YouTube
YouTube is the world's largest video sharing platform, enabling content creators to upload, manage, and analyze videos, channels, playlists, and viewer engagement through comprehensive APIs.
Example Use Cases
Automated Video Publishing
Schedule and publish videos to your YouTube channel with custom titles, descriptions, tags, and thumbnails based on your content calendar.
Channel Analytics Dashboard
Pull video performance metrics, subscriber counts, and engagement data to create custom analytics dashboards and reports.
Comment Moderation
Monitor and respond to comments across your videos, automatically flag inappropriate content, and engage with your community.
Playlist Management
Automatically organize videos into playlists based on topics, dates, or performance metrics to improve content discoverability.
Supported Actions
Video Management
- Upload videos with metadata and thumbnails
- Update video titles, descriptions, and tags
- Retrieve video details and statistics
- Delete videos from channel
- Set video privacy settings (public, unlisted, private)
- Search videos by keyword and filters
Channel Operations
- Get channel information and statistics
- Retrieve subscriber counts and demographics
- List all videos on a channel
- Update channel branding and metadata
- Retrieve channel analytics data
Playlist Management
- Create and update playlists
- Add or remove videos from playlists
- List playlists for a channel
- Reorder playlist items
Engagement & Comments
- List comments on videos
- Reply to comments
- Delete or moderate comments
- Retrieve likes and engagement metrics
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Durable handle YouTube API quotas?
Durable automatically tracks YouTube API quota usage and implements intelligent request batching and caching to maximize efficiency. We provide real-time quota monitoring and alerts when approaching limits.
Can I upload videos larger than 128GB?
Yes. Durable supports resumable uploads for large video files, automatically handling chunked uploads and retrying failed chunks to ensure reliable delivery even for multi-gigabyte videos.
What video formats are supported for upload?
YouTube accepts most standard video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, WMV, and more. Durable validates formats before upload and provides clear error messages for unsupported files.
How can I access video analytics?
You can retrieve detailed analytics including views, watch time, likes, comments, subscriber changes, and revenue data for specific time ranges using YouTube Analytics API integration.
Can I manage multiple YouTube channels?
Yes. You can authenticate multiple YouTube accounts and manage videos, playlists, and comments across different channels from a single workflow.
What happens if a video upload fails?
Durable implements automatic retry logic with exponential backoff. Partial uploads are resumed from the last successful chunk, and persistent failures are logged with detailed error information for troubleshooting.
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