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This document identifies the different types of errors that YouTube Data API operations can return. You can also find a list of errors for any individual method in the reference documentation for that method.

General errors

The following tables identify API error messages that are not specific to a particular API method.

Core API errors



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
Access forbidden. The request may not be properly authorized.


quotaExceeded (403)
quotaExceeded
The request cannot be completed because you have exceeded your quota.



Common request errors



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
incompatibleParameters
The request specifies two or more parameters that cannot be used in the same request.


badRequest (400)
invalidFilters
The request specifies an invalid filter parameter.


badRequest (400)
invalidPageToken
The request specifies an invalid page token.


badRequest (400)
missingRequiredParameter
The request is missing a required parameter.


badRequest (400)
unexpectedParameter
The request specifies an unexpected parameter.


forbidden (403)
accountDelegationForbidden
The authenticated user cannot act on behalf of the specified Google Account.


forbidden (403)
authenticatedUserAccountClosed
The YouTube account of the authenticated user is closed. In case the authenticated user is acting on behalf of another Google Account, then this error refers to the latter.


forbidden (403)
authenticatedUserAccountSuspended
The YouTube account of the authenticated user is suspended. In case the authenticated user is acting on behalf of another Google Account, then this error refers to the latter.


forbidden (403)
authenticatedUserNotChannel
For this request the authenticated user must resolve to a channel, but does not. If your request is authenticated and uses the onBehalfOfContentOwner delegation parameter, then you should also set the onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel parameter.


forbidden (403)
channelClosed
The channel identified in the request has been closed.


forbidden (403)
channelNotFound
The channel identified in the request cannot be found.


forbidden (403)
channelSuspended
The channel identified in the request has been suspended.


forbidden (403)
cmsUserAccountNotFound
The CMS user is not allowed to act on behalf of the specified content owner.


forbidden (403)
insufficientCapabilities
The CMS user has insufficient capabilities.


forbidden (403)
insufficientPermissions
The OAuth 2.0 token provided for the request specifies scopes that are insufficient for accessing the requested data.


notFound (404)
contentOwnerAccountNotFound
The specified content owner account was not found.



Request context errors



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
invalidLanguage
The hl parameter value does not specify a valid language code.


badRequest (400)
invalidMine
The request's use of the mine parameter is not supported.


badRequest (400)
invalidMine
The mine parameter cannot be used in requests where the authenticated user is a YouTube partner. You should either remove the mine parameter, authenticate as a YouTube user by removing the onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter, or act as one of the partner's channels by providing the onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel parameter if available for the called method.


badRequest (400)
invalidPart
The request's part parameter specifies some parts that cannot be written at the same time.


badRequest (400)
invalidRegionCode
The regionCode parameter specifies an invalid region code.


badRequest (400)
unexpectedPart
The request's part parameter specifies an unexpected value.


badRequest (400)
unknownPart
The request's part parameter specifies an unknown value.


badRequest (400)
unsupportedLanguageCode
The hl parameter value does not specify a supported language code.


badRequest (400)
unsupportedRegionCode
The regionCode parameter specifies an unsupported region code.


unauthorized (401)
authorizationRequired
The request uses the mine parameter but is not properly authorized.


unauthorized (401)
youtubeSignupRequired
This error indicates that the user has an unlinked Google Account, which means that the user has a Google Account but does not have a YouTube channel. Such users can access many features that are dependent on user authorization, such as rating videos or adding videos to a watch_later playlist. However, as an example, the user would need a YouTube channel to be able to upload a video. A user who has a Gmail account or an Android device is certain to have a Google Account but may not have already linked that Google Account to a YouTube channel.

This error is commonly seen if you try to use the OAuth 2.0 Service Account flow. YouTube does not support Service Accounts, and if you attempt to authenticate using a Service Account, you will get this error.

