YouTube API

YouTube API for posting and scheduling without the quota management headache

A YouTube API that drives the resumable upload and resumes interrupted transfers, so a failed video does not cost you the quota twice.

Built for SaaS products, video tools, and the teams publishing Shorts and long-form video. Add YouTube publishing with one API for scheduling, media, status, and reporting workflows.

Last updated: July 2026

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One API key. No per-account fees. 15 platforms.

API key authScheduled publishing15 platforms

Quick start

API request

1await fetch("https://api.bundle.social/api/v1/post", {2  method: "POST",3  headers: {4    "x-api-key": process.env.BUNDLE_SOCIAL_API_KEY,5    "Content-Type": "application/json"6  },7  body: JSON.stringify({8    teamId: "team_123",9    title: "Product walkthrough video",10    postDate: "2026-05-14T10:00:00.000Z",11    status: "SCHEDULED",12    socialAccountTypes: ["YOUTUBE"],13    data: {14      YOUTUBE: {15        title: "New feature walkthrough - what shipped this week",16        description: "A quick tour of the features we just released.",17        uploadIds: ["upload_video_456"],18        privacyStatus: "public"19      }20    }21  })22});

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Building directly on YouTube Data API

YouTube publishing adds quota planning, upload handling, metadata validation, and channel permissions.

Shorts and long-form videos need a different workflow than text-first social posts.

Scheduling, analytics, and reporting often become separate builds unless you connect them from the start.

What bundle.social handles

Schedule Shorts and videos from the same publishing workflow as the rest of your content.

Reference uploaded media and set YouTube metadata without building a separate dashboard.

Bring YouTube performance into cross-platform reporting when permissions allow it.

YouTube uploads without quota babysitting

Video publishing should not turn into a quota spreadsheet. bundle.social keeps uploads, metadata, privacy, compliance fields, scheduling, and status in one repeatable YouTube workflow.

Workflow

How it works

Connect accounts once, then create and schedule posts with channel-specific fields from one API.

Create an API key

Generate an organization API key in the dashboard and use it with the x-api-key header.

Connect accounts

Connect each social account once. bundle.social keeps the account mapping ready for future posts.

We manage the resumable upload

YouTube uploads run over a resumable session that can fail mid-transfer and costs quota per attempt. You send one request; bundle.social drives the session, resumes interrupted transfers, and applies metadata and visibility once the upload completes.

Product architecture

Build social media workflows without rebuilding every platform

YouTube API for uploads, Shorts, and scheduled video workflows

A YouTube API integration is different from a text-first social post. Product teams need large video upload handling, titles, descriptions, privacy settings, thumbnails, made-for-kids decisions, channel permissions, quota awareness, processing delays, and analytics. If these pieces are not designed together, video publishing becomes a separate subsystem.

bundle.social brings YouTube into the same publishing workflow used for the rest of your social stack. Your product can upload video assets, reference upload IDs, schedule YouTube content, pass YouTube-specific metadata, and track status without building a standalone YouTube uploader and scheduler from scratch.

Video metadata and compliance fields belong in the product flow

YouTube posts need explicit product decisions: title, description, privacy, channel context, made-for-kids status, and sometimes thumbnail or category behavior. These fields should not be afterthoughts attached to a generic media upload. They decide whether a video can publish correctly and whether the workflow is supportable.

With bundle.social, YouTube-specific metadata stays inside the platform payload while the surrounding account, media, scheduling, and status model remains shared. That lets SaaS products, AI video tools, creator platforms, and agencies build YouTube publishing without sacrificing cross-platform consistency.

YouTube analytics connected to the content pipeline

Video teams care about what happens after upload: views, watch time, average view duration, post-level metrics, channel context, and how long-form videos or Shorts performed compared with other social channels. Reporting is much easier when analytics remain connected to the post and account that produced them.

bundle.social keeps YouTube publishing and analytics close to post history, scheduled campaigns, media uploads, and cross-platform reporting. That gives products a stronger foundation for customer dashboards, agency reports, and AI workflows that need performance data after content goes live.

Capabilities

YouTube API workflows for repeatable video distribution

Upload references, Shorts and long-form metadata, privacy settings, compliance flags, scheduling, and channel reporting context.

YouTube-specific payload fields

Control the fields that matter on YouTube: captions, media types, privacy settings, and more, using the same post endpoint as every other channel.

