Get video's privacy settings using Youtube API

youtube, youtube-api

Solution

It depends.

I'm going to answer in the context of the YouTube Data API v3, which is the most recent release. There are analogous methods in the older v1 and v2 of the API.

If you're authenticated as the owner of the video, you can make a `videos.list(part=status, id=VIDEO_ID)` call, and the video's status will be returned in the `video.status.privacyStatus` property.

If you're not authenticated as the owner of the video, you can make the same `videos.list()` call, but if the video is `private` you won't get back a response. If the video is `public` or `unlisted` you will get back a video resource, and you could check `video.status.privacyStatus` to see what the exact privacy level is.

google_api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
video_ids = 'VIDEO_ID_1,VIDEO_ID_2'

# Construct the API URL to retrieve video statuses for multiple videos
video_url = f'https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id={video_ids}&part=status&key={google_api_key}'

Problem

In YouTube video manager, I have the option to set a video to a) Public b) Private and c) Unlisted. Using the YouTube API, is it possible to find out what the setting of a video is currently?

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