The YouTube API blog post introducing Google Account support also discusses the youtubeSignupRequired error in more detail. Although the blog post explains the error for API version 2.1, the meaning of the error is still applicable.





activities

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to activities resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

activities.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
homeParameterDeprecated
The user's home page activity data is not available through this API. This error might occur if you set the home parameter to true in an unauthorized request.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The request is not properly authorized.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel ID identified by the request's channelId parameter cannot be found.


notFound (404)
homeChannelNotFound
A YouTube home page feed cannot be found for the currently-authenticated user.


unauthorized (401)
authorizationRequired
The request uses the home parameter but is not properly authorized.





captions

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to captions resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

captions.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
The permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to delete the caption track. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
captionNotFound
The caption track couldn't be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



captions.download



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
The permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to download the caption track. The request might not be properly authorized.


invalidValue (400)
couldNotConvert
The caption track data couldn't be converted to the requested language and/or format. Ensure that the requested tfmt and tlang values are valid, and that the snippet.status of the requested caption track is not failed.


notFound (404)
captionNotFound
The caption track couldn't be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



captions.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
contentRequired
The request does not contain the caption track contents.


conflict (409)
captionExists
The specified video already has a caption track with the given snippet.language and snippet.name. A video can have multiple tracks for the same language, but each track must have a different name.

There are multiple ways to address the error. You could delete the existing track and then insert a new one or change the name of the new track before inserting it.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to upload the caption track. The request might not be properly authorized.


invalidValue (400)
invalidMetadata
The request contains invalid metadata values, which prevent the track from being created. Confirm that the request specifies valid values for the snippet.language, snippet.name, and snippet.videoId properties. The snippet.isDraft property can also be included, but it is not required.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video identified by the videoId parameter couldn't be found.


invalidValue (400)
nameTooLong
The snippet.name specified in the request is too long. The maximum length supported is 150 characters.



captions.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
One or more caption tracks couldn't be retrieved because the permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to retrieve the requested resources. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
captionNotFound
One or more of the specified caption tracks couldn't be found. This error occurs if the videoId parameter identifies an actual video, but the id parameter either identifies caption track IDs that don't exist or track IDs that are associated with other videos. Check the values of the request's id and videoId parameters to ensure that they are correct.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video identified by the videoId parameter couldn't be found.



captions.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
contentRequired
The request did not upload an updated caption file. The actual track contents are required if the sync parameter is set to true.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to update the caption track. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
captionNotFound
The specified caption track couldn't be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.





channelBanners

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to channelBanners resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

channelBanners.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
bannerAlbumFull
Your YouTube Channel Art album has too many images. Please go to http://photos.google.com, navigate to the albums page, and remove some from images from that album.


badRequest (400)
mediaBodyRequired
The request does not include the image content.





channelSections

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to channelSections resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

channelSections.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
notEditable
This channel section cannot be deleted.


forbidden (403)
channelSectionForbidden
The request is not properly authenticated or not supported for this channel.


invalidValue (400)
idInvalid
The id property specifies an invalid channel section ID.


invalidValue (400)
idRequired
The id property must specify a value that identifies the channel section being deleted.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel is not found.


notFound (404)
channelSectionNotFound
The channel section you are trying to update cannot be found.



channelSections.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSetError
The channelSection resource's snippet.defaultLanguage property must be set to successfully insert or update the localizations object for that resource.


badRequest (400)
invalidLanguage
One of the language keys of the localizations object failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
notEditable
This channel section cannot be created.


badRequest (400)
styleRequired
The channelSection resource must specify a value for the snippet.style field.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidCountry
One of the values in the targeting.countries list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidLanguage
One of the values in the targeting.languages list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidRegion
One of the values in the targeting.regions list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
typeRequired
The channelSection resource must specify a value for the snippet.type field.


forbidden (403)
channelSectionForbidden
The request is not properly authenticated or is not supported for this channel.


invalidValue (400)
channelNotActive
At least one of the specified channels is not active.


invalidValue (400)
channelsDuplicated
The request failed because it specified duplicate channels.


invalidValue (400)
channelsNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of multipleChannels, then the contentDetails.channels[] property must be specified and must specify at least one channel.


invalidValue (400)
channelsNotExpected
The resource provided with the request specified a value for the contentDetails.channels[] property, but channels are not expected for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
contentDetailsNeeded
The resource you are inserting must contain a contentDetails object for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
inValidPosition
The snippet.position property contains an invalid value.


invalidValue (400)
maxChannelSectionExceeded
The request cannot be completed because the channel already has the maximum number of channel sections.


invalidValue (400)
maxChannelsExceeded
The request failed because it attempted to include too many channels in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
maxPlaylistExceeded
The request failed because it attempted to include too many playlists in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
onePlaylistNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of singlePlaylist, then the contentDetails.playlists[] property must specify exactly one playlist.


invalidValue (400)
ownChannelInChannels
You cannot include your own channel in a channel section that appears on that channel.


