YouTube IFrame Player API

Enables embedding a YouTube video player on websites and controlling playback through JavaScript. The API supports queuing and playing videos, adjusting volume, retrieving video information, and subscribing to player state change events.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: youtube:youtube-iframe-player-api
name: YouTube IFrame Player API
tags:
- Embed
- Player
- Videos
image: https://www.youtube.com/img/desktop/yt_1200.png
humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
properties:
- url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference#Getting_started
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters
  type: APIReference
description: Enables embedding a YouTube video player on websites and controlling playback through JavaScript.
  The API supports queuing and playing videos, adjusting volume, retrieving video information, and subscribing
  to player state change events.