import_youtube_video
Import YouTube video
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Import a YouTube video that the OWNER UPLOADED THEMSELVES. This will not work for anyone else's video, by design — a channel built from other people's videos is a copyright problem for the owner.
Ownership is proved by a tag only the uploader can add:
1. The owner's tag looks like 'MyTVChannelApp#<device-id>'. When the import fails for a missing tag, the 403 error message contains that account's exact tag string.
2. They paste that exact string into the video's description or tags on YouTube.
3. Retry the import.
You cannot do step 2 for them and you cannot bypass it. Public finished videos only: no live streams, no private or age-restricted videos, no playlists or channel URLs. Capped at 10 per day. Counts against the same weekly upload quota as everything else.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel_id | integer | yes | |
| url | string | yes | A single-video YouTube URL (watch, shorts or youtu.be) |
| title | string | no | Overrides the YouTube title |
| tags | array | no | |
| weight | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"channel_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A single-video YouTube URL (watch, shorts or youtu.be)"
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Overrides the YouTube title"
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"weight": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 10
}
},
"required": [
"channel_id",
"url"
]
}