invalidValue (400)
playlistIsPrivate
One or more of the specified playlists are private and, therefore, cannot be included in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsDuplicated
The request failed because it specified duplicate playlists.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of singlePlaylist or multiplePlaylists, then the contentDetails.playlists[] property must be specified.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsNotExpected
The resource provided with the request specified a value for the contentDetails.playlists[] property, but playlists are not expected for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
snippetNeeded
You must specify a snippet to create the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
titleLengthExceeded
The value of the snippet.title property is too long.


invalidValue (400)
titleRequired
If the snippet.type property has a value of multiplePlaylists or multipleChannels, then you must set the section's title by specifying a value for the snippet.title property.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
One or more of the specified channels cannot be found.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
One or more of the specified playlists cannot be found.



channelSections.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
channelSectionForbidden
The requester is not allowed to access the requested channel sections.


invalidValue (400)
idInvalid
The request specifies an invalid channel section ID.


invalidValue (400)
invalidCriteria
The request couldn't be completed because the filter criteria are invalid.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel associated with the request cannot be found.


notFound (404)
channelSectionNotFound
The channel section associated with the request cannot be found.



channelSections.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSetError
The channelSection resource's snippet.defaultLanguage property must be set to successfully insert or update the localizations object for that resource.


badRequest (400)
invalidLanguage
One of the language keys of the localizations object failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
notEditable
This channel section cannot be edited.


badRequest (400)
styleRequired
The channelSection resource must specify a value for the snippet.style field.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidCountry
One of the values in the targeting.countries list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidLanguage
One of the values in the targeting.languages list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
targetInvalidRegion
One of the values in the targeting.regions list failed validation. Use the channelSections.list method to retrieve valid values and update them following the guidelines in the a href="/youtube/v3/docs/channelSections#resource">channelSections resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
typeRequired
The channelSection resource must specify a value for the snippet.type field.


forbidden (403)
channelSectionForbidden
The request is not properly authenticated or is not supported for this channel.


invalidValue (400)
channelNotActive
At least one of the specified channels is not active.


invalidValue (400)
channelsDuplicated
The request failed because it specified duplicate channels.


invalidValue (400)
channelsNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of multipleChannels, then the contentDetails.channels[] property must be specified and must specify at least one channel.


invalidValue (400)
channelsNotExpected
The resource provided with the request specified a value for the contentDetails.channels[] property, but channels are not expected for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
contentDetailsNeeded
The resource you are updating must contain a contentDetails object for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
idInvalid
The id property specifies an invalid channel section ID.


invalidValue (400)
idRequired
The id property must specify a value that identifies the channel section being updated.


invalidValue (400)
inValidPosition
The snippet.position property contains an invalid value.


invalidValue (400)
maxChannelsExceeded
The request failed because it attempted to include too many channels in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
maxPlaylistExceeded
The request failed because it attempted to include too many playlists in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
onePlaylistNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of singlePlaylist, then the contentDetails.playlists[] property must specify exactly one playlist.


invalidValue (400)
ownChannelInChannels
You cannot include your own channel in a channel section that appears on that channel.


invalidValue (400)
playlistIsPrivate
One or more of the specified playlists are private and, therefore, cannot be included in the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsDuplicated
The request failed because it specified duplicate playlists.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsNeeded
If the snippet.type property has a value of singlePlaylist or multiplePlaylists, then the contentDetails.playlists[] property must be specified.


invalidValue (400)
playlistsNotExpected
The resource provided with the request specified a value for the contentDetails.playlists[] property, but playlists are not expected for this type of channel section.


invalidValue (400)
snippetNeeded
You must specify a snippet to update the channel section.


invalidValue (400)
titleLengthExceeded
The value of the snippet.title property is too long.


invalidValue (400)
titleRequired
If the snippet.type property has a value of multiplePlaylists or multipleChannels, then you must set the section's title by specifying a value for the snippet.title property.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
One or more of the specified channels cannot be found.


notFound (404)
channelSectionNotFound
The channel section you are trying to update cannot be found.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
One or more of the specified playlists cannot be found.





channels

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to channels resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

channels.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
invalidCriteria
A maximum of one of the following filters may be specified:id, mySubscribers, categoryId, mine, managedByMe, forUsername. In case of content owner authentication using the onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter, only the id or managedByMe may be specified.


forbidden (403)
channelForbidden
The channel specified by the id parameter does not support the request or the request is not properly authorized.


