Videos: insert

Uploads a video to YouTube and optionally sets the video's metadata. See an example.

This method supports media upload. Uploaded files must conform to these constraints:

  • Maximum file size: 64GB
  • Accepted Media MIME types: video/*, application/octet-stream

Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of approximately 1600 units in addition to the costs of the specified resource parts.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/upload/youtube/v3/videos

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner

Parameters

The table below lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.

Parameter name Value Description
Required parameters
part string The part parameter serves two purposes in this operation. It identifies the properties that the write operation will set as well as the properties that the API response will include.

Note that not all parts contain properties that can be set when inserting or updating a video. For example, the statistics object encapsulates statistics that YouTube calculates for a video and does not contain values that you can set or modify. If the parameter value specifies a part that does not contain mutable values, that part will still be included in the API response.

The list below contains the part names that you can include in the parameter value and the quota cost for each part:
  • contentDetails: 2
  • fileDetails: 1
  • id: 0
  • liveStreamingDetails: 2
  • player: 0
  • processingDetails: 1
  • recordingDetails: 2
  • snippet: 2
  • statistics: 2
  • status: 2
  • suggestions: 1
  • topicDetails: 2
Optional parameters
autoLevels boolean The autoLevels parameter indicates whether YouTube should automatically enhance the video's lighting and color.
notifySubscribers boolean The notifySubscribers parameter indicates whether YouTube should send a notification about the new video to users who subscribe to the video's channel. A parameter value of True indicates that subscribers will be notified of newly uploaded videos. However, a channel owner who is uploading many videos might prefer to set the value to False to avoid sending a notification about each new video to the channel's subscribers. The default value is True.
onBehalfOfContentOwner string This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners.

The onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter indicates that the request's authorization credentials identify a YouTube CMS user who is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. This parameter is intended for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The CMS account that the user authenticates with must be linked to the specified YouTube content owner.
onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel string This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners.

The onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel parameter specifies the YouTube channel ID of the channel to which a video is being added. This parameter is required when a request specifies a value for the onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter, and it can only be used in conjunction with that parameter. In addition, the request must be authorized using a CMS account that is linked to the content owner that the onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter specifies. Finally, the channel that the onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel parameter value specifies must be linked to the content owner that the onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter specifies.

This parameter is intended for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. It allows content owners to authenticate once and perform actions on behalf of the channel specified in the parameter value, without having to provide authentication credentials for each separate channel.
stabilize boolean The stabilize parameter indicates whether YouTube should adjust the video to remove shaky camera motions.

Request body

Provide a video resource in the request body. For that resource:

  • You can set values for these properties:

    • snippet.title
    • snippet.description
    • snippet.tags[]
    • snippet.categoryId
    • status.privacyStatus
    • status.embeddable
    • status.license
    • status.publicStatsViewable
    • status.publishAt
    • recordingDetails.locationDescription
    • recordingDetails.location.latitude
    • recordingDetails.location.longitude
    • recordingDetails.recordingDate

Response

If successful, this method returns a video resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code samples below may not represent all supported programming languages. See the client libraries documentation for a list of supported languages.

Go

The code sample below calls the API's videos.insert method to upload a video to the channel associated with the request.

This example uses the Go client library.

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"

	"code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/youtube/v3"
)

var (
	filename    = flag.String("filename", "", "Name of video file to upload")
	title       = flag.String("title", "Test Title", "Video title")
	description = flag.String("description", "Test Description", "Video description")
	category    = flag.String("category", "22", "Video category")
	keywords    = flag.String("keywords", "", "Comma separated list of video keywords")
	privacy     = flag.String("privacy", "unlisted", "Video privacy status")
)

func main() {
	flag.Parse()

	if *filename == "" {
		log.Fatalf("You must provide a filename of a video file to upload")
	}

	client, err := buildOAuthHTTPClient(youtube.YoutubeUploadScope)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error building OAuth client: %v", err)
	}

	service, err := youtube.New(client)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error creating YouTube client: %v", err)
	}

	upload := &youtube.Video;{
		Snippet: &youtube.VideoSnippet;{
			Title:       *title,
			Description: *description,
			CategoryId:  *category,
		},
		Status: &youtube.VideoStatus;{PrivacyStatus: *privacy},
	}