API key authentication

Use one bundle.social API key for server-to-server requests. Your users still connect social accounts once through the hosted OAuth flow; bundle.social handles token storage and refresh.

Scheduling built in

Set a postDate to schedule YouTube content in advance, or create drafts and queue posts through the dashboard.

Media library integration

Upload YouTube-compatible media once and reference the same upload ID across multiple posts or campaigns.

Post status and retry tracking

Track YouTube posts through scheduled, processing, posted, retrying, and error states from the API or the shared dashboard.

Cross-platform publishing

Add other channels to the same post payload when YouTube is part of a multi-platform campaign. No separate API calls needed.

Platform specifics

YouTube API specifics for uploads and Shorts

YouTube workflows need explicit metadata and compliance fields, not just an uploaded video file.

Made for Kids is a compliance field

Content directed at children must be flagged with madeForKids. Treat it as a required product decision for eligible videos.

Shorts are auto-detected

YouTube classifies Shorts from duration under 3 minutes and vertical or square aspect ratio; there is no separate upload-as-Shorts switch.

Titles are required

YouTube requires a title, supports descriptions up to 5,000 characters, and exposes lifetime analytics rather than a rolling window.

Developer example

Schedule a YouTube post

Examples use bundle.social's public API shape: API key authentication, a post date, selected social account types, and platform-specific data.

TypeScript

API request

1await fetch("https://api.bundle.social/api/v1/post", {2  method: "POST",3  headers: {4    "x-api-key": process.env.BUNDLE_SOCIAL_API_KEY,5    "Content-Type": "application/json"6  },7  body: JSON.stringify({8    teamId: "team_123",9    title: "Product walkthrough video",10    postDate: "2026-05-14T10:00:00.000Z",11    status: "SCHEDULED",12    socialAccountTypes: ["YOUTUBE"],13    data: {14      YOUTUBE: {15        title: "New feature walkthrough - what shipped this week",16        description: "A quick tour of the features we just released.",17        uploadIds: ["upload_video_456"],18        privacyStatus: "public"19      }20    }21  })22});

Supported content

VideosShortsDescriptionsThumbnailsPrivacy settingsMade-for-kids flags

Honest limitations

YouTube quota, channel permissions, copyright checks, and content policy still apply.
Large video uploads should be handled through the media workflow before creating posts.
Some YouTube Studio-only features are not universal API features.

Guarantees

Developer-first infrastructure

Visible post status

Track scheduled, processing, posted, retrying, and error states per post.

Verbose errors

When native APIs fail, we return human-readable error messages and actionable recovery steps.

Flat pricing

No per-post counting. Predictable pricing for teams managing many users, workspaces, and connected accounts.

Same-day support

Direct access to the engineers building the API. We respond to technical issues the same day, sometimes the same hour.

Resources

Technical guides & documentation

Media Upload API

Upload video assets once and reference upload IDs in YouTube post payloads.

API Reference: YouTube

Documentation for YouTube API integration.

FAQ

Questions developers ask before building

How does the YouTube Data API quota work for uploads?

Each upload costs quota, and a failed attempt can cost it too, so retry logic is a budget decision. An integration that restarts a failed transfer from zero pays twice for one video.

What does a resumable upload session require from us?

Driving the session rather than issuing a single request: initiating it, streaming the bytes, and resuming from the last confirmed offset if the transfer breaks. bundle.social handles the session and applies metadata and visibility once the upload completes.

Can title, description, and visibility be set in the same request as the upload?

Yes, and they should be, so a scheduled upload does not need a second pass to become publishable. Each post carries exactly one video.

Does this replace YouTube Data API?

No. bundle.social calls YouTube Data API for you and absorbs the work around it: token storage and refresh, media handling, scheduling, status transitions, and turning platform errors into a cause and a next action.

Are YouTube analytics available through the API?

Yes, for the metrics the connected account and YouTube Data API actually expose. Availability depends on account type and granted permissions, so treat analytics as best-effort and delivery status as guaranteed.

YouTube API errors

Troubleshoot YouTube publishing failures, permissions, media validation, rate limits, and retry decisions.

Social Media API

See the full posting API workflow.

Schedule Posts

Build a cross-platform publishing calendar.

Analytics API

Report on the channels that expose data.