YouTube Connector for Power BI

In this article you will learn how to integrate YouTube data in Power BI without coding in just a few clicks (live / bi-directional connection to YouTube). Read / write YouTube data inside your app, perform many Youtube operations without coding using easy to use high performance API Connector for YouTube.

Using YouTube Connector you will be able to connect, read, and write data from within Power BI. Follow the steps below to see how we would accomplish that.

Download Documentation

The driver mentioned above is part of ODBC PowerPack which is a collection of high-performance Drivers for various API data source (i.e. REST API, JSON, XML, CSV, Amazon S3 and many more). Using familiar SQL query language you can make live connections and read/write data from API sources or JSON / XML / CSV Files inside SQL Server (T-SQL) or your favorite Reporting (i.e. Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, SSRS, MicroStrategy, Excel, MS Access), ETL Tools (i.e. Informatica, Talend, Pentaho, SSIS). You can also call our drivers from programming languages such as JAVA, C#, Python, PowerShell etc.

If you are new to ODBC and ZappySys ODBC PowerPack then check the following links to get started.

Connect to YouTube in other apps

Connect to YouTube in SSIS

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Connect to YouTube in Informatica

Connect to YouTube in MS Access

Connect to YouTube in MS Excel

Connect to YouTube in SSAS

Connect to YouTube in C#

Connect to YouTube in Python

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Connect to YouTube in Tableau

Connect to YouTube in SAP Crystal Reports

Connect to YouTube in Azure Data Factory (Pipeline)

Connect to YouTube in Azure Data Factory (SSIS)

Connect to YouTube in Talend Studio

Connect to YouTube in UiPath

Connect to YouTube in PowerShell

Connect to YouTube in ODBC

Video Tutorial - Integrate YouTube data in Power BI

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

How to download / install required driver for YouTube integration in Power BI
How to configure connection for YouTube
Features about API Driver (Authentication / Query Language / Examples / Driver UI)
Using YouTube Connection in Power BI

Watch this video on YouTube

Create ODBC Data Source (DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

Step-by-step instructions

To get data from YouTube using Power BI we first need to create a DSN (Data Source) which will access data from YouTube. We will later be able to read data using Power BI. Perform these steps:

Install ZappySys ODBC PowerPack.
Open ODBC Data Sources (x64):
Create a User Data Source (User DSN) based on ZappySys API Driver

ZappySys API Driver

You should create a System DSN (instead of a User DSN) if the client application is launched under a Windows System Account, e.g. as a Windows Service. If the client application is 32-bit (x86) running with a System DSN, use ODBC Data Sources (32-bit) instead of the 64-bit version.
When the Configuration window appears give your data source a name if you haven't done that already, then select "YouTube" from the list of Popular Connectors. If "YouTube" is not present in the list, then click "Search Online" and download it. Then set the path to the location where you downloaded it. Finally, click Continue >> to proceed with configuring the DSN:

YoutubeDSN

YouTube

Now it's time to configure the Connection Manager. Select Authentication Type, e.g. Token Authentication. Then select API Base URL (in most cases, the default one is the right one). More info is available in the Authentication section.

API Key [Http]

Steps how to get and use YouTube credentials
This walkthrough will help you create an API Key which you will be able to use in all requests and authenticate accordingly.

Go to Google API Console
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
On Project Popup click CREATE PROJECT
Once project is created you can click Select Project to switch the context (You can click on Notification link or Choose from Top Dropdown)
Click ENABLE APIs AND SERVICES
Now we need to Enable three APIs one by one (YouTube Data API, YouTube Analytics API, YouTube Reporting API).
Search YouTube Data API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Analytics API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Reporting API. Select and click ENABLE
Go to back to main screen of Google API Console
Click OAuth Consent Screen Tab. Enter necessary details and Save.
Click Credentials Tab
Click CREATE CREDENTIALS (some where in topbar) and select API key option.
In the popup, copy API Key from the field "Your API key", close this window, and use it in the UI configuration, "key" field

Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

YoutubeDSN

YouTube

API Key [Http]

https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3

Required Parameters
key	Fill-in the parameter...
Optional Parameters
RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
RetryStatusCodeList	403\|429
RetryCountMax	5
RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

User Account [OAuth]

Steps how to get and use YouTube credentials
To register a custom app, perform the following steps (detailed steps found in the help link at the end)

Go to Google API Console
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
On Project Popup click CREATE PROJECT
Once project is created you can click Select Project to switch the context (You can click on Notification link or Choose from Top Dropdown)
Click ENABLE APIs AND SERVICES
Now we need to Enable three APIs one by one (YouTube Data API, YouTube Analytics API, YouTube Reporting API).
Search YouTube Data API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Analytics API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Reporting API. Select and click ENABLE
Go to back to main screen of Google API Console
Click OAuth Consent Screen Tab. Enter necessary details and Save.
Click Credentials Tab
Click CREATE CREDENTIALS (some where in topbar) and select OAuth Client ID option.
When prompted Select Application Type as Desktop App and click Create to receive your ClientID and Secret. Later on you can use this information now to configure Connection.
Go to OAuth Consent Screen tab. Under Publishing Status click PUBLISH APP to ensure your refresh token doesnt expire often. If you planning to use App for Private use then do not have to worry about Verification Status after Publish.

Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

YoutubeDSN

YouTube

User Account [OAuth]

https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3

Optional Parameters
ClientId
ClientSecret
Scope	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner-channel-audit https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly
RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
RetryStatusCodeList	403\|429
RetryCountMax	5
RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True
Redirect URL (Only for Web App)

Service Account (Using Private Key File) [OAuth]

Steps how to get and use YouTube credentials
Use these steps to authenticate as service account rather than Google / GSuite User. Learn more about service account here

Basically to call Google API as Service account we need to perform following steps listed in 3 sections (Detailed steps found in the help link at the end)

Create Project

First thing is create a Project so we can call Google API. Skip this section if you already have Project (Go to next section)

Go to Google API Console
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
On Project Popup click CREATE PROJECT
Once project is created you can click Select Project to switch the context (You can click on Notification link or Choose from Top Dropdown)
Click ENABLE APIs AND SERVICES
Now we need to Enable three APIs one by one (YouTube Data API, YouTube Analytics API, YouTube Reporting API)
Search YouTube Data API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Analytics API. Select and click ENABLE
Search YouTube Reporting API. Select and click ENABLE

Create Service Account

Once Project is created and APIs are enabled we can now create a service account under that project. Service account has its ID which looks like some email ID (not to confuse with Google /Gmail email ID)

Go to Create Service Account
From the Project Dropdown (usually found at the top bar) click Select Project
Enter Service account name and Service account description
For Role, do not select anything for now and Click Continue and then click Done. Next we will create Key.

Create Key

Once service account is created we need to create key file (i.e. credentials).

In the Cloud Console, click the email address for the service account that you created.
Click Keys.
Click Add key, then click Create new key.
Click Create and select P12 format. A P12 key file is downloaded to your computer. We will use this file in our API connection.
Click Close.
Now you may use downloaded *.p12 key file as secret file and Service Account Email as Client ID (e.g. some-service-account-name@your-project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com ).

Add Permission

Now last thing is give read/write permission to Service Account. Basically you can create or open Google Sheet and add the Service Account as an editor to it as below.

Copy the email address of your service account we created in previous step (its usually like this some-service-account-name@your-project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com).
Create or select an existing Google Sheet.
Navigate to Sheet for which you like to give read/write access to Service Account.
Click on the Share button in the top right, and add the email address of the service account as an editor. Here is how to share file(s) with specific people. Juse share with Service Account (use Service Account Email found on previous section)

Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

YoutubeDSN

YouTube

Service Account (Using Private Key File) [OAuth]

https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3

Required Parameters
Service Account Email	Fill-in the parameter...
Service Account Private Key Path (i.e. *.p12)	Fill-in the parameter...
Optional Parameters
Scope	https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.upload https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner-channel-audit https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonly https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly
RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
RetryStatusCodeList	403\|429
RetryCountMax	5
RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

Once the data source has been configured, you can preview data. Select the Preview tab and use settings similar to the following to preview data:
Click OK to finish creating the data source.

Video instructions

Watch this video on YouTube

Read YouTube data in Power BI using ODBC

Importing YouTube data into Power BI from table or view

Once you open Power BI Desktop click Get Data to get data from ODBC:
A window opens, and then search for "odbc" to get data from ODBC data source:
Another window opens and asks to select a Data Source we already created. Choose YoutubeDSN and continue:

YoutubeDSN
Most likely, you will be asked to authenticate to a newly created DSN. Just select Windows authentication option together with Use my current credentials option:

YoutubeDSN
Finally, you will be asked to select a table or view to get data from. Select one and load the data!
Finally, finally, use extracted data from YouTube in a Power BI report:

Importing YouTube data into Power BI using SQL query

If you wish to import YouTube data from SQL query rather than a table then you can use advanced options during import steps (as below). After selecting DSN you can click on advanced options to see SQL Query editor.

YoutubeDSN

                SELECT
                    ProductID,
                    ProductName,
                    SupplierID,
                    CategoryID,
                    QuantityPerUnit,
                    UnitPrice
                FROM Products
                WHERE UnitPrice > 20

Get REST API data in Power BI Desktop using SQL query and ODBC

Consider using Custom Objects feature in ODBC data source to encapsulate SQL query in a Virtual Table. This way, you can see a virtual table in Power BI table list where you can import multiple objects using the same connection rather than creating a new connection for each custom SQL query.

