What is a Resource?
Learn about resources and their various types.
A resource is an individual data entity with a unique identifier. It represents an item that comprises part of the YouTube experience, such as videos, channels, playlists, or captions. The API supports a number of different resources that we can use to retrieve data. We’ll discuss only a few resources in this course.
Types of resources
The table below shows some of the resources that we can interact with using the YouTube Data API.
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