LiveChatBans: insert

Bans a specific user from participating in the live chat. The API request must be authorized by the channel owner or a moderator of the live chat associated with the ban.

Common use cases

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/liveChat/bans

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`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl`

Parameters

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

Parameters
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 returns. Set the parameter value to `snippet`.

Request body

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

You must specify a value for these properties:
- snippet.liveChatId
- snippet.type
- snippet.bannedUserDetails.channelId
You can set values for these properties:
- snippet.banDurationSeconds

Response

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

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
`forbidden (403)`	`insufficientPermissions`	You do not have the necessary permissions to ban a user from the specified live chat.
`forbidden (403)`	`liveChatBanInsertionNotAllowed`	The specified ban cannot be created. This error can occur if the request attempts to ban the chat owner or another moderator.
`invalidValue (400)`	`invalidChannelId`	The specified channel ID cannot be found.
`invalidValue (400)`	`invalidLiveChatId`	The `snippet.liveChatId` value specified in the request is invalid. Check the associated `liveBroadcast` resource to ensure that you have the correct value.
`notFound (404)`	`liveChatNotFound`	The specified live chat cannot be found. Check the associated `liveBroadcast` resource to ensure that you are setting the the `snippet.liveChatId` property to the correct value.
`notFound (404)`	`liveChatUserNotFound`	The live chat user you are trying to ban cannot be found.
`required (400)`	`bannedUserChannelIdRequired`	The `liveChatBan` resource submitted in the request body must specify a value for the `snippet.bannedUserDetails.channelId` property.
`required (400)`	`liveChatIdRequired`	The `liveChatBan` resource submitted in the request body must specify a value for the `snippet.liveChatId` property.

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