YouTube API v3 apiclient.errors.HttpError “No filter selected.” - where do I select a filter?

Question

My first attempt at setting up the Google apiclient for YouTube and by following the docs I made this as a test (didn\'t find a specific example for the YouTube

Answer 1

Following @pypat's suggestion, I changed the attributes for my list() method

videos = service.videos()
request = videos.list(part = 'id', id = '7lCDEYXw3mM')
response = request.execute()

With both part and id being required to produce a result.

In order to get the full list or properties for a given video, the attribute part has to include a list of property groups

request = videos.list(part = 'id, snippet, contentDetails, statistics, status, topicDetails',
                      id = '7lCDEYXw3mM')

Answer 2

You need at least one selector to list. 'id' is one of them. You can always check YouTube API Samples project for reference. Here's a Python list usage in one of examples.