Using a full ODBC connection string

In the previous steps we used a very short format of ODBC connection string - a DSN. Yet sometimes you don't want a dependency on an ODBC data source (and an extra step). In those times, you can define a full connection string and skip creating an ODBC data source entirely. Let's see below how to accomplish that in the below steps:

Open ODBC data source configuration and click Copy settings:

ZappySys API Driver - YouTube

Read / write YouTube data inside your app, perform many Youtube operations without coding using easy to use high performance API Connector for YouTube

YoutubeDSN
The window opens, telling us the connection string was successfully copied to the clipboard:
Then just paste the connection string into your script:

YoutubeDSN

DRIVER={ZappySys API Driver};ServiceUrl=https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3;
You are good to go! The script will execute the same way as using a DSN.

The DSN defined in the Data source name (DSN) field will be ignored.

Have in mind that a full connection string has length limitations.

Proceed to the next step to find out the details.

Limitations of using a full connection string

Despite using a full ODBC connection string may be very convenient it comes with a limitation: it's length is limited to 1024 symbols (or sometimes more). It usually happens when API provider generates a very long Refresh Token when OAuth is at play. If you are using such a long ODBC connection string, you may get this error:

"Connection string exceeds maximum allowed length of 1024"

But there is a solution to this by storing the full connection string in a file. Follow the steps below to achieve this:

Open your ODBC data source.
Click Copy settings button to copy a full connection string (see the previous section on how to accomplish that).
Then create a new file, let's say, in C:\temp\odbc-connection-string.txt.
Continue by pasting the copied connection string into a newly created file and save it.
Finally, the last step! Just construct a shorter ODBC connection string using this format:
```
DRIVER={ZappySys API Driver};SettingsFile=C:\temp\odbc-connection-string.txt
```
Our troubles are over! Now you should be able to use this connection string in Power BI with no problems.

This feature requires ODBC PowerPack v1.9.0 or later.

Editing query for table in Power BI

There will be a time you need to change the initial query after importing data into Power BI. Don't worry, just right-click on your table and click Edit query menu item:

Edit query in Power BI to get REST API data

Refer to Power Query M reference for more information on how to use its advanced features in your queries.

Using parameters in Power BI (dynamic query)

In the real world, many values of your REST / SOAP API call may be coming from parameters. If that's the case for you can try to edit script manually as below. In below example its calling SQL Query with POST method and passing some parameters. Notice below where paraAPIKey is Power BI Parameter (string type). You can use parameters anywhere in your script just like the normal variable.

To use a parameter in Power BI report, follow these simple steps:

Firstly, you need to Edit query of your table (see previous section)

Then just create a new parameter by clicking Manage Parameters dropdown, click New Parameter option, and use it in the query:

						
                            = Odbc.Query("dsn=YoutubeDSN",
                                         "SELECT ProductID, ProductName, UnitPrice, UnitsInStock
                                          FROM Products
                                          WHERE UnitPrice > " & Text.From(MyParameter) & "
                                          ORDER BY UnitPrice")

Use parameter in Power BI to get REST API data

Refer to Power Query M reference for more information on how to use its advanced features in your queries.

Using DirectQuery Option rather than Import

So far we have seen how to Import YouTube data into Power BI but what if you have too much data and you dont want to import but link it. Power BI Offers very useful feature for this scenario. Its called DirectQuery Option. In this section we will explore how to use DirectQuery along with ZappySys Drivers.

Out of the box ZappySys Drivers wont work in ODBC Connection Mode so you have to use SQL Server Connection rather than ODBC if you wish to use Live data using DirectQuery option. See below step by step instructions to enable DirectQuery mode in Power BI for YouTube data.

Basically we will use ZappySys Data Gateway its part of ODBC PowerPack. We will then use Linked Server in SQL Server to Link API Service and then we will issue OPENROWSET queries from Power BI to SQL Server and it will then call YouTube via ZappySys Data Gateway.

First read this article carefully, How to query YouTube API in SQL Server.
Once linked server is configured we are ready to issue API query in Power BI.
Click Get Data in Power BI, select SQL Server Database
Enter your server name and any database name
Select Mode as DirectQuery
Click on Advanced and enter query like below (we are assuming you have created YouTube Data Source in Data Gateway and defined linked server (Change name below).
```
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([YOUTUBE_LINKED_SERVER], 'SELECT * FROM Customers')
```
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([YOUTUBE_LINKED_SERVER], 'SELECT * FROM Customers')

DirectQuery option for Power BI (Read YouTube Data Example using SQL Server Linked Server and ZappySys Data Gateway)
Click OK and Load data ... That's it. Now your YouTube API data is linked rather than imported.