notFound (404)
categoryNotFound
The category identified by the categoryId parameter cannot be found. Use the guideCategories.list method to retrieve a list of valid values.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel specified in the id parameter cannot be found.



channels.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
brandingValidationError
One of the values in the brandingSettings object failed validation. Use the channels.list method to retrieve the existing settings for the channel, and update the property values following the guidelines in the channels resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
channelTitleUpdateForbidden
When updating a channel's brandingSettings part, you must set the brandingSettings.channel.title property's value to the channel's current title or omit the property. The API returns an error if you change the property's value.


badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSetError
The defaultLanguage must be set to update localizations.


badRequest (400)
invalidBrandingOption
One of the branding settings that you specified does not exist. Use the channels.list method to retrieve valid values and make sure to update them following the guidelines in the channels resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
invalidCustomMessage
The request metadata specifies an invalid custom message. Check the value of the invideoPromotion.items[].customMessage property in the resource that the request sent.


badRequest (400)
invalidDuration
The request metadata specifies an invalid duration in the invideoPromotion part.


badRequest (400)
invalidDuration
The request metadata specifies an invalid position type for determining how the promoted item is positioned in the video player. Check the value of the invideoPromotion.position.type property in the resource that the request sent.


badRequest (400)
invalidRecentlyUploadedBy
The request metadata specifies an invalid channel ID. Check the value of the invideoPromotion.items[].id.recentlyUploadedBy property in the resource that the request sent.


badRequest (400)
invalidTimingOffset
The request metadata specifies an invalid timing offset in the invideoPromotion part.


badRequest (400)
invalidTimingOffset
The request metadata specifies an invalid timing offset for determining when the promoted item should be displayed in the video player. Check the value of the invideoPromotion.timing.offsetMs property in the resource that the request sent.


badRequest (400)
invalidTimingType
The request metadata specifies an invalid timing method for determining when the promoted item should be displayed in the video player. Check the value of the invideoPromotion.timing.type property in the resource that the request sent.


badRequest (400)
localizationValidationError
One of the values in the localizations object failed validation. Use the channels.list method to retrieve valid values and make sure to update them following the guidelines in the channels resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
tooManyPromotedItems
Number of allowed promoted items exceeded in the invideoPromotion part.


forbidden (403)
channelForbidden
The channel specified in the id parameter does not support the request or the request is not properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
promotedVideoNotAllowed
The channel that the API request is attempting to update cannot be found. Check the value of the id property in the channel resource that the request sent to ensure that the channel ID is correct.


forbidden (403)
websiteLinkNotAllowed
The specified website URL is not allowed.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel specified by the id parameter cannot be found or does not have branding options.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel specified in the id parameter cannot be found.


notFound (404)
unknownChannelId
The specified channel ID was not found.


notFound (404)
unknownChannelId
The specified recentlyUploadedBy channel ID was not found.


notFound (404)
unknownVideoId
The video ID specified as a promoted item cannot be found.


required (400)
requiredItemIdType
The request metadata must specify an item type in the invideoPromotion part.


required (400)
requiredItemId
The request metadata must specify an item in the invideoPromotion part.


required (400)
requiredTimingOffset
The request metadata must specify a default timing offset so that YouTube can determine when to display the promoted item. Set the value of the invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.offsetMs property in the resource that the request sends.


required (400)
requiredTimingOffset
The request metadata must specify a timing offset so that YouTube can determine when to display the promoted item. Set the value of the invideoPromotion.timing.offsetMs property in the resource that the request sends.


required (400)
requiredTimingType
The request metadata must specify a timing method so that YouTube can determine when to display the promoted item. Set the value of the invideoPromotion.defaultTiming.type property in the resource that the request sends.


required (400)
requiredTimingType
The request metadata must specify a timing method so that YouTube can determine when to display the promoted item. Set the value of the invideoPromotion.timing.type property in the resource that the request sends.


required (400)
requiredTiming
The request metadata must specify a timing for each item in the invideoPromotion part.


required (400)
requiredVideoId
The request metadata must specify a video ID to identify the promoted item.


required (400)
requiredWebsiteUrl
The request metadata must specify a website URL in the invideoPromotion part. Set the value of the invideoPromotion.items[].id.websiteUrl property in the resource that the request sends.





commentThreads

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to commentThreads resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

commentThreads.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
operationNotSupported
The API request is invalid or improperly formed. Consequently, the API server couldn't understand the request.


badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the commentThread resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid.


