{"id":22355,"date":"2020-06-22T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/?p=22355"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:51:15","slug":"how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Youtube API Key?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here, we will provide you the tutorial to create a Youtube API key to easily create a Youtube video gallery and embed it on your website. But before we begin let\u2019s be clear about the API and its work process. If you are already familiar with the API then, you can directly jump to the process to create the Youtube API key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key\/#What-is-an-API-and-how-it-works\" title=\"What is an API and how it works?\">What is an API and how it works?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key\/#How-does-API-works-on-Youtube\" title=\"How does API works on Youtube?\">How does API works on Youtube?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key\/#Creating-a-Youtube-API-Key\" title=\"Creating a Youtube API Key\">Creating a Youtube API Key<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-an-API-and-how-it-works\"><\/span>What is an API and how it works?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An API is the set of programs that let an application interact with external services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main work of API is to break the barrier of the system containing a large amount of data to make it simpler to manage and process them on other applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programmers mostly use the API as the interface to add features to their software from other third-party applications containing a large amount of data like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-does-API-works-on-Youtube\"><\/span>How does API works on Youtube?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Youtube, API works as a quota to let the developers use its services properly to add a broad range of functions on their own apps. You can create a Youtube API key to get a wide range of opportunities to interact with various content of the Youtube content such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collect Information on a Youtube Channel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get an Access to the Videos and Playlist to Add Them on Website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore the Total Number of Views, Comments, Likes, and Dislikes of the Video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating-a-Youtube-API-Key\"><\/span>Creating a Youtube API Key<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have got the idea of the Youtube API key, let\u2019s begin creating it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing you need to go to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Developers<\/a> website. You may need to log in or create a new account if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/console.cloud.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Cloud Platform<\/a> and click on <strong>Create Project<\/strong> to create a new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/create-new-api-project.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22356\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Give the name of your project and the location of your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/create-new-api-projects.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22402\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your project is created, view it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1903\" height=\"979\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/explore-and-enable-apis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22360\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There, click on Explore and enable APIs link below the Getting Started section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, go to the library tab and search for the Youtube Data API v3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/search-youtube-data-api.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22359\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on it and enable the API.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/enable-youtube-data-api.png\" alt=\"Create Youtube API Key\" class=\"wp-image-22357\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, click on <strong>Create Credentials <\/strong>to create the API key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/create-youtube-api-credentials.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22361\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill up the credentials like the one in the screenshot below and click on \u201c<strong>What credentials do I need?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/add-credentials-to-project.png\" alt=\"Create Youtube API Key\" class=\"wp-image-22362\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Youtube API key successfully created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/hashthemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/youtube-api-key.png\" alt=\"Create Youtube API Key\" class=\"wp-image-22363\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, we will provide you the tutorial to create a Youtube API key to easily create a Youtube video gallery and embed it on your website. 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