Pain getting YouTube API access
I'm developing an app that involves using the YouTube API to upload videos. The default API quota from Google only allows for uploading one video per day, which has made testing difficult, but still doable.
I requested a quota increase and it took several months for a few reasons:
- They asked questions, often the same ones, and took 2-3 weeks to reply to my answers.
- They wanted things that a person developing an MVP does not have, such as a public demo account, a video walkthrough of the app, etc.
But, they finally approved my request and gave me a generous quota. However, my quota was completely disabled a few days later. I've received no communication from them about it. I emailed them three weeks ago and have not heard back yet.
It's kinda disheartening and making me wonder if building an app that requires the YouTube API is a bad idea.
Does anybody else have experience with this?
Over years I have had many pains with various 3rd party APIs and I try to avoid them for as long as possible, for reasons similar to what you are describing. Keep in mind that by pursuing this avenue, you leave yourself completely at the mercy of the API owner and they can shut you down overnight without warning. If your entire userbase and income is tied to this one app, that will not be fun. Honestly, I would build something else (unless this is just one more side project among 20 others).