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Note: This is a deprecation announcement.
The guideCategories resource
and the guideCategories.list method have both been deprecated as of September 9, 2020.
Returns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 1 unit.
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/guideCategories
Parameters
The table below lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Required parameters |
part |
string
The part parameter specifies the guideCategory resource properties that the API response will include. Set the parameter value to snippet.
|
| Filters (specify exactly one of the following parameters) |
id |
string
The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube channel category ID(s) for the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a guideCategory resource, the id property specifies the YouTube channel category ID. |
regionCode |
string
The regionCode parameter instructs the API to return the list of guide categories available in the specified country. The parameter value is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. |
| Optional parameters |
hl |
string
The hl parameter specifies the language that will be used for text values in the API response. The default value is en-US. |
Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategoryListResponse",
"etag": etag,
"nextPageToken": string,
"prevPageToken": string,
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": integer,
"resultsPerPage": integer
},
"items": [
guideCategory resource
]
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties |
kind |
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#guideCategoryListResponse. |
etag |
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken |
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
prevPageToken |
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set. |
pageInfo |
object
The pageInfo object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.totalResults |
integer
The total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.resultsPerPage |
integer
The number of results included in the API response. |
items[] |
list
A list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels. In this map, the category ID is the map key, and its value is the corresponding guideCategory resource. |
Errors
The table below 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 |
notFound (404) |
notFound |
The guide category identified by the id parameter cannot be found. Use the guideCategories.list method to retrieve a list of valid values. |
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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This method previously returned a list of YouTube channel categories. Key parameters included `part` (specifying properties), `id` (category IDs), and `regionCode` (country-specific categories). The method had a quota cost of 1 unit and did not use a request body. A successful response included metadata like `kind`, `etag`, `pageInfo`, and a list of `guideCategory` resources.\n"],null,["# GuideCategories: list\n\n**Note:** This is a deprecation announcement. \n\nThe `guideCategories` resource and the `guideCategories.list` method have both been deprecated as of September 9, 2020.\nReturns a list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels.\n\n**Quota impact:** A call to this method has a [quota cost](/youtube/v3/getting-started#quota) of 1 unit.\n\nRequest\n-------\n\n### HTTP request\n\n```\nGET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/guideCategories\n```\n\n### Parameters\n\nThe table below lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|\n| **Required parameters** |||\n| `part` | `string` The **part** parameter specifies the `guideCategory` resource properties that the API response will include. Set the parameter value to `snippet`. |\n| **Filters (specify exactly one of the following parameters)** |||\n| `id` | `string` The **id** parameter specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube channel category ID(s) for the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a `guideCategory` resource, the `id` property specifies the YouTube channel category ID. |\n| `regionCode` | `string` The **regionCode** parameter instructs the API to return the list of guide categories available in the specified country. The parameter value is an [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/country_names_and_code_elements.htm) country code. |\n| **Optional parameters** |||\n| `hl` | `string` The **hl** parameter specifies the language that will be used for text values in the API response. The default value is `en-US`. |\n\n### Request body\n\nDo not provide a request body when calling this method.\n\nResponse\n--------\n\nIf successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure: \n\n```objective-c\n{\n \"kind\": \"youtube#guideCategoryListResponse\",\n \"etag\": etag,\n \"nextPageToken\": string,\n \"prevPageToken\": string,\n \"pageInfo\": {\n \"totalResults\": integer,\n \"resultsPerPage\": integer\n },\n \"items\": [\n guideCategory resource\n ]\n}\n```\n\n### Properties\n\nThe following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:\n\n| Properties ||\n|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `kind` | `string` Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be `youtube#guideCategoryListResponse`. |\n| `etag` | `etag` The Etag of this resource. |\n| `nextPageToken` | `string` The token that can be used as the value of the `pageToken` parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |\n| `prevPageToken` | `string` The token that can be used as the value of the `pageToken` parameter to retrieve the previous page in the result set. |\n| `pageInfo` | `object` The `pageInfo` object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |\n| pageInfo.`totalResults` | `integer` The total number of results in the result set. |\n| pageInfo.`resultsPerPage` | `integer` The number of results included in the API response. |\n| `items[]` | `list` A list of categories that can be associated with YouTube channels. In this map, the category ID is the map key, and its value is the corresponding `guideCategory` resource. |\n\nErrors\n------\n\nThe table below identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. Please see the [error message](/youtube/v3/docs/errors) documentation for more detail.\n\n| Error type | Error detail | Description |\n|------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `notFound (404)` | `notFound` | The guide category identified by the `id` parameter cannot be found. Use the [guideCategories.list](/youtube/v3/docs/guideCategories/list) method to retrieve a list of valid values. |\n\nTry it!\n-------\n\nUse the APIs Explorer to call this API and see the API request and response."]]
