GuideCategories
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Note: This is a deprecation announcement.
The guideCategories
resource
and the guideCategories.list
method have both been deprecated as of September 9, 2020.
A guideCategory
resource identifies a category that YouTube algorithmically assigns based on a channel's content or other indicators, such as the channel's popularity. The list is similar to video categories, with the difference being that a video's uploader can assign a video category but only YouTube can assign a channel category.
Methods
The API supports the following methods for guideCategories
resources:
- list
- Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels.
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Resource representation
The JSON structure below shows the format of a guideCategories
resource:
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": etag,
"id": string,
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": string
}
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
Properties |
kind |
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#guideCategory . |
etag |
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
id |
string
The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the guide category. |
snippet |
object
The snippet object contains basic details about the category, such as its title. |
snippet.channelId |
string
The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the channel publishing the guide category. |
snippet.title |
string
The category's title. |
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Last updated 2022-11-04 UTC.
[{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "missingTheInformationINeed",
"label":"Missing the information I need"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "tooComplicatedTooManySteps",
"label":"Too complicated / too many steps"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "outOfDate",
"label":"Out of date"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "samplesCodeIssue",
"label":"Samples / code issue"
},{
"type": "thumb-down",
"id": "otherDown",
"label":"Other"
}]
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"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "easyToUnderstand",
"label":"Easy to understand"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "solvedMyProblem",
"label":"Solved my problem"
},{
"type": "thumb-up",
"id": "otherUp",
"label":"Other"
}]
{"lastModified": "Last updated 2022-11-04 UTC."}
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