.

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "uploaderName" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "content" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "locale" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "kind" 
 : 
 string 
 }
    Fields
    uploaderName

    string

    The uploader name.
    content

    string

    The metadata file contents.
    locale

    string

    The desired locale of the error messages as defined in BCP 47 (http: //tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47). For example, "en-US" or "de". If not // specified we will return the error messages in English ("en").
    kind

    string

    The type of the API resource. For this operation, the value is youtubePartner#validateRequest .
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