	// The API returns a 400 Bad Request response if tags is an empty string.
	if strings.Trim(*keywords, "") != "" {
		upload.Snippet.Tags = strings.Split(*keywords, ",")
	}

	call := service.Videos.Insert("snippet,status", upload)

	file, err := os.Open(*filename)
	defer file.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error opening %v: %v", *filename, err)
	}

	response, err := call.Media(file).Do()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error making YouTube API call: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("Upload successful! Video ID: %v\n", response.Id)
}

Java

This example uses the Java client library.

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.api.services.samples.youtube.cmdline.data;

import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.media.MediaHttpUploader;
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.media.MediaHttpUploaderProgressListener;
import com.google.api.client.http.InputStreamContent;
import com.google.api.services.samples.youtube.cmdline.Auth;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.YouTube;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.Video;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.VideoSnippet;
import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.VideoStatus;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Upload a video to the authenticated user's channel. Use OAuth 2.0 to
 * authorize the request. Note that you must add your video files to the
 * project folder to upload them with this application.
 *
 * @author Jeremy Walker
 */
public class UploadVideo {

    /**
     * Define a global instance of a Youtube object, which will be used
     * to make YouTube Data API requests.
     */
    private static YouTube youtube;

    /**
     * Define a global variable that specifies the MIME type of the video
     * being uploaded.
     */
    private static final String VIDEO_FILE_FORMAT = "video/*";

    private static final String SAMPLE_VIDEO_FILENAME = "sample-video.mp4";

    /**
     * Upload the user-selected video to the user's YouTube channel. The code
     * looks for the video in the application's project folder and uses OAuth
     * 2.0 to authorize the API request.
     *
     * @param args command line args (not used).
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows an application to upload files
        // to the authenticated user's YouTube channel, but doesn't allow
        // other types of access.
        List<String> scopes = Lists.newArrayList("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload");

        try {
            // Authorize the request.
            Credential credential = Auth.authorize(scopes, "uploadvideo");

            // This object is used to make YouTube Data API requests.
            youtube = new YouTube.Builder(Auth.HTTP_TRANSPORT, Auth.JSON_FACTORY, credential).setApplicationName(
                    "youtube-cmdline-uploadvideo-sample").build();

            System.out.println("Uploading: " + SAMPLE_VIDEO_FILENAME);

            // Add extra information to the video before uploading.
            Video videoObjectDefiningMetadata = new Video();

            // Set the video to be publicly visible. This is the default
            // setting. Other supporting settings are "unlisted" and "private."
            VideoStatus status = new VideoStatus();
            status.setPrivacyStatus("public");
            videoObjectDefiningMetadata.setStatus(status);

            // Most of the video's metadata is set on the VideoSnippet object.
            VideoSnippet snippet = new VideoSnippet();

            // This code uses a Calendar instance to create a unique name and
            // description for test purposes so that you can easily upload
            // multiple files. You should remove this code from your project
            // and use your own standard names instead.
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            snippet.setTitle("Test Upload via Java on " + cal.getTime());
            snippet.setDescription(
                    "Video uploaded via YouTube Data API V3 using the Java library " + "on " + cal.getTime());

            // Set the keyword tags that you want to associate with the video.
            List<String> tags = new ArrayList<String>();
            tags.add("test");
            tags.add("example");
            tags.add("java");
            tags.add("YouTube Data API V3");
            tags.add("erase me");
            snippet.setTags(tags);

            // Add the completed snippet object to the video resource.
            videoObjectDefiningMetadata.setSnippet(snippet);

