Get hands-on experience with YouTube Data API and its various methods by building a web application.

Ace the APIs for Entertainment Applications

The YouTube Data APIs make it easier for developers to integrate its functionalities into their applications. In this module, we'll learn how YouTube Data API works with YouTube videos, playlists, and comments. Moving ahead, we'll discuss different resources and methods to interact with them using the YouTube Data API. Finally, we'll learn about the project structure and integration of different resources in detail by looking at a sample application.

YouTube Data API

Playlists on YouTube are collections of videos that we can view successively. These playlists can be created manually by users or automatically by YouTube to identify different kinds of videos on a particular channel, such as lists of liked or uploaded videos. The information about these playlists is stored in the **`playlist`** resource. 

## Supported methods

The API supports the following methods for the `playlist` resource:

* **`list`**: Returns a list of playlists specified in the API call that matches the request parameters. For example, we can retrieve all the playlists owned by a YouTube channel.
* **`insert`**: Creates a new playlist.
* **`update`**: Modifies a playlist by changing its title or description.
* **`delete`**: Deletes a playlist.

Let's look at each method in detail with the help of a few examples. 

### The `list` method

We can use the **`list`** method to retrieve a list of playlists owned by a particular YouTube channel, specified by the value of the `channelId` parameter in the API call. In the following example, we'll retrieve the playlists owned by the [Educative Sessions](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_8FqzTIr2Q1BOtvX_DPPw) YouTube channel. 

> **Note:** We'll retrieve the `snippet` and `contentDetails` parts for this method. We will also filter the API response using the `fields` parameter.

Let’s run the following code to get a response with the list of playlists owned by the specified channel.

# Supported methods

The API supports the following methods for the `playlist` resource:

* **`list`**: Returns a list of playlists specified in the API call that matches the request parameters. For example, we can retrieve all the playlists owned by a YouTube channel.
* **`insert`**: Creates a new playlist.
* **`update`**: Modifies a playlist by changing its title or description.
* **`delete`**: Deletes a playlist.

## The `list` method

We can use the **`list`** method to retrieve a list of playlists owned by a particular YouTube channel, specified by the value of the `channelId` parameter in the API call. In the following example, we'll retrieve the playlists owned by the [Educative Sessions](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_8FqzTIr2Q1BOtvX_DPPw) YouTube channel. 

> **Note:** We'll retrieve the `snippet` and `contentDetails` parts for this method. We will also filter the API response using the `fields` parameter.

Let’s run the following code to get a response with the list of playlists owned by the specified channel.

Learn about the playlist resource and how it is used to retrieve or modify information about a YouTube playlist.

Introduction

Getting Started With Resources

Working With YouTube Video's Data

Integrating Playlist Resources in the Demo App

Appendix

Conclusion

Playlists

Supported methods

The `list` method