Publishing Power BI report to Power BI service

Here are the instructions on how to publish a Power BI report to Power BI service from Power BI Desktop application:

First of all, go to Power BI Desktop, open a Power BI report, and click Publish button:
Then select the Workspace you want to publish report to and hit Select button:
Finally, if everything went right, you will see a window indicating success:

If you need to periodically refresh Power BI semantic model (dataset) to ensure data accuracy and up-to-dateness, you can accomplish that by using Microsoft On-premises data gateway. Proceed to the next section - Refreshing Power BI semantic model (dataset) using On-premises data gateway - and learn how to do that.

Refreshing Power BI semantic model (dataset) using On-premises data gateway

Power BI allows to refresh semantic models which are based on data sources that reside on-premises. This can be achieved using Microsoft On-premises data gateway. There are two types of On-premises gateways:

Standard Mode
Personal Mode

Standard Mode supports Power BI and other Microsoft Data Fabric services. It fits perfectly for Enterprise solutions as it installs as a Windows Service and also supports Direct Query feature.

Personal Mode, on the other hand, can be configured faster, but is designed more for home users (you cannot install it as a Windows Service and it does not support DirectQuery). You will find a detailed comparison in the link above.

We recommend to go with Personal Mode for a quick POC solution, but use Standard Mode in production environment.

Below you will find instructions on how to refresh semantic model using both types of gateways.

Refresh using On-premises data gateway (standard mode)

Here are the instructions on how to refresh a Power BI semantic model using On-premises data gateway (standard mode):

Go to Power BI My workspace, hover your mouse cursor on your semantic model and click Settings:
If you see this view, it means you have to install On-premises data gateway (standard mode):
Install On-premises data gateway (standard mode) and sign-in:

Use the same email address you use when logging in into Power BI account.
Register a new gateway (or migrate an existing one):
If you are creating a new gateway, name your gateway, enter a Recovery key, and click Configure button:
Now, let's get back to your semantic model settings in Power BI portal. Refresh the page and you should see your newly created gateway. Click arrow icon and then click on Add to gateway link:

ODBC{"connectionstring":"dsn=YoutubeDSN"}
Once you do that, you will create a new gateway connection. Give it a name, set Authentication method, Privacy level, and click Create button:

dsn=YoutubeDSN

In this example, we used the least restrictive Privacy level.

If your connection uses a full connection string you may hit a length limitation when entering it into the field. To create the connection, you will need to shorten it manually. Check the section about the limitation of a full connection string on how to accomplish it.

On-premises data gateway (personal mode) does not have this limitation.
Proceed by choosing the newly created connection:

ODBC{"connectionstring":"dsn=YoutubeDSN"}
Finally, you are at the final step where you can refresh the semantic model:

Refresh using On-premises data gateway (personal mode)

Here are the instructions on how to refresh a Power BI semantic model using On-premises data gateway (personal mode):

Go to Power BI My workspace, hover your mouse cursor on your semantic model and click Settings:
If you see this view, it means you have to install On-premises data gateway (personal mode):
Install On-premises data gateway (personal mode) and sign-in:

Use the same email address you use when logging in into Power BI account.
Again, go to your semantic model Settings, expand Data source credentials, click Edit credentials, select Authentication method together with Privacy level, and then click Sign in button:

dsn=YoutubeDSN
Finally, you are ready to refresh your semantic model:

Advanced topics

Create Custom Stored Procedure in ZappySys Driver

You can create procedures to encapsulate custom logic and then only pass handful parameters rather than long SQL to execute your API call.

Steps to create Custom Stored Procedure in ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here

Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Procedure:
Enter the desired Procedure name and click on OK:
Select the created Stored Procedure and write the your desired stored procedure and Save it and it will create the custom stored procedure in the ZappySys Driver:
Here is an example stored procedure for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders anywhere inside Procedure Body. Read more about placeholders here
```
CREATE PROCEDURE [usp_get_orders]
    @fromdate = '<<yyyy-MM-dd,FUN_TODAY>>'
 AS
    SELECT * FROM Orders where OrderDate >= '<@fromdate>';
```
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your Stored Procedure using Exec Command. In this example it will extract the orders from the date 1996-01-01:
```
Exec usp_get_orders '1996-01-01';
```
Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using stored procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
```
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC usp_get_orders @fromdate=''1996-07-30''')
```
Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using stored procedure and provide you the response.

Create Custom Virtual Table in ZappySys Driver

ZappySys API Drivers support flexible Query language so you can override Default Properties you configured on Data Source such as URL, Body. This way you don't have to create multiple Data Sources if you like to read data from multiple EndPoints. However not every application support supplying custom SQL to driver so you can only select Table from list returned from driver.

If you're dealing with Microsoft Access and need to import data from an SQL query, it's important to note that Access doesn't allow direct import of SQL queries. Instead, you can create custom objects (Virtual Tables) to handle the import process.

