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The following examples show how to use the YouTube Data API (v3) to perform functions related to video ratings.
Rate a video
Call the videos.rate method to submit a user's rating for a video. This request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0.
Set the following two parameters in your request:
- The
id parameter specifies the YouTube video ID of the video that is being rated (or having its rating removed).
- The
rating parameter specifies the rating that the user authorizing the request wishes to record. Valid parameter values are like, dislike, and none. The first two values set a rating, and the third removes any rating that previously existed for the user.
The sample request below gives a positive (like) rating to the video of the keynote speech at the 2014 Google I/O conference:
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.rate?
id=wtLJPvx7-ys
&rating=like
Retrieve the current user's rating of a video
The videos.getRating method lets you retrieve the currently authenticated user's rating of one or more videos. In your request, set the id parameter's value to a comma-separated list of YouTube video IDs for the resources for which you are retrieving rating data. Note that this request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0.
The sample request below retrieves the current user's rating of the video of the keynote speech at the 2014 Google I/O conference. (If you executed the previous example in the APIs Explorer, the API response should indicate that the rating is like.
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.getRating?
id=wtLJPvx7-ys
Retrieve videos rated by the current user
The videos.list method's myRating parameter lets you retrieve a list of videos rated by the user authorizing the API request. The parameter value indicates whether you want to retrieve liked or disliked videos.
The sample request below retrieves a list of videos to which the current user gave a like rating. The request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0.
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.list?
part=snippet
&myRating=like
Note: You can also retrieve a list of the user's liked videos (but not disliked videos) by following the flow for
retrieving a channel's favorite videos. In step 1 of that process, instead of retrieving the playlist ID for the channel's favorite videos, retrieve the playlist ID for the channel's liked videos. The
contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.likes property contains the value.
Thus, the API allows you to retrieve a list of videos that the user liked using either the
videos.list method or the
playlistItems.list method. Since different information is returned in a
video resource than a
playlistItem resource, you can choose the method that best suits your needs.
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Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC.
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Using `videos.rate`, users can set or remove ratings (`like`, `dislike`, `none`) for specific videos via the `id` and `rating` parameters. `videos.getRating` retrieves a user's rating for videos, referencing video IDs. The `videos.list` method, with the `myRating` parameter, fetches videos the user has rated as \"like\", and similar functionality is available via the `playlistItems.list` method. All requests require OAuth 2.0 authorization.\n"],null,["# Implementation: Ratings\n\nThe following examples show how to use the YouTube Data API (v3) to perform functions related to video ratings.\n\nRate a video\n------------\n\nCall the [videos.rate](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/rate) method to submit a user's rating for a video. This request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0.\n\nSet the following two parameters in your request:\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n- The [id](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/rate#id) parameter specifies the YouTube video ID of the video that is being rated (or having its rating removed).\n- The [rating](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/rate#rating) parameter specifies the rating that the user authorizing the request wishes to record. Valid parameter values are `like`, `dislike`, and `none`. The first two values set a rating, and the third removes any rating that previously existed for the user.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nThe sample request below gives a positive (like) rating to the video of the keynote speech at the 2014 Google I/O conference: \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.rate?\n id=wtLJPvx7-ys\n &rating=like\n```\n\nRetrieve the current user's rating of a video\n---------------------------------------------\n\nThe [videos.getRating](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/getRating) method lets you retrieve the currently authenticated user's rating of one or more videos. In your request, set the [id](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/rate#id) parameter's value to a comma-separated list of YouTube video IDs for the resources for which you are retrieving rating data. Note that this request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0.\n\nThe sample request below retrieves the current user's rating of the video of the keynote speech at the 2014 Google I/O conference. (If you executed the previous example in the APIs Explorer, the API response should indicate that the rating is `like`. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.getRating?\nid=wtLJPvx7-ys\n```\n\nRetrieve videos rated by the current user\n-----------------------------------------\n\nThe `videos.list` method's [myRating](/youtube/v3/docs/videos/list#myRating) parameter lets you retrieve a list of videos rated by the user authorizing the API request. The parameter value indicates whether you want to retrieve liked or disliked videos.\n\nThe sample request below retrieves a list of videos to which the current user gave a `like` rating. The request must be authorized using OAuth 2.0. \n\n```\nhttps://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/youtube/v3/youtube.videos.list?\npart=snippet\n&myRating=like\n``` \n**Note:** You can also retrieve a list of the user's liked videos (but not disliked videos) by following the flow for [retrieving a channel's favorite videos](#favorites). In step 1 of that process, instead of retrieving the playlist ID for the channel's favorite videos, retrieve the playlist ID for the channel's liked videos. The `contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.likes` property contains the value. \n\nThus, the API allows you to retrieve a list of videos that the user liked using either the `videos.list` method or the `playlistItems.list` method. Since different information is returned in a `video` resource than a `playlistItem` resource, you can choose the method that best suits your needs."]]
