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YouTubeVideoAttributeMetadata

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The metadata for a YouTube video attribute includes fields like thumbnail URL, video URL, views count, likes count, and comments count.
Additional video properties and the publish date are also included in the metadata.
The URLs for the thumbnail and video are prefixed with specific YouTube domains.
The counts for views, likes, and comments are represented as integer values.
Video properties can indicate characteristics such as whether the video is a short or a live stream.

Metadata for a YouTube video attribute.

Fields
`thumbnail_url`	`string` The URL of the video thumbnail, prefixed by "https://img.youtube.com/".
`video_url`	`string` The URL of the video, prefixed by "https://www.youtube.com/".
`views_count`	`int64` The total number of views.
`likes_count`	`int64` The total number of likes.
`comments_count`	`int64` The total number of comments.
`video_properties[]`	`YouTubeVideoProperty` The properties of this video (such as shorts, live stream).
`publish_date`	`string` The date that the video was created. Formatted as "yyyy-mm-dd".

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Last updated 2025-10-10 UTC.