YouTube Connector
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YouTube Connector Guide |
Connector Features Summary
Features | Supported | Additional information | |
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YouTube version | Data API (v3) | ||
Searchable content types |
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Metadata on videos, channel playlists, and playlist items. | |
Content update | Incremental refresh |
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Full refresh or rebuild needed to retrieve:
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Full refresh |
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Rebuild |
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Document-level security |
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Permissions must be manually defined on the source [more] |
Features
The YouTube connector features are:
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Content indexing
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Extraction and indexing of all available YouTube metadata on videos (including thumbnails).
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CES 7.0.7711+ (June 2015) YouTube channel playlists and playlist items are indexed, but channel related playlists, such as the Likes and Watch Later, are not indexed.
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Partial Incremental refresh
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YouTube channels are periodically re-indexed by the connector to catch newly uploaded videos (see Configuring and Indexing a YouTube Source).
Notes:
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Private and unpublished videos are not indexed.
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Deleted and changed videos require a full refresh to be taken in account (see Limitation).
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Pause/Resume
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When indexing YouTube content, the connector can be paused and resumed.
Limitation
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Limited incremental refresh capabilities:
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A full refresh is needed to update deleted videos
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A full refresh is needed to update changes on videos
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A full refresh is needed to update statistics on videos (e.g., view counts, likes, ...)
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A full refresh is needed to update playlists and playlist items.
Note: CES 7.0.7711+ (June 2015) Playlist and Playlist items of a YouTube channel are indexed.
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What's Next?
Review the steps to deploy the YouTube connector (see YouTube Connector Deployment Overview).