.NET Code Samples

  • This content provides a code sample utilizing the Google APIs Client Library for .NET to interact with the YouTube Content ID API.

  • The code demonstrates how to retrieve a list of channels that are managed by a specific content owner through the channels.list method of the YouTube Data API.

  • The sample requires OAuth 2.0 authentication, using NativeApplicationClient to handle credentials and authorization, with specific scopes including YoutubeReadonly and Youtubepartner.

  • The code fetches and displays the titles and IDs of up to 50 channels per page, with support for pagination using the nextPageToken to retrieve additional results.

The following code samples, which use the Google APIs Client Library for .NET, are available for the YouTube Content ID API.

Retrieve a content owner's managed channels

The following code sample calls the YouTube Data API's channels.list method to retrieve a list of channels managed by the content owner making the API request.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;

/*
 * External dependencies, OAuth 2.0 support, and core client libraries are at:
 *   https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/dotnet/apis/
 * Also see the Samples.zip file for the Google.Apis.Samples.Helper classes at:
 *   https://github.com/youtube/api-samples/tree/master/dotnet
 */

using DotNetOpenAuth.OAuth2;

using Google.Apis.Authentication;
using Google.Apis.Authentication.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Authentication.OAuth2.DotNetOpenAuth;
using Google.Apis.Samples.Helper;
using Google.Apis.Services;
using Google.Apis.Util;
using Google.Apis.Youtube.v3;
using Google.Apis.Youtube.v3.Data;

namespace dotnet
{
  class papi_my_managed_channels
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      CommandLine.EnableExceptionHandling();
      CommandLine.DisplayGoogleSampleHeader("YouTube Partner API: My Managed Channels");

      var credentials = PromptingClientCredentials.EnsureFullClientCredentials();
      var provider = new NativeApplicationClient(GoogleAuthenticationServer.Description)
      {
        ClientIdentifier = credentials.ClientId,
        ClientSecret = credentials.ClientSecret
      };
      var auth = new OAuth2Authenticator<NativeApplicationClient>(provider, GetAuthorization);

      var youtube = new YoutubeService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
      {
        Authenticator = auth
      });

      var contentOwnerId = CommandLine.RequestUserInput<string>("Content Owner ID");

      var nextPageToken = "";
      while (nextPageToken != null)
      {
        var channelsListRequest = youtube.Channels.List("snippet");
        channelsListRequest.MaxResults = 50;
        channelsListRequest.ManagedByMe = true;
        channelsListRequest.OnBehalfOfContentOwner = contentOwnerId;
        channelsListRequest.PageToken = nextPageToken;

        var channelsListResponse = channelsListRequest.Fetch();

        foreach (var channelItem in channelsListResponse.Items)
        {
          CommandLine.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} ({1})", channelItem.Snippet.Title, channelItem.Id));
        }

        nextPageToken = channelsListResponse.NextPageToken;
      }
      
      CommandLine.PressAnyKeyToExit();
    }

    private static IAuthorizationState GetAuthorization(NativeApplicationClient client)
    {
      var storage = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.ToString();
      var key = "storage_key";

      IAuthorizationState state = AuthorizationMgr.GetCachedRefreshToken(storage, key);
      if (state != null)
      {
        client.RefreshToken(state);
      }
      else
      {
        state = AuthorizationMgr.RequestNativeAuthorization(client, YoutubeService.Scopes.YoutubeReadonly.GetStringValue(), YoutubeService.Scopes.Youtubepartner.GetStringValue());
        AuthorizationMgr.SetCachedRefreshToken(storage, key, state);
      }

      return state;
    }
  }
}