            InputStreamContent mediaContent = new InputStreamContent(VIDEO_FILE_FORMAT,
                    UploadVideo.class.getResourceAsStream("/sample-video.mp4"));

            // Insert the video. The command sends three arguments. The first
            // specifies which information the API request is setting and which
            // information the API response should return. The second argument
            // is the video resource that contains metadata about the new video.
            // The third argument is the actual video content.
            YouTube.Videos.Insert videoInsert = youtube.videos()
                    .insert("snippet,statistics,status", videoObjectDefiningMetadata, mediaContent);

            // Set the upload type and add an event listener.
            MediaHttpUploader uploader = videoInsert.getMediaHttpUploader();

            // Indicate whether direct media upload is enabled. A value of
            // "True" indicates that direct media upload is enabled and that
            // the entire media content will be uploaded in a single request.
            // A value of "False," which is the default, indicates that the
            // request will use the resumable media upload protocol, which
            // supports the ability to resume an upload operation after a
            // network interruption or other transmission failure, saving
            // time and bandwidth in the event of network failures.
            uploader.setDirectUploadEnabled(false);

            MediaHttpUploaderProgressListener progressListener = new MediaHttpUploaderProgressListener() {
                public void progressChanged(MediaHttpUploader uploader) throws IOException {
                    switch (uploader.getUploadState()) {
                        case INITIATION_STARTED:
                            System.out.println("Initiation Started");
                            break;
                        case INITIATION_COMPLETE:
                            System.out.println("Initiation Completed");
                            break;
                        case MEDIA_IN_PROGRESS:
                            System.out.println("Upload in progress");
                            System.out.println("Upload percentage: " + uploader.getProgress());
                            break;
                        case MEDIA_COMPLETE:
                            System.out.println("Upload Completed!");
                            break;
                        case NOT_STARTED:
                            System.out.println("Upload Not Started!");
                            break;
                    }
                }
            };
            uploader.setProgressListener(progressListener);

            // Call the API and upload the video.
            Video returnedVideo = videoInsert.execute();

            // Print data about the newly inserted video from the API response.
            System.out.println("\n================== Returned Video ==================\n");
            System.out.println("  - Id: " + returnedVideo.getId());
            System.out.println("  - Title: " + returnedVideo.getSnippet().getTitle());
            System.out.println("  - Tags: " + returnedVideo.getSnippet().getTags());
            System.out.println("  - Privacy Status: " + returnedVideo.getStatus().getPrivacyStatus());
            System.out.println("  - Video Count: " + returnedVideo.getStatistics().getViewCount());

        } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
            System.err.println("GoogleJsonResponseException code: " + e.getDetails().getCode() + " : "
                    + e.getDetails().getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("IOException: " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            System.err.println("Throwable: " + t.getMessage());
            t.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

.NET

The code sample below calls the API's videos.insert method to upload a video to the channel associated with the request.

This example uses the .NET client library.

/*
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Services;
using Google.Apis.Upload;
using Google.Apis.Util.Store;
using Google.Apis.YouTube.v3;
using Google.Apis.YouTube.v3.Data;

namespace Google.Apis.YouTube.Samples
{
  /// <summary>
  /// YouTube Data API v3 sample: upload a video.
  /// Relies on the Google APIs Client Library for .NET, v1.7.0 or higher.
  /// See https://code.google.com/p/google-api-dotnet-client/wiki/GettingStarted
  /// </summary>
  internal class UploadVideo
  {
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("YouTube Data API: Upload Video");
      Console.WriteLine("==============================");

      try
      {
        new UploadVideo().Run().Wait();
      }
      catch (AggregateException ex)
      {
        foreach (var e in ex.InnerExceptions)
        {
          Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
        }
      }

