VideoCategories: list
Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube videos.
Quota impact: A call to this method has aquota cost of 1 unit.
Common use cases
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Required parameters | ||
part | stringThe part parameter specifies thevideoCategory resource properties that the API response will include. Set the parameter value tosnippet. | |
| Filters(specify exactly one of the following parameters) | ||
id | stringThe id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of video category IDs for the resources that you are retrieving. | |
regionCode | stringThe regionCode parameter instructs the API to return the list of video categories available in the specified country. The parameter value is anISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. | |
| Optional parameters | ||
hl | stringThe hl parameter specifies the language that should be used for text values in the API response. The default value isen_US. | |
Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{"kind":"youtube#videoCategoryListResponse","etag":etag,"nextPageToken":string,"prevPageToken":string,"pageInfo":{"totalResults":integer,"resultsPerPage":integer},"items":[videoCategoryresource]}Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties | |
|---|---|
kind | stringIdentifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#videoCategoryListResponse. |
etag | etagThe Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken | stringThe token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
prevPageToken | stringThe token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set. |
pageInfo | objectThe pageInfo object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.totalResults | integerThe total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.resultsPerPage | integerThe number of results included in the API response. |
items[] | listA list of video categories that can be associated with YouTube videos. In this map, the video category ID is the map key, and its value is the corresponding videoCategory resource. |
Errors
The following table identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. Please see theerror message documentation for more detail.
| Error type | Error detail | Description |
|---|---|---|
notFound (404) | videoCategoryNotFound | The video category identified by theid parameter cannot be found. Use thevideoCategories.list method to retrieve a list of valid values. |
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.