Is there a way to manage (create, update) annotations using the YouTube API?
I have a few hundred videos on YouTube that I would like to add annotations to.
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1Some code or results of what you tried so far could help you get an answer. – leticia Jan 22 '13 at 16:46
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There's an existing feature request for API access to annotations tracked at https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=558
I'd recommend "star"ing that feature request to be notified of any updates.
Update: It is possible to update InVideo programming annotations, but only those types. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtuSRe3QLo
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There is an interesting post on that feature request [#35](https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=558#c35) which say you can use http://www.youtube.com/annotations/read2?video_id= to get annotation metadata. Unfortunately it 404's :( – Christopher Hackett Sep 12 '13 at 14:36
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Random unsupported/undocumented endpoints tend to stop working unexpectedly. – Jeff Posnick Sep 12 '13 at 15:27
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Indeed, always a risk. Should be noted that http://www.youtube.com/annotations_invideo?cta=1&video_id= works (but is read only as its the information Google'splayer uses). – Christopher Hackett Sep 12 '13 at 16:18
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No, this is not supported.
The YouTube Data API v3 does allow you to create Invideo programming annotations and watermarks.
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Unless it's just come out, there isn't a documented way of doing anything with annotations via the API yet. I'd be surprised if that kind of support doesn't appear soon, though.
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Some time Annotation makes irritate users but sometimes useful to instruct redirect to other topics.
Note: YouTube Discontinued Annotations because it's not working on mobile & second reason is that 70 % user watch YouTube videos on mobile so for better serve youtube took this type of decision.
Please Watch This Video for full clarity: https://youtu.be/Awl1TTUSY78
