I'm trying to get data from the YouTube Analytics API for embedded videos only.
When I use the "insightPlaybackLocationType==EMBEDDED" filter, I get a response that the query is not supported. Without this filter, the query returns a response without any errors.
response = self.executeAPIRequest(
yt_instance.reports().query,
ids="channel==" + c_id,
startDate=startdate,
endDate=enddate,
metrics="views,likes,dislikes,comments,shares,estimatedMinutesWatched,averageViewDuration,averageViewPercentage",
sort='-views',
filters="video==VIDEO_ID_HERE;insightPlaybackLocationType==EMBEDDED",
maxResults=200,
)
Here's the error I get:
googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2/reports?ids=channel%3D%CHANNEL_ID_HERE&startDate=2017-02-28&endDate=2019-08-11&metrics=views%2Clikes%2Cdislikes%2Ccomments%2Cshares%2CestimatedMinutesWatched%2CaverageViewDuration%2CaverageViewPercentage&sort=-views&filters=video%3D%VIDEO_ID_HERE%3BinsightPlaybackLocationType%3D%3DEMBEDDED&maxResults=200&alt=json returned "The query is not supported. Check the documentation at https://developers.google.com/youtube/analytics/v2/available_reports for a list of supported queries.">
That filter can only be used with the insightPlaybackLocationDetail dimension.
Bear in mind that the dimension only supports views and estimatedMinutesWatched metrics.
Documentation (Playback location detail): https://developers.google.com/youtube/analytics/channel_reports#playback-location-reports
Be sure to set the sort and maxResults parameters correctly for this dimension.