      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
      Console.ReadKey();
    }

    private async Task Run()
    {
      UserCredential credential;
      using (var stream = new FileStream("client_secrets.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
      {
        credential = await GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(
            GoogleClientSecrets.Load(stream).Secrets,
            // This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows an application to upload files to the
            // authenticated user's YouTube channel, but doesn't allow other types of access.
            new[] { YouTubeService.Scope.YoutubeUpload },
            "user",
            CancellationToken.None
        );
      }

      var youtubeService = new YouTubeService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
      {
        HttpClientInitializer = credential,
        ApplicationName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name
      });

      var video = new Video();
      video.Snippet = new VideoSnippet();
      video.Snippet.Title = "Default Video Title";
      video.Snippet.Description = "Default Video Description";
      video.Snippet.Tags = new string[] { "tag1", "tag2" };
      video.Snippet.CategoryId = "22"; // See https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list
      video.Status = new VideoStatus();
      video.Status.PrivacyStatus = "unlisted"; // or "private" or "public"
      var filePath = @"REPLACE_ME.mp4"; // Replace with path to actual movie file.

      using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open))
      {
        var videosInsertRequest = youtubeService.Videos.Insert(video, "snippet,status", fileStream, "video/*");
        videosInsertRequest.ProgressChanged += videosInsertRequest_ProgressChanged;
        videosInsertRequest.ResponseReceived += videosInsertRequest_ResponseReceived;

        await videosInsertRequest.UploadAsync();
      }
    }

    void videosInsertRequest_ProgressChanged(Google.Apis.Upload.IUploadProgress progress)
    {
      switch (progress.Status)
      {
        case UploadStatus.Uploading:
          Console.WriteLine("{0} bytes sent.", progress.BytesSent);
          break;

        case UploadStatus.Failed:
          Console.WriteLine("An error prevented the upload from completing.\n{0}", progress.Exception);
          break;
      }
    }

    void videosInsertRequest_ResponseReceived(Video video)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Video id '{0}' was successfully uploaded.", video.Id);
    }
  }
}

PHP

The code sample below calls the API's videos.insert method to add a video to user's channel. The code also utilizes Google_MediaFileUpload class with the resumable upload parameter set to true to be able to to upload the video in chunks.

This example uses the PHP client library.

<?php

// Call set_include_path() as needed to point to your client library.
require_once 'Google/Client.php';
require_once 'Google/Service/YouTube.php';
session_start();

/*
 * You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from the
 * Google Developers Console <https://console.developers.google.com/>
 * For more information about using OAuth 2.0 to access Google APIs, please see:
 * <https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication>
 * Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
 */
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID = 'REPLACE_ME';
$OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET = 'REPLACE_ME';

$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setClientId($OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID);
$client->setClientSecret($OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET);
$client->setScopes('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube');
$redirect = filter_var('http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],
    FILTER_SANITIZE_URL);
$client->setRedirectUri($redirect);

// Define an object that will be used to make all API requests.
$youtube = new Google_Service_YouTube($client);

if (isset($_GET['code'])) {
  if (strval($_SESSION['state']) !== strval($_GET['state'])) {
    die('The session state did not match.');
  }

  $client->authenticate($_GET['code']);
  $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
  header('Location: ' . $redirect);
}

if (isset($_SESSION['token'])) {
  $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['token']);
}

// Check to ensure that the access token was successfully acquired.
if ($client->getAccessToken()) {
  try{
    // REPLACE this value with the path to the file you are uploading.
    $videoPath = "/path/to/file.mp4";

    // Create a snippet with title, description, tags and category ID
    // Create an asset resource and set its snippet metadata and type.
    // This example sets the video's title, description, keyword tags, and
    // video category.
    $snippet = new Google_Service_YouTube_VideoSnippet();
    $snippet->setTitle("Test title");
    $snippet->setDescription("Test description");
    $snippet->setTags(array("tag1", "tag2"));

    // Numeric video category. See
    // https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list 
    $snippet->setCategoryId("22");

    // Set the video's status to "public". Valid statuses are "public",
    // "private" and "unlisted".
    $status = new Google_Service_YouTube_VideoStatus();
    $status->privacyStatus = "public";

