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Get the YouTube Developer API Key AmazonCreator CollapseAll|ExpandAll GettingStarted AmazonCreatorOverview Step1.CreateYourApp VideoSourceOptions UseaYouTubeChannelasYourVideoSource UseaMediaRSSFeedasYourVideoSource UseBrightcoveasYourVideoSource Step2.PreviewYourApp Step3.PublishYourApp Step4.ShareYourApp OtherTopics UpdateYourLiveApp LocalizeYourApp Troubleshooting MiscellaneousQuestions OtherResources FrequentlyAskedQuestions FireTVSupportForum UseaYouTubeChannelasYourVideoSource SubmitFeedback STEP1:CreateYourApp → STEP2:PreviewYourApp → STEP3:PublishYourApp → STEP4:ShareYourApp YoucanconfigureyourAmazonCreatorappusingaYouTubechannelasthesourceforyourvideocontent.YouTubeapproachgivesyouarobust,freeplatformforhostingandservingyourvideo.Youcangroupyourvideosintodifferentchannelswithinthesameaccount.AmazonCreatorrequiresyoutosupplyadeveloperAPIkeyinordertoaccessthevideos. Note:ManyoftheseinstructionsrelatetomanagingyourvideosonYouTube.TheseinstructionswerelastupdatedinApril2018.IfYouTubehaschangeditsinterfaceorworkflow,theseinstructionsmaybeoutofdate.AlwaysconsultYouTube'sdocumentationtogetthelatestinformation. GetYourYouTubeChannelID GettheYouTubeDeveloperAPIKey ConfigureYourAppwiththeVideosYouWant BlockSpecificVideosfromAppearinginYourApp SeparateVideosintoMultipleChannelsinYourYouTubeAccount GroupVideosintoPlaylistsinYourApp'sCategoryNavigationBar HidetheLatestCategoryfromtheNavigationBar Re-enableaHiddenYouTubeChannel NextSteps GetYourYouTubeChannelID AmazonCreatordisplaysallthevideoscontainedwithinaspecificYouTubechannel.YouneedyourChannelIDtoconfigureAmazonCreator.TogetyourChannelID: LogintoYouTube. Intheupper-rightcorner,clickyouravatar,andthenclickSettings. IntheNamesection,clickAdvanced.ThistakesyoutoAdvancedSettings. CopythevaluefortheYouTubeChannelID. YoucanalsoviewgetyourchannelIDbyviewingyourchannel(clickyouravatarandthenclickMychannel).YourchannelIDappearsintheaddressbarafterchannel/untilthe?,asshowninthefollowingimage: GettheYouTubeDeveloperAPIKey AmazonCreatorneedsanAPIkeyinordertoaccessyourYouTubevideos.TogettheAPIkey: GototheGoogleDeveloperConsoleatconsole.developers.google.comandloginusingthesameloginyouuseforYouTube. Intheupper-leftcorner,clicktheSelectaProjectdrop-downmenu.(Ifyoualreadyhaveanexistingproject,thedrop-downmenuwilldisplayaprojectnameinsteadofSelectaProject.) IntheSelectdialogboxthatopens,clickthe+(plus)buttonontherighttocreateanewproject: TypeaprojectnameandclickCreate. Aftertheprojectgetscreated,intheleftsidebar,clicktheCredentialstab: ClicktheblueCreateCredentialsdrop-downmenuandselectAPIKey. CopytheAPIkeythatappears,andthenclickClose.(Youdon’tneedtorestrictyourkey.) SaveyourAPIkeyinaconvenientlocationbecauseyouwillneeditwhenyouconfigureAmazonCreator. Important:You'renotdoneyet—youneedtoenableYoutubeAPIDatapermissionsforyourAPIkey. Intheleftsidebar,clickLibrary.AlistofAPIsyoucanenableforyourprojectappears. Typeyoutubeinthesearchbox,andthenselectYouTubeDataAPIv3. ClickEnable. NotethatyoucanusethesameAPIkeyforeachFireTVappyoucreate(assumingeachchannelbelongstothesameYouTubeaccount). ConfigureYourAppwiththeVideosYouWant Bydefault,AmazonCreatorgetsallthevideosfromyourYouTubechannel.Ifyouwantallthevideos(actually,thelast50)inyourchanneltoappearinyourapp,great,leaveallthevideosinyourchannelasis. Ifyouonlywantasubsetofvideosinyourchannelincludedinyourapp,youhavetwooptions: BlockSpecificVideosfromAppearinginYourApp SeparateVideosintoMultipleChannelsinYourYouTubeAccount BlockSpecificVideosfromAppearinginYourApp Afteryoucreateyourapp,youcanedityourappandblockvideosfromappearingintheappbyspecifyingthevideoIDsyouwanttoblock. GettheIDsofthevideosyouwanttoblock.TogettheIDforaYouTubevideo,browsetothevideo.Intheaddressbar,theIDappearsafterthe=sign.Forexample,iftheURLofyourvideoishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49lSRT6-FY,thevideoIDisv49lSRT6-FY. GototheAdvancedsettingspageforyourapp: ClickManageAppsintheupper-rightcorner. Inyourappdetails,nextto"Source,"clickAdvanced. Inthe"BlockedVideos"section,enterthevideoIDintheVideoIDtoblockboxandclickBlockVideo. SeparateVideosintoMultipleChannelsinYourYouTubeAccount Youcancreateanotherchannel(withinyoursameYouTubeaccount)thatincludesonlythevideosyouwantinyourFireTVapp.Tocreateadditionalchannels: FromYouTube,clickyouravatarintheupper-rightcornerandselectSettings .Alternatively,godirectlytoyourYouTubeAccountsettingspage. Under"Additionalfeatures,"clickSeeallmychannelsorcreateanewchannel. Click+Createanewchannel. IfyoucreatedyourYouTubechannelbefore2014,youmaynotseeoptionstocreateanewchanneluntilyoufirstcreatea"brandaccount."Followthelinkstocreateabrandaccount.