YouTube API Walkthrough with Authentication from OAuth 2.0 Client IDs for Analytics Queries

I walk through how you can authenticate with an OAuth 2.0 Client ID (which is required) to query the YouTube API for Analytics Reports.

[RealJakeND]

Awesome. Love how concise the walkthru is. Yet still covered all the pitfalls.

The docs on Google are so confusing for this...

[vinnytheph]

this was very helpful thanks! was banging my head trying to figure out the youtube docs

[pushpendersingh]

Hey Vincent,
Wondering, is there a way to get the data using API keys. I am looking for similar flow but it's entirely server-side. Means no user interaction. In your example it require a consent from user. Secondly I wanted to get the sense if one time consent is good enough and once we get the auth code we can exchange it for refresh_token/access_token next time onwards, no more consent screen.

[rishidubey]

brother how can i do it with javascript

[stevent]

The youtube api is downright awful. Takes forever to figure out what to do even for stuff that should take 5 minutes to figure out.