How to Add a subscription for the authenticated user's channel
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/subscriptions?part=snippet&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Request Parameters :-
{
"0":
{ "name": " <code>snippet.resourceId.kind</code>", "value": "youtube#channel" },
"1": { "name": " <code>snippet.resourceId.channelId</code>", "value": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw" }
}
Response Parameters :-
{
"error":
{ "errors":
[ { "domain": "youtube.subscription", "reason": "publisherRequired", "message": "The subscription resource specified in the request must use the <code>snippet.resourceId</code> property to identify the channel that is being subscribed to." } ], "code": 400, "message": "The subscription resource specified in the request must use the <code>snippet.resourceId</code> property to identify the channel that is being subscribed to." }
}
This apears to be a bug in the Youtube api. this can be verifyed by checking the api explorer here .
POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/subscriptions?part=snippet&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
{
"0": {
"name": "snippet.resourceId",
"value": "youtube#channel"
},
"1": {
"name": "snippet.resourceId",
"value": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw"
}
}
Response
{
"error": {
"errors": [
{
"domain": "youtube.subscription",
"reason": "publisherRequired",
"message": "The subscription resource specified in the request must use the <code>snippet.resourceId</code> property to identify the channel that is being subscribed to."
}
],
"code": 400,
"message": "The subscription resource specified in the request must use the <code>snippet.resourceId</code> property to identify the channel that is being subscribed to."
}
}
There is an issue request for this issue and the team has been pinged.
Link of Youtube Data API (V3), you can try here
it's the image example in "try this API" of how i do
POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/subscriptions?part=snippet HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN]
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
{
"snippet": {
"resourceId": {
"kind": "youtube#channel",
"channelId": "UCUK0HBIBWgM2c4vsPhkYY4w"
}
}
}