Many applications like MS Access, Informatica Designer wont give you option to specify custom SQL when you import Objects. In such case Virtual Table is very useful. You can create many Virtual Tables on the same Data Source (e.g. If you have 50 URLs with slight variations you can create virtual tables with just URL as Parameter setting.

Go to Custom Objects Tab and Click on Add button and Select Add Table:
Enter the desired Table name and click on OK:
And it will open the New Query Window Click on Cancel to close that window and go to Custom Objects Tab.
Select the created table, Select Text Type AS SQL and write the your desired SQL Query and Save it and it will create the custom table in the ZappySys Driver:
Here is an example SQL query for ZappySys Driver. You can insert Placeholders also. Read more about placeholders here
```
SELECT
  "ShipCountry",
  "OrderID",
  "CustomerID",
  "EmployeeID",
  "OrderDate",
  "RequiredDate",
  "ShippedDate",
  "ShipVia",
  "Freight",
  "ShipName",
  "ShipAddress",
  "ShipCity",
  "ShipRegion",
  "ShipPostalCode"
FROM "Orders"
Where "ShipCountry"='USA'
```
That's it now go to Preview Tab and Execute your custom virtual table query. In this example it will extract the orders for the USA Shipping Country only:
```
SELECT * FROM "vt__usa_orders_only"
```
Let's generate the SQL Server Query Code to make the API call using stored procedure. Go to Code Generator Tab, select language as SQL Server and click on Generate button the generate the code.
As we already created the linked server for this Data Source, in that you just need to copy the Select Query and need to use the linked server name which we have apply on the place of [MY_API_SERVICE] placeholder.
```
SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([MY_API_SERVICE], 'EXEC [usp_get_orders] ''1996-01-01''')
```
Now go to SQL served and execute that query and it will make the API call using stored procedure and provide you the response.

Actions supported by YouTube Connector

YouTube Connector support following actions for REST API integration. If some actions are not listed below then you can easily edit Connector file and enhance out of the box functionality.

Get video details

Read videos details by IDs or chart or myRating (pass one of them) [Read more...]

Parameter

Description

Ids (up to 25 comma-separated)

Comma-separated IDs of YouTube videos (max 25 IDs)

chart

The chart parameter identifies the chart that you want to retrieve.

Option	Value
mostPopular	mostPopular

myRating

Option	Value
like	like
dislike	dislike

part

Option	Value
contentDetails	contentDetails
fileDetails	fileDetails
id	id
liveStreamingDetails	liveStreamingDetails
localizations	localizations
player	player
processingDetails	processingDetails
recordingDetails	recordingDetails
snippet	snippet
statistics	statistics
status	status
suggestions	suggestions
topicDetails	topicDetails

maxHeight

Acceptable values are 72 to 8192, inclusive.

maxResults

Acceptable values are 1 to 50, inclusive. Default value is 5.

maxWidth

Acceptable values are 72 to 8192, inclusive.

onBehalfOfContentOwner

regionCode

videoCategoryId

Get videos rating

[Read more...]

Parameter	Description
id
onBehalfOfContentOwner

Get playlists

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

part

Option	Value
contentDetails	contentDetails
id	id
localizations	localizations
player	player
snippet	snippet
status	status

Get playlist with this Id. If you pass this, don't set 'channelId' nor 'mine'.

channelId

Set this parameter to show playlists from the specified channel. If you pass this, don't set 'id' nor 'mine'.

mine

Set this parameter to show playlists for my account. If you pass this, don't set 'id' nor 'channelId'.

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

maxResults

onBehalfOfContentOwner

onBehalfOfContentOwnerChannel

Get playlist items

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

part

Option	Value
contentDetails	contentDetails
id	id
snippet	snippet
status	status

playlistId

maxResults

onBehalfOfContentOwner

videoId

Get comments

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

part

Option	Value
id	id
replies	replies
snippet	snippet

allThreadsRelatedToChannelId

channelId

videoId

maxResults

moderationStatus

Option	Value
heldForReview	heldForReview
likelySpam	likelySpam
published	published

order

Option	Value
time	time
relevance	relevance

searchTerms

textFormat

Option	Value
html	html
plainText	plainText

Get channels

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

part

Option	Value
auditDetails	auditDetails
brandingSettings	brandingSettings
contentDetails	contentDetails
contentOwnerDetails	contentOwnerDetails
id	id
localizations	localizations
snippet	snippet
statistics	statistics
status	status
topicDetails	topicDetails

mine

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

forUsername

managedByMe

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

maxResults

onBehalfOfContentOwner

Get videos

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

forMine (search in my account only)