    // Associate the snippet and status objects with a new video resource.
    $video = new Google_Service_YouTube_Video();
    $video->setSnippet($snippet);
    $video->setStatus($status);

    // Specify the size of each chunk of data, in bytes. Set a higher value for
    // reliable connection as fewer chunks lead to faster uploads. Set a lower
    // value for better recovery on less reliable connections.
    $chunkSizeBytes = 1 * 1024 * 1024;

    // Setting the defer flag to true tells the client to return a request which can be called
    // with ->execute(); instead of making the API call immediately.
    $client->setDefer(true);

    // Create a request for the API's videos.insert method to create and upload the video.
    $insertRequest = $youtube->videos->insert("status,snippet", $video);

    // Create a MediaFileUpload object for resumable uploads.
    $media = new Google_Http_MediaFileUpload(
        $client,
        $insertRequest,
        'video/*',
        null,
        true,
        $chunkSizeBytes
    );
    $media->setFileSize(filesize($videoPath));


    // Read the media file and upload it chunk by chunk.
    $status = false;
    $handle = fopen($videoPath, "rb");
    while (!$status && !feof($handle)) {
      $chunk = fread($handle, $chunkSizeBytes);
      $status = $media->nextChunk($chunk);
    }

    fclose($handle);

    // If you want to make other calls after the file upload, set setDefer back to false
    $client->setDefer(false);


    $htmlBody .= "<h3>Video Uploaded</h3><ul>";
    $htmlBody .= sprintf('<li>%s (%s)</li>',
        $status['snippet']['title'],
        $status['id']);

    $htmlBody .= '</ul>';

  } catch (Google_ServiceException $e) {
    $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>A service error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
        htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
  } catch (Google_Exception $e) {
    $htmlBody .= sprintf('<p>An client error occurred: <code>%s</code></p>',
        htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()));
  }

  $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken();
} else {
  // If the user hasn't authorized the app, initiate the OAuth flow
  $state = mt_rand();
  $client->setState($state);
  $_SESSION['state'] = $state;

  $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
  $htmlBody = <<<END
  <h3>Authorization Required</h3>
  <p>You need to <a href="$authUrl">authorize access</a> before proceeding.<p>
END;
}
?>

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Video Uploaded</title>
</head>
<body>
  <?=$htmlBody?>
</body>
</html>

Python

The code sample below calls the API's videos.insert method to upload a video to the channel associated with the request.

This example uses the Python client library.

#!/usr/bin/python

import httplib
import httplib2
import os
import random
import sys
import time

from apiclient.discovery import build
from apiclient.errors import HttpError
from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets
from oauth2client.file import Storage
from oauth2client.tools import argparser, run_flow


# Explicitly tell the underlying HTTP transport library not to retry, since
# we are handling retry logic ourselves.
httplib2.RETRIES = 1

# Maximum number of times to retry before giving up.
MAX_RETRIES = 10

# Always retry when these exceptions are raised.
RETRIABLE_EXCEPTIONS = (httplib2.HttpLib2Error, IOError, httplib.NotConnected,
  httplib.IncompleteRead, httplib.ImproperConnectionState,
  httplib.CannotSendRequest, httplib.CannotSendHeader,
  httplib.ResponseNotReady, httplib.BadStatusLine)

# Always retry when an apiclient.errors.HttpError with one of these status
# codes is raised.
RETRIABLE_STATUS_CODES = [500, 502, 503, 504]

# The CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE variable specifies the name of a file that contains
# the OAuth 2.0 information for this application, including its client_id and
# client_secret. You can acquire an OAuth 2.0 client ID and client secret from
# the Google Developers Console at
# https://console.developers.google.com/.
# Please ensure that you have enabled the YouTube Data API for your project.
# For more information about using OAuth2 to access the YouTube Data API, see:
#   https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication
# For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, see:
#   https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secrets.json"

# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows an application to upload files to the
# authenticated user's YouTube channel, but doesn't allow other types of access.
YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload"
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = "youtube"
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = "v3"

# This variable defines a message to display if the CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE is
# missing.
MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = """
WARNING: Please configure OAuth 2.0

To make this sample run you will need to populate the client_secrets.json file
found at:

   %s

with information from the Developers Console
https://console.developers.google.com/

For more information about the client_secrets.json file format, please visit:
https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/guide/aaa_client_secrets
""" % os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                                   CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE))

VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES = ("public", "private", "unlisted")


def get_authenticated_service(args):
  flow = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE,
    scope=YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE,
    message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)

  storage = Storage("%s-oauth2.json" % sys.argv[0])
  credentials = storage.get()

  if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:
    credentials = run_flow(flow, storage, args)

  return build(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION,
    http=credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http()))

def initialize_upload(youtube, options):
  tags = None
  if options.keywords:
    tags = options.keywords.split(",")

  body=dict(
    snippet=dict(
      title=options.title,
      description=options.description,
      tags=tags,
      categoryId=options.category
    ),
    status=dict(
      privacyStatus=options.privacyStatus
    )
  )

  # Call the API's videos.insert method to create and upload the video.
  insert_request = youtube.videos().insert(
    part=",".join(body.keys()),
    body=body,
    # The chunksize parameter specifies the size of each chunk of data, in
    # bytes, that will be uploaded at a time. Set a higher value for
    # reliable connections as fewer chunks lead to faster uploads. Set a lower
    # value for better recovery on less reliable connections.
    #
    # Setting "chunksize" equal to -1 in the code below means that the entire
    # file will be uploaded in a single HTTP request. (If the upload fails,
    # it will still be retried where it left off.) This is usually a best
    # practice, but if you're using Python older than 2.6 or if you're
    # running on App Engine, you should set the chunksize to something like
    # 1024 * 1024 (1 megabyte).
    media_body=MediaFileUpload(options.file, chunksize=-1, resumable=True)
  )

  resumable_upload(insert_request)

# This method implements an exponential backoff strategy to resume a
# failed upload.
def resumable_upload(insert_request):
  response = None
  error = None
  retry = 0
  while response is None:
    try:
      print "Uploading file..."
      status, response = insert_request.next_chunk()
      if 'id' in response:
        print "Video id '%s' was successfully uploaded." % response['id']
      else:
        exit("The upload failed with an unexpected response: %s" % response)
    except HttpError, e:
      if e.resp.status in RETRIABLE_STATUS_CODES:
        error = "A retriable HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status,
                                                             e.content)
      else:
        raise
    except RETRIABLE_EXCEPTIONS, e:
      error = "A retriable error occurred: %s" % e

    if error is not None:
      print error
      retry += 1
      if retry > MAX_RETRIES:
        exit("No longer attempting to retry.")

      max_sleep = 2 ** retry
      sleep_seconds = random.random() * max_sleep
      print "Sleeping %f seconds and then retrying..." % sleep_seconds
      time.sleep(sleep_seconds)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  argparser.add_argument("--file", required=True, help="Video file to upload")
  argparser.add_argument("--title", help="Video title", default="Test Title")
  argparser.add_argument("--description", help="Video description",
    default="Test Description")
  argparser.add_argument("--category", default="22",
    help="Numeric video category. " +
      "See https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list")
  argparser.add_argument("--keywords", help="Video keywords, comma separated",
    default="")
  argparser.add_argument("--privacyStatus", choices=VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES,
    default=VALID_PRIVACY_STATUSES[0], help="Video privacy status.")
  args = argparser.parse_args()

  if not os.path.exists(args.file):
    exit("Please specify a valid file using the --file= parameter.")

  youtube = get_authenticated_service(args)
  try:
    initialize_upload(youtube, args)
  except HttpError, e:
    print "An HTTP error %d occurred:\n%s" % (e.resp.status, e.content)

Ruby

The code sample below calls the API's videos.insert method to upload a video to the channel associated with the request.

