LiveCuepoints: insert
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This method has been deprecated and replaced by the
liveBroadcasts.cuepoint method.
Inserts a cuepoint into a live broadcast. Currently, requests to this
method must be authorized by an account associated with a YouTube
Content Owner.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/partner/v1/liveCuepoints
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Required parameters |
channelId |
string
The channelId parameter identifies the channel that owns the broadcast into which the cuepoint is being inserted. |
onBehalfOfContentOwner |
string
The onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter identifies the content owner that the user is acting on behalf of. |
Request body
Provide a liveCuepoint resource in the request body.
For that resource:
Errors
The following table 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 |
invalidValue (400) |
conflictingTimeFields |
Only one of offsetTimeMs and walltime may be specified. |
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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