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

query (search term)

channelId

channelType

Option	Value
any	any
show	show

eventType

Option	Value
completed	completed
live	live
upcoming	upcoming

location

locationRadius

maxResults

onehalfOfContentOwner

order

Option	Value
date	date
rating	rating
relevance	relevance
title	title
videoCount	videoCount
viewCount	viewCount

publishedAfter

publishedBefore

regionCode

relevanceLanguage

safeSearch

Option	Value
moderate	moderate
none	none
strict	strict

topicId

videoCaption

Option	Value
any	any
closedCaption	closedCaption
none	none

videoCategoryId

videoDefinition

Option	Value
any	any
high	high
standard	standard

videoDimension

Option	Value
2d	2d
3d	3d
any	any

videoDuration

Option	Value
any	any
long	long
medium	medium
short	short

videoEmbeddable

Option	Value
any	any
true	true

videoLicense

Option	Value
any	any
creativeCommon	creativeCommon
youtube	youtube

videoSyndicated

Option	Value
any	any
true	true

videoType

Option	Value
any	any
episode	episode
movie	movie

forContentOwner

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

forDeveloper

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

relatedToVideoId

[Read more...]

Parameter

Description

part

forMine (search in my account only)

If set to 'true', parameter 'type' must be set to 'video'.

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

query (search term)

type

Must be set to 'video' if 'forMine' is set to 'true'.

Option	Value
channel	channel
playlist	playlist
video	video

channelId

channelType

Option	Value
any	any
show	show

eventType

Option	Value
completed	completed
live	live
upcoming	upcoming

location

locationRadius

maxResults

onehalfOfContentOwner

order

Option	Value
date	date
rating	rating
relevance	relevance
title	title
videoCount	videoCount
viewCount	viewCount

publishedAfter

publishedBefore

regionCode

relevanceLanguage

safeSearch

Option	Value
moderate	moderate
none	none
strict	strict

topicId

videoCaption

Option	Value
any	any
closedCaption	closedCaption
none	none

videoCategoryId

videoDefinition

Option	Value
any	any
high	high
standard	standard

videoDimension

Option	Value
2d	2d
3d	3d
any	any

videoDuration

Option	Value
any	any
long	long
medium	medium
short	short

videoEmbeddable

Option	Value
any	any
true	true

videoLicense

Option	Value
any	any
creativeCommon	creativeCommon
youtube	youtube

videoSyndicated

Option	Value
any	any
true	true

videoType

Option	Value
any	any
episode	episode
movie	movie

forContentOwner

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

forDeveloper

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

relatedToVideoId

Get report

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Parameter

Description

ids

Option	Value
Filter1	channel==MINE
Filter2	channel==ENTER_CHANNEL_ID
Filter3	contentOwner==ENTER_OWNER_NAME

metrics

Option	Value
adEarnings	adEarnings
annotationImpressions	annotationImpressions
annotationClickableImpressions	annotationClickableImpressions
annotationClicks	annotationClicks
annotationClickThroughRate	annotationClickThroughRate
annotationClosableImpressions	annotationClosableImpressions
annotationCloses	annotationCloses
annotationCloseRate	annotationCloseRate
audienceWatchRatio	audienceWatchRatio
averageViewDuration	averageViewDuration
averageViewPercentage	averageViewPercentage
cardClickRate	cardClickRate
cardClicks	cardClicks
cardImpressions	cardImpressions
cardTeaserClickRate	cardTeaserClickRate
cardTeaserClicks	cardTeaserClicks
cardTeaserImpressions	cardTeaserImpressions
comments	comments
dislikes	dislikes
earnings	earnings
estimatedMinutesWatched	estimatedMinutesWatched
estimatedPartnerAdSenseRevenue	estimatedPartnerAdSenseRevenue
estimatedPartnerDoubleClickRevenue	estimatedPartnerDoubleClickRevenue
grossRevenue	grossRevenue
impressionBasedCpm	impressionBasedCpm
impressions	impressions
likes	likes
monetizedPlaybacks	monetizedPlaybacks
playbackBasedCpm	playbackBasedCpm
playlistStarts	playlistStarts
savesAdded	savesAdded
savesRemoved	savesRemoved
shares	shares
subscribersGained	subscribersGained
subscribersLost	subscribersLost
videosAddedToPlaylists	videosAddedToPlaylists
videosRemovedFromPlaylists	videosRemovedFromPlaylists
viewerPercentage	viewerPercentage
views	views

Start Date (yyyy-MM-dd)

The date for which to retrieve the report in YYYYMMDD format. Supported functions now|today|yesterday|weekstart|weekend|monthstart|monthend|yearstart|yearend and supported intervals for add/subtract are ms|s|sec|min|h|hour|y|year|d|day|m|month|y|year. Example monthstart-3d (subtract 3days from month start)

Option	Value
today	today
yesterday	yesterday
monthstart	monthstart
monthend	monthend
yearstart	yearstart
yearend	yearend
weekstart	weekstart
weekend	weekend
yearstart-1y	yearstart-1y
yearend-1y	yearend-1y
monthstart-1d	monthstart-1d
monthend+1d	monthend+1d

End Date (yyyy-MM-dd)

