YoutubeVideoIdentifier

  • Thechannel_id is a string identifying the hosting channel of the video, starting with "UC".

  • Thevideo_id is an 11-character string used in the YouTube video URL.

The identifier for YouTube video

Proto definition

Fields

channel_id

string

Immutable. The ID of the hosting channel of the video. This is a string value with “UC” prefix. For example, "UCK8sQmJBp8GCxrOtXWBpyEA".

video_id

string

Immutable. The ID of the video associated with the video link. This is the 11 character string value used in the YouTube video URL. For example, video ID is jV1vkHv4zq8 from the YouTube video URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1vkHv4zq8&t=2s".

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025-12-12 UTC.