Upload videos to YouTube via our API
by Geoffrey BourneToday we just announced a new offering: Uploading a video to YouTube via Ayrshare' API.
Why is this a milestone? Well, the effort to get YouTube approval was a long one. Of all the social networks, YouTube was the most detailed in their audit, but also their team was amazing. You actually interacted with real people to help you through the process.
Getting YouTube approval requires:
- OAuth credential approval for the particular scope you need access to.
- An increased quota.
OAuth Approval
- In the Google Console under API, you need to add the YouTube v3 access.
- Once access has been granted in Dev, you need to built a test app with the appropriate scopes. If you want to just upload, you'll need the scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload
- After you build your test app, record a screencast of how the scope is used in your app.
- Fill out the forms, give a test account, and upload the screencast.
And that is round #1. You'll need to verify your domain, fix YouTube branding issues (always YouTube and never Youtube), and do more detailed write ups on how you'll use the scope. We went through about 10 rounds, but you're experience might vary.
Quota Increase
By default, YouTube gives you 10,000 daily credits. This translates to about 6 video uploads a day, which is fine for a single company, but not if you have a platform with multiple clients.
You'll want to increase the quota significantly. In the Google Console ->API you can request a quota increase. Essentially it is the same process as above with a different team - screencasts, documents to complete, etc.
We're glad the process is done and so excited that our users can now post videos via our API. Check out this article for more info:
https://www.ayrshare.com/ayrshare-api-posting-videos-to-youtube/