Option	Value
today	today
yesterday	yesterday
monthstart	monthstart
monthend	monthend
yearstart	yearstart
yearend	yearend
weekstart	weekstart
weekend	weekend
yearstart-1y	yearstart-1y
yearend-1y	yearend-1y
monthstart-1d	monthstart-1d
monthend+1d	monthend+1d

currency

dimensions

Option	Value
adType	adType
ageGroup	ageGroup
asset	asset
audienceType	audienceType
channel	channel
claimedStatus	claimedStatus
contentOwner	contentOwner
country	country
day	day
deviceType	deviceType
elapsedVideoTimeRatio	elapsedVideoTimeRatio
gender	gender
insightPlaybackLocationDetail	insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationType	insightPlaybackLocationType
insightTrafficSourceDetail	insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceType	insightTrafficSourceType
liveOrOnDemand	liveOrOnDemand
operatingSystem	operatingSystem
playlist	playlist
province	province
sharingService	sharingService
subscribedStatus	subscribedStatus
subtitleLanguage	subtitleLanguage
uploaderType	uploaderType
video	video

filters

A list of filters that should be applied when retrieving YouTube Analytics data. The documentation for channel reports and content owner reports identifies the dimensions that can be used to filter each report, and the Dimensions document defines those dimensions.

Option	Value
Example1	country==IT
Example2	video==dMH0bHeiRNg
Example3	gender==FEMALE
Example4	dimension==some_value

includeHistoricalChannelData

Option	Value
true	true
false	false

maxResults

sort

A comma-separated list of dimensions or metrics that determine the sort order for YouTube Analytics data. By default the sort order is ascending. The - prefix causes descending sort order.

Option	Value
adType	adType
ageGroup	ageGroup
asset	asset
audienceType	audienceType
channel	channel
claimedStatus	claimedStatus
contentOwner	contentOwner
country	country
day	day
deviceType	deviceType
elapsedVideoTimeRatio	elapsedVideoTimeRatio
gender	gender
insightPlaybackLocationDetail	insightPlaybackLocationDetail
insightPlaybackLocationType	insightPlaybackLocationType
insightTrafficSourceDetail	insightTrafficSourceDetail
insightTrafficSourceType	insightTrafficSourceType
liveOrOnDemand	liveOrOnDemand
operatingSystem	operatingSystem
playlist	playlist
province	province
sharingService	sharingService
subscribedStatus	subscribedStatus
subtitleLanguage	subtitleLanguage
uploaderType	uploaderType
video	video

Generic Request

This is generic endpoint. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL. [Read more...]

Parameter

Description

Url

API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains

Body

Request Body content goes here

IsMultiPart

Set this option if you want to upload file(s) (i.e. POST RAW file data) or send data using Multi-Part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). Multi-Part request allows you to mix key/value and upload files in same request. On the other hand raw upload allows only single file upload (without any key/value) ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload single file in raw mode check this option and specify full file path starting with @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip ) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your Request data as multi part fields you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines into RequestData field (i.e. Body). Each key value pair is entered on new-line and key/value are separated using equal sign (=). Preceding and trailing spaces are ignored also blank lines are ignored. If field value has some any special character(s) then use escape sequence (e.g. For NewLine: \r\n, For Tab: \t, For at (@): \@). When value of any field starts with at sign (@) its automatically treated as File you want to upload. By default file content type is determined based on extension however you can supply content type manually for any field using this way [ YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type ]. By default File Upload Field always includes Content-Type in the request (non file fields do not have content-type by default unless you supply manually). For some reason if you dont want to use Content-Type header in your request then supply blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogather [e.g. SomeFieldName.Content-Type= ]. In below example we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1, all other fields are using default content-type. See below Example of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must starts with multipart/ else will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle

Filter

Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[*] --OR-- $.customers[*].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract

Option	Value
No filter
Example1	$.store.books[*]
Example2 (Sections Under Books)	$.store.books[].sections[]
Example3 (Equals)	$.store.books[?(@author=='sam')]
Example4 (Equals - Any Section)	$..[?(@author=='sam')]
Example5 (Not Equals - Any Section)	$..[?(@author!='sam')]
Example6 (Number less than)	$.store.books[?(@.price<10)] Example7 (Regular Expression - Contains Pattern)=$.store.books[?(@author=~ /sam\|bob/ )]
Example8 (Regular Expression - Does Not Contain Pattern)	$.store.books[?(@author=~ /^((?!sam\|bob).)*$/ )]
Example9 (Regular Expression - Exact Pattern Match)	$.store.books[?(@author=~ /^sam\|bob$/ )]
Example10 (Regular Expression - Starts With)	$.store.books[?(@author=~ /^sam/ )]
Example11 (Regular Expression - Ends With)	$.store.books[?(@author=~ /sam$/ )]
Example12 (Between)	$.store.employees[?( @.hiredate>'2015-01-01' && @.hiredate<'2015-01-04' )]

Headers

Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair

Generic Request (Bulk Write)

This is a generic endpoint for bulk write purpose. Use this endpoint when some actions are not implemented by connector. Just enter partial URL (Required), Body, Method, Header etc. Most parameters are optional except URL. [Read more...]

