Developer Area

Get Started with YouTube APIs

If you haven't already, create a YouTube account and fill out your Developer Profile.

Dive into the Introduction and Documentation.

Ask questions and find other YouTube API developers by joining our Developer Forum.

Blog

Subscribe to our blog to be in the loop about important announcements and changes to the API.

RSS Feeds

We offer a bunch of different RSS feeds, covering tags, users, popular videos, and even the YouTube Blog. Add to your Google or Yahoo reader, or use the RSS to build your own custom feed.

Questions? Issues? Requests?

Please check out our Help Center entries addressing API and RSS questions.

YouTube offers open access to key parts of the YouTube video repository and user community, via an open API interface and RSS feeds. Using our APIs, you can easily integrate online videos from YouTube's rapidly growing repository of videos into your application. After you've created a developer profile, you'll be ready to tap into the power of YouTube.

Developer Forum

Ask and find common developer questions, and meet fellow YouTube API developers by joining our developer forum: YouTube API Developer Forum

APIs In Use

See how other developers are integrating YouTube:

YouTube Coverpops
Creates a mosaic of video stills; mouse over the one you want to pop up and watch.
YouTube Badge Maker
Makes a code snippet that you can add to your website that shows stills from your six latest-uploaded videos.
Virtual Video Map
Integrates video location with Google Maps—click on the map marker to see a video from that location.
YouTube Video Gallery Plugin
Enables easy setup of video embeds and galleries into WordPress blogs, using video IDs.