forbidden (403)
commentsDisabled
The video identified by the videoId parameter has disabled comments.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
One or more of the requested comment threads cannot be retrieved due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel identified by the allThreadsRelatedToChannelId parameter couldn't be found.


notFound (404)
commentThreadNotFound
One or more of the specified comment threads cannot be found. Check the values of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video identified by the videoId parameter couldn't be found.



commentThreads.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
channelOrVideoIdMissing
Each comment thread must be linked to a channel or video. Make sure the resource specifies values for both the snippet.channelId and snippet.videoId properties. A comment on a video appears on the video watch page.


badRequest (400)
commentTextRequired
The comment resource that is being inserted must specify a value for the snippet.topLevelComment.snippet.textOriginal property. Comments cannot be empty.


badRequest (400)
commentTextTooLong
The comment resource that is being inserted contains too many characters in the snippet.topLevelComment.snippet.textOriginal property.


badRequest (400)
invalidCommentThreadMetadata
The request metadata is invalid.


badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the commentThread resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The comment thread could be created due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
ineligibleAccount
The YouTube account used to authorize the API request must be merged with the user's Google Account to insert a comment or comment thread.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The specified channel couldn't be found. Check the value of the snippet.channelId property to ensure it is correct.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The specified video couldn't be found. Check the value of the snippet.videoId property to ensure it is correct.




comments

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to comments resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

comments.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
operationNotSupported
The API request is invalid or improperly formed. Consequently, the API server couldn't understand the request.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
One or more of the requested comments cannot be retrieved due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
commentNotFound
One or more of the specified comments cannot be found. Check the values of the request's id and parentId parameters to ensure that they are correct.



comments.setModerationStatus



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
banWithoutReject
The banAuthor parameter can only be used if the moderationStatus parameter value is rejected.


badRequest (400)
operationNotSupported
The API request is invalid or improperly formed. Consequently, the API server couldn't understand the request.


badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The moderation status of one or more comments cannot be set due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
commentNotFound
One or more of the comments that the request is trying to update cannot be found. Check the values of the request's id parameter to ensure that they are correct.



comments.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
commentTextRequired
The comment resource that is being inserted must specify a value for the snippet.textOriginal property. Comments cannot be empty.


badRequest (400)
commentTextTooLong
The comment resource that is being inserted contains too many characters in the snippet.textOriginal property.


badRequest (400)
invalidCommentMetadata
The request metadata is invalid.


badRequest (400)
operationNotSupported
The API user is not able to insert a comment in reply to the top-level comment identified by the snippet.parentId property. In a commentThread resource, the snippet.canReply property indicates whether the current viewer can reply to the thread.


badRequest (400)
parentCommentIsPrivate
The specified parent comment is private. The API does not support replies to private comments.


badRequest (400)
parentIdMissing
The comment that is being inserted must be linked to a parent comment. However, the comment resource in the body of the API request did not specify a value for the snippet.parentId property.


badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the comment resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The comment cannot be created due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
ineligibleAccount
The YouTube account used to authorize the API request must be merged with the user's Google Account to insert a comment or comment thread.


notFound (404)
parentCommentNotFound
The specified parent comment couldn't be found. Check the value of the snippet.parentId property in the request body to ensure that it is correct.


comments.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The comment couldn't be deleted because of insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
commentNotFound
The specified comment couldn't be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



comments.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
commentTextTooLong
The comment resource that is being updated contains too many characters in the snippet.textOriginal property.


badRequest (400)
invalidCommentMetadata
The request metadata is invalid.


badRequest (400)
operationNotSupported
The API request is invalid or improperly formed. Consequently, the API server couldn't understand the request.


badRequest (400)
processingFailure
The API server failed to successfully process the request. While this can be a transient error, it usually indicates that the request's input is invalid. Check the structure of the comment resource in the request body to ensure that it is valid.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The comment couldn't be updated due to insufficient permissions. The request might not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
ineligibleAccount
The YouTube account used to authorize the API request must be merged with the user's Google Account to update a comment or comment thread.


notFound (404)
commentNotFound
The specified comment couldn't be found. Check the value of the id property in the request body to ensure that it is correct.





members

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to members resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

members.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
channelMembershipsNotEnabled
The creator channel authorizing the request does not have channel
memberships enabled.


badRequest (400)
invalidMode
The mode parameter value is invalid.
This error might occur if the pageToken parameter
specifies a token that was retrieved using a different mode than the one specified.