Parameter	Description
Url	API URL goes here. You can enter full URL or Partial URL relative to Base URL. If it is full URL then domain name must be part of ServiceURL or part of TrustedDomains
IsMultiPart	Set this option if you want to upload file(s) (i.e. POST RAW file data) or send data using Multi-Part encoding method (i.e. Content-Type: multipart/form-data). Multi-Part request allows you to mix key/value and upload files in same request. On the other hand raw upload allows only single file upload (without any key/value) ==== Raw Upload (Content-Type: application/octet-stream) ===== To upload single file in raw mode check this option and specify full file path starting with @ sign in the Body (e.g. @c:\data\myfile.zip ) ==== Form-Data / Multipart Upload (Content-Type: multipart/form-data) ===== To treat your Request data as multi part fields you must specify key/value pairs separated by new lines into RequestData field (i.e. Body). Each key value pair is entered on new-line and key/value are separated using equal sign (=). Preceding and trailing spaces are ignored also blank lines are ignored. If field value has some any special character(s) then use escape sequence (e.g. For NewLine: \r\n, For Tab: \t, For at (@): \@). When value of any field starts with at sign (@) its automatically treated as File you want to upload. By default file content type is determined based on extension however you can supply content type manually for any field using this way [ YourFileFieldName.Content-Type=some-content-type ]. By default File Upload Field always includes Content-Type in the request (non file fields do not have content-type by default unless you supply manually). For some reason if you dont want to use Content-Type header in your request then supply blank Content-Type to exclude this header altogather [e.g. SomeFieldName.Content-Type= ]. In below example we have supplied Content-Type for file2 and SomeField1, all other fields are using default content-type. See below Example of uploading multiple files along with additional fields. If some API requires you to pass Content-Type: multipart/form-data rather than multipart/form-data then manually set Request Header => Content-Type: multipart/mixed (it must starts with multipart/ else will be ignored). file1=@c:\data\Myfile1.txt file2=@c:\data\Myfile2.json file2.Content-Type=application/json SomeField1=aaaaaaa SomeField1.Content-Type=text/plain SomeField2=12345 SomeFieldWithNewLineAndTab=This is line1\r\nThis is line2\r\nThis is \ttab \ttab \ttab SomeFieldStartingWithAtSign=\@MyTwitterHandle
Filter	Enter filter to extract array from response. Example: $.rows[] --OR-- $.customers[].orders[*]. Check your response document and find out hierarchy you like to extract
Headers	Headers for Request. To enter multiple headers use double pipe (\|\|) or new line after each {header-name}:{value} pair

YouTube Connector Examples for Power BI Connection

This page offers a collection of SQL examples designed for seamless integration with the ZappySys API ODBC Driver under ODBC Data Source (36/64) or ZappySys Data Gateway, enhancing your ability to connect and interact with Prebuilt Connectors effectively.

Get videos of my account [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyVideos

Get channels of my account [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyChannels

Get playlists of my account [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyPlaylists

Get comments of a video [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_comments WITH (videoId='INPUT_YOUR_VIDEO_ID')

Get comments of a channel [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_comments WITH (channelId='INPUT_YOUR_CHANNEL_ID')

Get my playlists of my account [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM MyPlaylists

Get my playlists of specific channel [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM get_playlists WITH (channelId='UCVGOyzms_XJNk_DHqrffXCw')

Search for videos in whole YouTube [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM search WITH (q='ZappySys Tutorials', maxResults='50')

Search for videos in a channel [Read more...]

SELECT * FROM search WITH (q='GPU', maxResults='50', channelId='UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw')

Get channels by ids [Read more...]

SELECT *
FROM get_channels
WITH(
	  id='UC2d5diIOoCEa47p4PjpIHya,AC2d5diIOoCEa47p4PjpIHyQ,TC2d5diIOoCEa47p4PjpIHyI'
)

Gets a report of specific channel [Read more...]

SELECT *
FROM get_report
WITH(
	  ids='channel==ENTER_CHANNEL_ID'
	, metrics='likes~shares~views'
	, startDate='2022-08-01'
	, endDate='2022-08-30'
)

Gets a report of my channel with relative date [Read more...]

SELECT *
FROM get_report
WITH(
      ids='channel==MINE'
    , metrics='likes~shares~views'
    , startDate='yearstart' --OR put date like '2022-08-01'
    , endDate='today' --OR put date like '2022-08-01'
    , dimensions='country'
)

Conclusion

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