PlaylistItems: insert

Adds a resource to a playlist.

Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 50 units.

Common use cases

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl`

Parameters

The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.

Parameters
Required parameters
`part`	`string` The `part` parameter serves two purposes in this operation. It identifies the properties that the write operation will set as well as the properties that the API response will include. The following list contains the `part` names that you can include in the parameter value: `contentDetails` `id` `snippet` `status`
Optional parameters
`onBehalfOfContentOwner`	`string` This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners. The `onBehalfOfContentOwner` parameter indicates that the request's authorization credentials identify a YouTube CMS user who is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. This parameter is intended for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The CMS account that the user authenticates with must be linked to the specified YouTube content owner.

Request body

Provide a playlistItem resource in the request body. For that resource:

You must specify a value for these properties:
- snippet.playlistId
- snippet.resourceId
You can set values for these properties:
- snippet.playlistId
- snippet.position
- snippet.resourceId
- contentDetails.note
- contentDetails.startAt
- contentDetails.endAt

Response

If successful, this method returns a playlistItem resource in the response body.

Errors

The following table identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. Please see the error message documentation for more detail.

Error type	Error detail	Description
`forbidden (403)`	`playlistContainsMaximumNumberOfVideos`	The playlist already contains the maximum allowed number of items.
`forbidden (403)`	`playlistItemsNotAccessible`	The request is not properly authorized to insert the specified playlist item.
`invalidValue (400)`	`invalidContentDetails`	The `contentDetails` property in the request is not valid. A possible reason is that `contentDetails.note` field is longer than 280 characters.
`invalidValue (400)`	`invalidPlaylistItemPosition`	The request attempts to set the playlist item's position to an invalid or unsupported value. Check the value of the `position` property in the resource's `snippet`.
`invalidValue (400)`	`invalidResourceType`	The `type` specified for the resource ID is not supported for this operation. The resource ID identifies the item being added to the playlist – e.g. `youtube#video`.
`invalidValue (400)`	`manualSortRequired`	The request attempts to set the playlist item's position, but the playlist does not use manual sorting. (For example, playlist items might be sorted by date or popularity.) You can address the error by removing the `snippet.position` element from the resource that the request is inserting. If you want the playlist item to have a particular position in the list, you need to first update the playlist's Ordering option to Manual in the playlist's settings. This settings can be adjusted in the YouTube Video Manager.
`invalidValue (400)`	`videoAlreadyInAnotherSeriesPlaylist`	The video that you are trying to add to the playlist is already in another series playlist.
`notFound (404)`	`playlistNotFound`	The playlist identified with the request's `playlistId` parameter cannot be found.
`notFound (404)`	`videoNotFound`	The video that you are trying to add to the playlist cannot be found. Check the value of the `videoId` property to ensure that it is correct.
`required (400)`	`channelIdRequired`	The request does not specify a value for the required `channelId` property.
`required (400)`	`playlistIdRequired`	The request does not specify a value for the required `playlistId` property.
`required (400)`	`resourceIdRequired`	The request must contain a resource in which the `snippet` object specifies a `resourceId`.
`invalidValue (400)`	`playlistOperationUnsupported`	The API does not support the ability to insert videos into the specified playlist. For example, you can't insert a video into your uploaded videos playlist.

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