badRequest (400)
invalidPageToken
The pageToken parameter value is
invalid. This error occurs if the page token used in the request has expired.


badRequest (400)
invalidHasAccessToLevel
The hasAccessToLevel
parameter value is invalid. There is no level with the specified
id.


badRequest (400)
invalidFilterByMemberChannelId
The filterByMemberChannelId
parameter value is invalid. This error occurs if the
filterByMemberChannelId parameter value
specifies more than 100 channels.




membershipsLevels

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to members resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

membershipsLevels.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
channelMembershipsNotEnabled
The creator channel authorizing the request does not have channel
memberships enabled.





playlistItems

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to playlistItems resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

playlistItems.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
playlistItemsNotAccessible
The request is not properly authorized to delete the specified playlist item.


notFound (404)
playlistItemNotFound
The playlist item identified with the request's id parameter cannot be found.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to delete videos from the specified playlist. For example, you can't delete a video from your uploaded videos playlist.



playlistItems.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




duplicate
videoAlreadyInPlaylist
The video that you are trying to add to the playlist is already in the playlist.


forbidden (403)
playlistContainsMaximumNumberOfVideos
The playlist already contains the maximum allowed number of items.


forbidden (403)
playlistItemsNotAccessible
The request is not properly authorized to insert the specified playlist item.


invalidValue (400)
invalidContentDetails
The contentDetails property in the request is not valid. A possible reason is that contentDetails.note field is longer than 280 characters.


invalidValue (400)
invalidPlaylistItemPosition
The request attempts to set the playlist item's position to an invalid or unsupported value. Check the value of the position property in the resource's snippet.


invalidValue (400)
invalidResourceType
The type specified for the resource ID is not supported for this operation. The resource ID identifies the item being added to the playlist – such as youtube#video.


invalidValue (400)
manualSortRequired
The request attempts to set the playlist item's position, but the playlist does not use manual sorting. (For example, playlist items might be sorted by date or popularity.) You can address the error by removing the snippet.position element from the resource that the request is inserting. If you want the playlist item to have a particular position in the list, you need to first update the playlist's Ordering option to Manual in the playlist's settings. This settings can be adjusted in the YouTube Video Manager.


invalidValue (400)
videoAlreadyInAnotherSeriesPlaylist
The video that you are trying to add to the playlist is already in another series playlist.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to insert videos into the specified playlist. For example, you can't insert a video into your uploaded videos playlist.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's playlistId parameter cannot be found.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to add to the playlist cannot be found. Check the value of the videoId property to ensure that it is correct.


required (400)
channelIdRequired
The request does not specify a value for the required channelId property.


required (400)
playlistIdRequired
The request does not specify a value for the required playlistId property.


required (400)
resourceIdRequired
The request must contain a resource in which the snippet object specifies a resourceId.



playlistItems.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
playlistItemsNotAccessible
The request is not properly authorized to retrieve the specified playlist.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's playlistId parameter cannot be found.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video identified with the request's videoId parameter cannot be found.


required (400)
playlistIdRequired
The subscribe request does not specify a value for the required playlistId property.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to list videos in the specified playlist. For example, you can't list a video in your watch later playlist.



playlistItems.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
playlistItemsNotAccessible
The request is not properly authorized to update the specified playlist item.


invalidValue (400)
invalidPlaylistItemPosition
The request attempts to set the playlist item's position to an invalid or unsupported value. Check the value of the position property in the resource's snippet.


invalidValue (400)
invalidResourceType
The type specified for the resource ID is not supported for this operation. The resource ID identifies the item being added to the playlist – such as youtube#video.


invalidValue (400)
invalidSnippet
The request does not specify a valid snippet property.


invalidValue (400)
manualSortRequired
The request attempts to set the playlist item's position, but the playlist does not use manual sorting. (For example, playlist items might be sorted by date or popularity.) You can address the error by removing the snippet.position element from the resource that the request is inserting. If you want the playlist item to have a particular position in the list, you need to first update the playlist's Ordering option to Manual in the playlist's settings. This settings can be adjusted in the YouTube Video Manager.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to update videos in the specified playlist. For example, you can't update a video in your uploaded videos playlist.


notFound (404)
playlistItemNotFound
The playlist item identified with the request's id property cannot be found.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's playlistId parameter cannot be found.


required (400)
channelIdRequired
The request does not specify a value for the required channelId property.


required (400)
playlistIdRequired
The request does not specify a value for the required playlistId property.