This example uses the Ruby client library.

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rubygems'
gem 'google-api-client', '>0.7'
require 'google/api_client'
require 'google/api_client/client_secrets'
require 'google/api_client/auth/file_storage'
require 'google/api_client/auth/installed_app'
require 'trollop'

# A limited OAuth 2 access scope that allows for uploading files, but not other
# types of account access.
YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload'
YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME = 'youtube'
YOUTUBE_API_VERSION = 'v3'

def get_authenticated_service
  client = Google::APIClient.new(
    :application_name => $PROGRAM_NAME,
    :application_version => '1.0.0'
  )
  youtube = client.discovered_api(YOUTUBE_API_SERVICE_NAME, YOUTUBE_API_VERSION)

  file_storage = Google::APIClient::FileStorage.new("#{$PROGRAM_NAME}-oauth2.json")
  if file_storage.authorization.nil?
    client_secrets = Google::APIClient::ClientSecrets.load
    flow = Google::APIClient::InstalledAppFlow.new(
      :client_id => client_secrets.client_id,
      :client_secret => client_secrets.client_secret,
      :scope => [YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_SCOPE]
    )
    client.authorization = flow.authorize(file_storage)
  else
    client.authorization = file_storage.authorization
  end

  return client, youtube
end

def main
  opts = Trollop::options do
    opt :file, 'Video file to upload', :type => String
    opt :title, 'Video title', :default => 'Test Title', :type => String
    opt :description, 'Video description',
          :default => 'Test Description', :type => String
    opt :category_id, 'Numeric video category. See https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list',
          :default => 22, :type => :int
    opt :keywords, 'Video keywords, comma-separated',
          :default => '', :type => String
    opt :privacy_status, 'Video privacy status: public, private, or unlisted',
          :default => 'public', :type => String
  end

  if opts[:file].nil? or not File.file?(opts[:file])
    Trollop::die :file, 'does not exist'
  end

  client, youtube = get_authenticated_service

  begin
    body = {
      :snippet => {
        :title => opts[:title],
        :description => opts[:description],
        :tags => opts[:keywords].split(','),
        :categoryId => opts[:category_id],
      },
      :status => {
        :privacyStatus => opts[:privacy_status]
      }
    }

    videos_insert_response = client.execute!(
      :api_method => youtube.videos.insert,
      :body_object => body,
      :media => Google::APIClient::UploadIO.new(opts[:file], 'video/*'),
      :parameters => {
        :uploadType => 'resumable',
        :part => body.keys.join(',')
      }
    )

    videos_insert_response.resumable_upload.send_all(client)

    puts "Video id '#{videos_insert_response.data.id}' was successfully uploaded."
  rescue Google::APIClient::TransmissionError => e
    puts e.result.body
  end
end

main

Errors

The table below 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
badRequest (400) invalidCategoryId The snippet.categoryId property specifies an invalid category ID. Use the videoCategories.list method to retrieve supported categories.
badRequest (400) invalidDescription The request metadata specifies an invalid video description.
badRequest (400) invalidFilename The video filename specified in the Slug header is invalid.
badRequest (400) invalidPublishAt The request metadata specifies an invalid scheduled publishing time.
badRequest (400) invalidRecordingDetails The recordingDetails object in the request metadata specifies invalid recording details.
badRequest (400) invalidTags The request metadata specifies invalid video keywords.
badRequest (400) invalidTitle The request metadata specifies an invalid video title.
badRequest (400) invalidVideoGameRating The request metadata specifies an invalid video game rating.
badRequest (400) invalidVideoMetadata The request metadata is invalid.
badRequest (400) mediaBodyRequired The request does not include the video content.
forbidden (403) forbiddenLicenseSetting The request attempts to set an invalid license for the video.
forbidden (403) forbiddenPrivacySetting The request attempts to set an invalid privacy setting for the video.

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