(NewerYouTubechannelsalreadyoffertheabilitytocreatemultiplechannelswithoutfirstestablishingabrandaccount.)SeeChannelsmigratedtoBrandaccountsformoredetails. Asdesired,customizeyourchannelwithart,adescription,andsoon. Uploadthevideosyouwantintothischannel.(Youcan'tsimplytransfervideosfromoneYouTubechanneltoanother.) Youcantransferthevideosbyfirstdownloadingyourvideosfromonechannelandthenuploadingthemintoanotherchannel.Todownloadavideo,clickyouravatarintheupper-right,selectCreatorStudio,thenexpandVIDEOMANAGERintheleftsidebar.Clickthedrop-downarrownexttoavideoandselectDownloadMP4.Afteryoutransfervideosacrosschannels,deletethevideosfromtheoldchannelsoyoudon'thaveduplicatevideocontentacrosschannels.SeeManagemultiplechannelsformoredetails. Nowthatyouhavemultiplechannels,youcanconfigureyourFireTVappwiththechannelIDyouwant. GroupVideosintoPlaylistsinYourApp'sCategoryNavigationBar Bydefault,theLatestoptionintheapp'scategorynavigationbarshowsthe50mostrecentvideosinyourYouTubechannel.Youcangroupyourvideosintodifferentplaylists,andthenassigntheplaylistsintodifferentsectionsinyourYouTubechannel.ThecategorynavigationbarinAmazonCreatorwilllisteachofthesectionsinyourYouTubechannel. Forexample,inthefollowingscreenshot,videosaregroupedintoCarscenes,Trailscenes,andWaterscenes: (The"About"pagecontainsrequiredattributionsforusingtheYouTubeAPIservice.YoucannotremovetheAboutpageoraddadditionalpagestothismenu.) Eachofthesecategorynavigationoptionsisa"section"ontheYouTubechannelpage.Eachsectionisconfiguredtodisplayaplaylist. TogroupyourvideosintodifferentplaylistsinyourYouTubechannel: Fromhttps://www.youtube.com,clickyouravatarintheupper-rightcorner,andthenselectCreatorStudio. Intheleftsidebar,expandVIDEOMANAGERandselectPlaylists. Tocreateanewplaylist,clickNewplaylist(intheupper-rightcorner),typeaname,andclickCreate.(Note:Keeptheplaylistnamesshort.LongnameswillbetruncatedwithanellipsesinAmazonCreator'scategorynavigationbar.) Toaddavideotoaplaylist,intheleftsidebar,expandVIDEOMANAGERandselectVideos.Selectthecheckboxnexttoavideo,andthenclicktheAddtobuttonatthetopandselecttheplaylistyouwanttoaddthevideoto.SeeCreate&manageplaylistsformoredetails. ToassignyourplayliststodifferentsectionsinyourYouTubechannel: Fromhttps://www.youtube.com,clickyouravatarintheupper-rightcorner,andthenclickMychannel. ClicktheCUSTOMIZECHANNELbutton. Nearthebottomofthescreen,clicktheAddasectionbutton. IntheCONTENTdrop-downmenu,underPlaylists,selectSingleplaylist. IntheCHOOSEAPLAYLISTsectionthatappears,inthedrop-downselectionontheright,clickFindplaylist…andselecttheplaylistyouwantforthatsection.ThenclickDone.(Ifyourplaylistdoesn'tappear,youmayneedtospecifytheplaylistbyinsertingtheURLtotheplaylist.)Repeatforeachsectionyouwanttoadd. Formoredetails,seeCustomizechannellayoutandOrganizecontentwithchannelsections. NotethatYouTubeallowsyoutoaddavarietyofsectiontypestoyourchannel,butnotallsectiontypeswilldisplayinyourAmazonCreatorapp.ThefollowingarethesectionoptionsavailableinYouTube: OnlythefollowingsectiontypeswillappearinyourAmazonCreatorapp: Singleplaylist Uploads(displaysas"LatestVideos"inthecategorynavbar) PopularUploads(displaysas"PopularVideos"inthecategorynavbar) Multipleplaylists Createdplaylists(displaysas"AllPlaylists"inthecategorynavbar) OthersectiontypeswillbeignoredbyAmazonCreator. HidetheLatestCategoryfromtheNavigationBar Yourchannel'shomepageneedstohavesomevideocontentinorderforthe"Latest"optionintheapp'scategorynavigationbartopopulatewithcontent.Ifnocontentappearsonyourchannelhomepage,yourappwillshowa"NoContentFound"messagetousers,orworse,yourappmaygenerateaplaybackerror. NoContentFound Toavoidthisscenario,addsomevideocontentonyourchannel'shomepagebyfollowingtheinstructionsintheprevioussection,GroupVideosintoPlaylistsinYourApp'sCategoryNavigationBar. However,ifyouhavevalidreasonsforomittingvideocontentfromyourchannel'shomepage,youcanhidethe"Latest"optionfromthecategorynavigationbar.TohidetheLatestcategory: ClickManageApps. Inyourappdetails,nextto"Source,"clickAdvanced. IntheCategoriesNavigationBarOptionssection,nextto"DisplayLatestCategory?",selectNo. Re-enableaHiddenYouTubeChannel IfyouhidyourYouTubechannel,youneedtore-enablethechanneltouseitwithAmazonCreator. NextSteps Afteryoucreateyourapp,goontoStep2:PreviewYourApp. ©2018Amazon,Inc.