required (400)
playlistItemIdRequired
The playlist item resource specified in the request must use the id property to identify the playlist item that is being updated.





playlists

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to playlists resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

playlists.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
playlistForbidden
This operation is forbidden or the request is not properly authorized.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's id parameter cannot be found.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to delete the specified playlist. For example, you can't delete your uploaded videos playlist.



playlists.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
channelClosed
The channel specified in the channelId parameter has been closed.


forbidden (403)
channelSuspended
The channel specified in the channelId parameter has been suspended.


forbidden (403)
playlistForbidden
The playlist identified with the request's id parameter does not support the request or the request is not properly authorized.


notFound (404)
channelNotFound
The channel specified in the channelId parameter cannot be found.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's id parameter cannot be found.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to list the specified playlist. For example, you can't list your watch later playlist.



playlists.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSetError
The defaultLanguage must be set to update localizations.


badRequest (400)
localizationValidationError
One of the values in the localizations object failed validation. Use the playlists.list method to retrieve valid values and make sure to update them following the guidelines in the playlists resource documentation.


badRequest (400)
maxPlaylistExceeded
The playlist cannot be created because the channel already has the maximum number of playlists allowed.


forbidden (403)
playlistForbidden
This operation is forbidden or the request is not properly authorized.


invalidValue (400)
invalidPlaylistSnippet
The request provides an invalid playlist snippet.


required (400)
playlistTitleRequired
The request must specify a playlist title.



playlists.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSetError
The defaultLanguage must be set to update localizations.


badRequest (400)
localizationValidationError
One of the values in the localizations object failed validation. Use the playlists.list method to retrieve valid values and make sure to update them following the guidelines in the playlists resource documentation.


forbidden (403)
playlistForbidden
This operation is forbidden or the request is not properly authorized.


invalidValue (400)
invalidPlaylistSnippet
The request provides an invalid playlist snippet.


invalidValue (400)
playlistOperationUnsupported
The API does not support the ability to update the specified playlist. For example, you can't update the properties of your uploaded videos playlist.


notFound (404)
playlistNotFound
The playlist identified with the request's id parameter cannot be found.


required (400)
playlistTitleRequired
The request must specify a playlist title.





search

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to search resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

search.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
invalidChannelId
The channelId parameter specified an invalid channel ID.


badRequest (400)
invalidLocation
The location and/or locationRadius parameter value was formatted incorrectly.


badRequest (400)
invalidRelevanceLanguage
The relevanceLanguage parameter value was formatted incorrectly.


badRequest (400)
invalidSearchFilter
The request contains an invalid combination of search filters and/or restrictions. You must set the type parameter to video if you set a value for the eventType, videoCaption, videoCategoryId, videoDefinition, videoDimension, videoDuration, videoEmbeddable, videoLicense, videoSyndicated, or videoType parameters.





subscriptions

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to subscriptions resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

subscriptions.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
subscriptionForbidden
The request is not properly authenticated or not supported for this channel.


notFound (404)
subscriptionNotFound
The subscription that you are trying to delete cannot be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



subscriptions.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
subscriptionDuplicate
The subscription that you are trying to create already exists.


badRequest (400)
subscriptionForbidden
You have reached your maximum number of subscriptions.


badRequest (400)
subscriptionForbidden
Too many recent subscriptions. Please try again in a few hours.


badRequest (400)
subscriptionForbidden
Subscribing to your own channel is not supported.


forbidden (403)
subscriptionForbidden
The request is not properly authenticated or not supported for this channel.


notFound (404)
publisherNotFound
The resource specified by the request's snippet.resourceId property cannot be found.


notFound (404)
subscriberNotFound
The subscriber identified with the request cannot be found.


required (400)
publisherRequired
The subscription resource specified in the request must use the snippet.resourceId property to identify the channel that is being subscribed to.



subscriptions.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
accountClosed
Subscriptions couldn't be retrieved because the subscriber's account is closed.


forbidden (403)
accountSuspended
Subscriptions couldn't be retrieved because the subscriber's account is suspended.


forbidden (403)
subscriptionForbidden
The requester isn't allowed to access the requested subscriptions.


notFound (404)
subscriberNotFound
The subscriber identified with the request cannot be found.





thumbnails

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to thumbnails resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

thumbnails.set



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
invalidImage
The provided image content is invalid.


