> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This documentation is for Google Ads API **v23** . The latest active version is [**v26**](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/YoutubeVideoIdentifier).

The identifier for YouTube video

[Proto definition ![GitHub](https://developers.google.com/site-assets/logo-github.svg)](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/ads/googleads/v23/resources/data_link.proto)

| Fields ||
|---|---|
| ## `channel_id` | `string` Immutable. The ID of the hosting channel of the video. This is a string value with "UC" prefix. For example, "UCK8sQmJBp8GCxrOtXWBpyEA". |
| ## `video_id` | `string` Immutable. The ID of the video associated with the video link. This is the 11 character string value used in the YouTube video URL. For example, video ID is jV1vkHv4zq8 from the YouTube video URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1vkHv4zq8\&t=2s". |