Client Libraries

  • Google API client libraries can simplify YouTube API implementation and are available for multiple programming languages.

  • These client libraries have documentation and samples for languages like Java, JavaScript, .NET, Objective-C, PHP, and Python.

  • Early-stage libraries are also available for Dart, Go, Node.js, and Ruby, with their respective documentation and samples.

  • Each client library has available documentation to review the specific stage of development that each one is currently at.

Google API client libraries, which are available for many programming languages, can greatly simplify your YouTube API implementation.

In the following tables, the first column shows each library's stage of development (note that some are in early stages), and links to documentation for the library. The second column links to available samples for each library.

Documentation Samples
Google API Client Library for Java Java samples
Google API Client Library for JavaScript JavaScript samples
Google API Client Library for .NET .NET samples
Google API Client Library for Objective-C for REST Objective-C samples
Google API Client Library for PHP () PHP samples
Google API Client Library for Python (v1/v2) Python samples

These early-stage libraries are also available:

Documentation Samples
Google APIs Client Libraries for Dart (beta) Dart samples
Google API Client Library for Go Go samples
Google API Client Library for Node.js (alpha) Node.js samples
Google API Client Library for Ruby (alpha) Ruby samples