badRequest (400)
mediaBodyRequired
The request does not include the image content.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The thumbnail can't be set for the specified video. The request might not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The authenticated user doesn't have permissions to upload and set custom video thumbnails.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to insert a thumbnail image for cannot be found. Check the value of the request's videoId parameter to ensure that it is correct.


tooManyRequests (429)
uploadRateLimitExceeded
The channel has uploaded too many thumbnails recently. Please try the request again later.





videoAbuseReportReasons

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to videoAbuseReportReasons resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

videoAbuseReportReasons.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
Access forbidden. The request may not be properly authorized.





videoCategories

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to videoCategories resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

videoCategories.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




notFound (404)
videoCategoryNotFound
The video category identified by the id parameter cannot be found. Use the videoCategories.list method to retrieve a list of valid values.





videos

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to videos resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

videos.insert



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSet
The request is trying to add localized video details without specifying the default language of the video details.


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 or empty video title.


badRequest (400)
invalidVideoGameRating
The request metadata specifies an invalid video game rating.


badRequest (400)
invalidVideoMetadata
The request metadata is invalid. This error occurs if the request updates the snippet part of a video resource but does not set a value for both the snippet.title and snippet.categoryId properties.


badRequest (400)
mediaBodyRequired
The request does not include the video content.


badRequest (400)
uploadLimitExceeded
The user has exceeded the number of videos they may upload.


forbidden (403)
forbidden



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.



videos.list



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
videoChartNotFound
The requested video chart is not supported or is not available.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The request is not properly authorized to access video file or processing information. The fileDetails, processingDetails, and suggestions parts are only available to that video's owner.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The request cannot access user rating information. This error may occur because the request is not properly authorized to use the myRating parameter.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to retrieve cannot be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



videos.delete



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
The video that you are trying to delete cannot be deleted. The request might not be properly authorized.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to delete cannot be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



videos.update



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
defaultLanguageNotSet
The API request is trying to add localized video details without specifying the default language of the video details.


badRequest (400)
invalidCategoryId
The snippet.categoryId property specifies an invalid category ID. Use the videoCategories.list method to retrieve supported categories.


badRequest (400)
invalidDefaultBroadcastPrivacySetting
The request attempts to set an invalid privacy setting for the default broadcast.


badRequest (400)
invalidDescription
The request metadata specifies an invalid video description.


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 or empty video title.


badRequest (400)
invalidVideoMetadata
The request metadata is invalid. This error occurs if the request updates the snippet part of a video resource but does not set a value for both the snippet.title and snippet.categoryId properties.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
Access forbidden. The request may not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
forbiddenEmbedSetting
The request attempts to set an invalid embed setting for the video. Some channels might not have permission to offer embedded players for live streams. See the YouTube Help Center for more information.


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.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to update cannot be found. Check the value of the id field in the request body to ensure that it is correct.



videos.rate



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
emailNotVerified
The user must verify their email address prior to rating.


badRequest (400)
invalidRating
The request contained an unexpected value for the rating parameter.


badRequest (400)
videoPurchaseRequired
Rental videos can only be rated by users who rented them.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The video that you are trying to rate cannot be rated. The request might not be properly authorized.


forbidden (403)
videoRatingDisabled
The owner of the video that you are trying to rate has disabled ratings for that video.


notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to rate cannot be found. Check the value of the request's id parameter to ensure that it is correct.



videos.reportAbuse



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
invalidAbuseReason
The request contained an unexpected value for the reason_id field, or a combination of the reason_id and secondary_reason_id fields.


badRequest (400)
rateLimitExceeded
The user has sent too many requests in a given timeframe.


forbidden (403)
forbidden



notFound (404)
videoNotFound
The video that you are trying to report abuse for cannot be found.





watermarks

The following tables identify error messages that the API returns in response to calls related to watermarks resources. These methods could also return errors listed in the Common request errors section.

watermarks.set



Error type
Error detail
Description




badRequest (400)
imageFormatUnsupported
The image you provided is in an unsupported format.


badRequest (400)
imageTooTall
The image you provided is too tall.


badRequest (400)
imageTooWide
The image you provided is too wide.


badRequest (400)
mediaBodyRequired
The request does not include the image content.


forbidden (403)
forbidden
The watermark can't be set for the specified channel. The request may not be properly authorized, or the channelId parameter is set to an invalid value.



watermarks.unset



Error type
Error detail
Description




forbidden (403)
forbidden
The watermark can't be unset for the specified channel. The request may not be properly authorized, or the channelId parameter is set to an invalid value.