Introducing Google Account support and YouTube API v2.1
October 7th, 2011 | by Jarek Wilkiewicz | published in Youtube API
Authenticated access to YouTube APIs lets your app offer many features that are unavailable to logged-out users. By authenticating user actions, your app can allow users to manage subscriptions, create playlists, and upload videos. Until recently, users could only perform any of these operations if they had YouTube accounts. (A YouTube account provides a user with a YouTube channel.)
v=2.1 to the API request URI or by using the GData-Version: 2.1 request header.
401 NoLinkedYouTubeAccount error.
HTTP 403 Forbidden error with a youtube_signup_required error code.
| API v2 | API v2.1 | |
| YouTube Account | 200 OK | 200 OK |
| Unlinked Google Account | 401 NoLinkedYouTubeAccount | 200 OK or 403 Forbidden youtube_signup_required |
youtube_signup_required error
youtube_signup_required error, preferably by presenting an option for the user to link to https://www.youtube.com/create_channel. If you are building a mobile application, you can bypass a redirect by using https://m.youtube.com/create_channel instead. The API documentation lists the operations that are and are not currently supported for unlinked Google Account holders.
youtube_signup_required error:
yt:service youtube_signup_required
- An entry for an unlinked Google Account holder contains a
youtube_signup_requirederror and modify your application to provide a different user experience for users with unlinked Google Accounts. - An entry for an unlinked Google Account holder contains only a few tags as those users can not customize their profile data without first creating a YouTube channel. The
tag definition lists the different tags that may appear in a profile entry depending on whether the user has a YouTube account or an unlinked Google Account.
youtube_signup_required error, your application should also be prepared to display an email address for users with unlinked Google Accounts.
AdWords API v201109 launch — providing better targeting and reporting
October 7th, 2011 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API, Uncategorized
We’re pleased to announce the launch of AdWords API v201109, which includes upgrades to targeting and reporting. We’ve highlighted some of the new features below. A complete list of changes is available in the release notes. v201109 highlights…
Answering Obama’s call to action with STEM 100Kin10
October 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Last January, U.S. President Obama challenged the nation to train 100,000 high-quality science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in 10 years. Google in Education decided to answer his call to action and became one of the founding member…
Announcing the SketchUp Halloween Challenge
October 7th, 2011 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
With Halloween just a few weeks away, nerds here in the Google Boulder office are in a tizzy about their costumes. We take this particular holiday very seriously.A haunted house I modeled years ago, with two pumpkins by IDW. He modeled them for SketchU…
Join the GA team and Partners at GAUGE NYC
October 7th, 2011 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
This is a guest post from Caleb Whitmore from Analytics Pros, a Google Analytics Certified Partner. Caleb is also the Chair of the Google Analytics Users’ Great Event (GAUGE) conference. We hope you’ll join the members of the GA team and GA Partners in…
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2011: Our Shared Responsibility
October 7th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Eric Davis, Public Policy Manager, Security(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)On the Internet, as with the offline world, the choices we make often have an impact on others. The links we share and the sites we visit can affect our se…
Twenty award winners blaze their way into our Zurich office
October 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Last week in our Zurich office, we held a celebratory event for the 20 winners of the second annual European Google Trailblazer Awards, intended to recognize students that exhibit great potential in science and engineering. The eight girls and 12 boys …
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2011: Our Shared Responsibility
October 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
(Cross-posted on the Public Policy Blog)On the Internet, as with the offline world, the choices we make often have an impact on others. The links we share and the sites we visit can affect our security and sometimes introduce risk for people we know. G…
My Summer @ Google – Freshmen Engineering Practicum
October 7th, 2011 | by Google Students | published in Google Student Blog, Uncategorized
Introduction: We continue the “My Summer @ Google” series with a post from Tasha, a rising sophomore studying computer science at New Mexico State University. Tasha (who you may remember from a previous post) was a part of this summer’s Freshmen Engi…
Accessibility: A Progress Report
October 7th, 2011 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Naomi Black, Technical Program Manager, Accessibility Over the past few months, my colleagues and I have worked closely with advocacy organizations for the blind to improve our products. We have had a number of meetings with the National Fed…
Single-language labels in Google Maps
October 7th, 2011 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps, Uncategorized
If you use Google Maps in English, you might notice we’ve expanded our coverage of translated labels. Previously, map labels would display both transliterated and local names for many places. Using a single language can help users by making the map…