Youtube is going to remove dislike counts from the API on 2021-12-13

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Subject: Important update from YouTube API Services: Making the dislike count private Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:28:34 -0800 From: YouTube API Services no-reply@youtube.com Reply-To: YouTube API Services no-reply@youtube.com

YouTube

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Dear YouTube API developer,

We would like to inform you of upcoming changes to YouTube that will impact the data available via the Data API starting December 13, 2021.

On November 10, YouTube will be making the public dislike count private. Users will still be able to dislike videos, and creators will still have access to the dislike counts for their own videos in YouTube Studio. Learn more about this change in our https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEzKe6JQVbVbeG2NZaj4WcCbJFyAkrIHR0B2SMzzo8EG0fq-aAZsWFhF0KGeJloPTdYD-C2svjrri5HzJGI6RkpppaRcRbJYvXQiyg5YoF6tp7T1p2C_ro7F3iKFeBrM6eUC-ZYblog post.

To make the dislike count private across the platform, we also will be removing public access to the dislike count data via our API.

Here are details on how this will and will not affect the API:

• The https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEz-R13SBgHfoFg_iGvdXPVkwGxB5gbdaUnDTBWsqh4yphWunNKvAukIiVNjFZLHpwe4mxZnBvJp6W4812hfGnjuD9bTei6yMWDn7oRavRQZ_8oTQnQEOAms0N9YamlqhyZgLrozp6Ixgd3R90igD5gIVXINWFljfe5KCP0adislike_count field within the statistics part of the https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEwfWWE2faMv0BArihHo8x_KdMwK-zfcd0C8YAY2iMWu_z1P0aEDixzgIUm3cBwQz9tiv9GV7gz3XaN7t4KpNyqFwROboGLi-VCeA4Zy76jyU07Fdmv1ZJwlVhY5BX2I___SnegclEUqYVSi6nSmsjJjxBcCW34FJb0AcISLnQvideo resource will be omitted on calls to the https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEyY0y0DKxJ4qzlUpSblR80iNF_niVwcSPLFUYBIuQuPokh1fig741AO9TcmhOESYOjPcvU-H-latXmPGF0zlavSG34uqoAPiUg_9VUNfQEyExYHyD_KfuZ4HtZzceePbUBd8ZJk-sKxsrlovideo.list endpoint except in cases in which the request is being authenticated as a user (such as the creator or the agent user) who owns the video that is being requested.
• The https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEy7rXWQ8VA45K0X28ddZRpZgkJnWw_kVF3na6W1rOJs8TrF_lnRTnSeqw18cMhsWf3bOA37XfCP4nX9k5mDAMuBqBt6yMJlqahsXtpwLGjEQlnKZzUVcPLw8BxBN3utTAt9NqUSINvfvideos.rate endpoint will be unaffected.
• Developers who do not display dislike counts publicly and still need the dislike count for their API client can apply to be put on an allow list for an exemption. If you would like to apply for an exemption, you must complete this https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEwjkNFtB2DNbAff1uoByI2RQ7TmkbX3hmzSNd473dehsulp2ed91m3hRDGjOJUzag2pshHufcUsJAWzarFJSMr-npYZpHb101nyROkgIugmnsHsXgIzRc_cIrxAlRoyy9X3nSPnDW03prIRjs87q5M9-Emztw-PhvSvBOuLgQ7QaRNSaeKj8q_ObGEtA5s2eUyiPkbyUPYapplication form. Otherwise, your access to public dislike count data via the Data API will end on December 13, 2021.

As a reminder, you must agree to the https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEztMF755NBRoVPNNqJ9XgsCk70je1fmZ-ZbTpJ7I0Hk8KZ64l6QRP4dWFPg2PsCLMoRoT-x_lvg5zKMEQW7NSBwhem3KGknPQlDBqu7e8FZj3oPjGfXwmeP_QXXDgNWbIYIuPb0B1MBmTX4wskDFjrDZAterms and https://notifications.google.com/g/p/AD-FnEx7kUL8BS5pRLLzYI1-luHc4PluJNaj7lKiOHzuYo_OHZ5Fl9DG5bF3BoBXxiBdBxyTINZg0Q7Q7P88Plow8JlRxf_rvqRG0SyikGy7s6K195tgSwx4QM7h2WAUj3mYHyjbeu3WpeMsOUcpolicies to access or use any YouTube API Services.

Thank you for being a YouTube API developer.

Sincerely, The YouTube API Services team

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Thanks, fortunately this won't break anything but the default template configs need updating. When the change happens it will just show 0 dislikes and not break any functionality for existing users. The templates are also editable with config commands so people can remove reference to the dislike variable themselves if they want.