Returns subscription resources that match the API request criteria. Try it now.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 1 unit in addition to the costs of the specified resource parts.
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/subscriptions
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
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part |
string The part parameter specifies a comma-separated list of one or more subscription resource properties that the API response will include.If the parameter identifies a property that contains child properties, the child properties will be included in the response. For example, in a subscription resource, the snippet property contains other properties, such as a display title for the subscription. If you set part=snippet , the API response will also contain all of those nested properties.The following list contains the part names that you can include in the parameter value and the quota cost for each part:
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channelId |
string The channelId parameter specifies a YouTube channel ID. The API will only return that channel's subscriptions. |
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id |
string The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube subscription ID(s) for the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a subscription resource, the id property specifies the YouTube subscription ID. |
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mine |
boolean This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Set this parameter's value to true to retrieve a feed of the authenticated user's subscriptions. |
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myRecentSubscribers |
boolean This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Set this parameter's value to true to retrieve a feed of the subscribers of the authenticated user in reverse chronological order (newest first).Note that this parameter only supports retrieval of the most recent 1000 subscribers to the authenticated user's channel. To retrieve a complete list of subscribers, use the mySubscribers parameter. That parameter, which does not return subscribers in a particular order, does not limit the number of subscribers that can be retrieved. |
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mySubscribers |
boolean This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Set this parameter's value to true to retrieve a feed of the subscribers of the authenticated user in no particular order. |
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forChannelId |
string The forChannelId parameter specifies a comma-separated list of channel IDs. The API response will then only contain subscriptions matching those channels. |
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maxResults |
unsigned integer The maxResults parameter specifies the maximum number of items that should be returned in the result set. Acceptable values are 0 to 50 , inclusive. The default value is 5 . |
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onBehalfOfContentOwner |
string 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. |
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onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel |
string 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. |
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order |
string The order parameter specifies the method that will be used to sort resources in the API response. The default value is SUBSCRIPTION_ORDER_RELEVANCE .Acceptable values are:
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pageToken |
string The pageToken parameter identifies a specific page in the result set that should be returned. In an API response, the nextPageToken and prevPageToken properties identify other pages that could be retrieved. |
Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{ "kind": "youtube#subscriptionListResponse", "etag": etag, "nextPageToken": string, "prevPageToken": string, "pageInfo": { "totalResults": integer, "resultsPerPage": integer }, "items": [ subscription Resource ] }
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
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kind |
string Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#subscriptionListResponse . |
etag |
etag The Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken |
string The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
prevPageToken |
string The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set. |
pageInfo |
object The pageInfo object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.totalResults |
integer The total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.resultsPerPage |
integer The number of results included in the API response. |
items[] |
list A list of subscriptions that match the request criteria. |
Errors
The following table 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 |
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forbidden (403) |
accountClosed |
Subscriptions could not be retrieved because the subscriber's account is closed. |
forbidden (403) |
accountSuspended |
Subscriptions could not be retrieved because the subscriber's account is suspended. |
forbidden (403) |
subscriptionForbidden |
The requester is not allowed to access the requested subscriptions. |
notFound (404) |
subscriberNotFound |
The subscriber identified with the request cannot be found. |
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