Hi, thanks for reaching out and reporting this issue! Can you check and verify if you're seeing the same error when using API explorer link?

Hi,

Thank you for quick response. Yes, I actually copied curl code above from the API explorer.

I also tried with Python code below:

request = youtube.search().list(
    part="snippet",
    maxResults=50,
    order="viewCount",
    publishedAfter="2024-09-01T00:00:00Z",
    q="artificial intelligence",
    videoPaidProductPlacement="true",
)
response = request.execute()
return response

This also gave me invalid parameter error:

TypeError: Got an unexpected keyword argument videoPaidProductPlacement

Hello,

I wanted to check if there are any updates regarding this issue, as it is critical for my application. Could you share whether it's planned to be resolved and if there is an estimated timeline for a fix?

I would greatly appreciate any insights you can provide.

Thank you for your time and support.

Unfortunately, I can't verify the issue using the API Explorer. The channel's name is Destiny. I'm not the channel's owner, so I don't have the ability to log in and authenticate via the Explorer's OAuth popup. I have an access token, but it appears the Explorer doesn't allow you to supply your own access token. I get a 403 when I request fileDetails with just an API key.

I was able to verify the issue in my Postman workspace, however. This is the specific video I'm testing with, but every video in the channel is affected (at least the last 50).

In regard to fileDetails being completely empty for live broadcasts, I just noticed the docs state that

The fileDetails object will only be returned if the processingDetails.fileAvailability property has a value of available.

The fileDetailsAvailability for the user's current broadcast is inProgress (relevant snippet below), so I no longer think this is a bug. Regardless, I know for a fact that live broadcasts always had fileDetails and a fileName of livestream.str prior to the 13th.

{
    ...
    "processingDetails": {
        "processingStatus": "processing",
        "fileDetailsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "processingIssuesAvailability": "inProgress",
        "tagSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "editorSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "thumbnailsAvailability": "inProgress"
    }
    ...
}

Thanks for sharing all the details! That's correct, The fileDetails object will only be returned if the processingDetails.fileAvailability property has a value of available. Since the user's current broadcast is inProgress this is working as expected.

I think you closed the issue too quickly. To clarify, there's no bug in regard to fileDetails being empty for live broadcasts, but that's something secondary I brought up because it started happening at the exact same time as the real issue: fileDetails.fileName is completely gone.

Here's the full payload for the video I linked in an earlier comment to better illustrate. Notice that processing is complete. Where's fileDetails.fileName?

{
    "kind": "youtube#videoListResponse",
    "etag": "UxKJHshfFKjI-JCIWV3o7XKx_Xc",
    "items": [
        {
            "kind": "youtube#video",
            "etag": "TafiPqJ2mUgAkLiKF5BEATvHSsA",
            "id": "yF8AWDgm0W0",
            "snippet": {
                "publishedAt": "2024-12-14T03:20:04Z",
                "channelId": "UC554eY5jNUfDq3yDOJYirOQ",
                "title": "chillin'",
                "description": "Date streamed December 14th, 2024\n\nClick▼\r\n\r\nFollow Destiny\r\n►STREAM - http://www.kick.com/Destiny\r\n►DISCORD - https://discordapp.com/invite/destiny\r\n►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal\r\n►KICK - https://kick.com/Destiny\r\n►REDDIT - https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny\r\n►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/destiny\r\n\r\nCheck Out My Amazon: www.amazon.com/shop/destiny\r\nBuy My Merch: https://shop.destiny.gg/",
                "thumbnails": {
                    "default": {
                        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF8AWDgm0W0/default.jpg",
                        "width": 120,
                        "height": 90
                    },
                    "medium": {
                        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF8AWDgm0W0/mqdefault.jpg",
                        "width": 320,
                        "height": 180
                    },
                    "high": {
                        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF8AWDgm0W0/hqdefault.jpg",
                        "width": 480,
                        "height": 360
                    },
                    "standard": {
                        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF8AWDgm0W0/sddefault.jpg",
                        "width": 640,
                        "height": 480
                    },
                    "maxres": {
                        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF8AWDgm0W0/maxresdefault.jpg",
                        "width": 1280,
                        "height": 720
                    }
                },
                "channelTitle": "Destiny",
                "tags": [
                    "destiny",
                    "debates",
                    "biden",
                    "trump"
                ],
                "categoryId": "24",
                "liveBroadcastContent": "none",
                "defaultLanguage": "en",
                "localized": {
                    "title": "chillin'",
                    "description": "Date streamed December 14th, 2024\n\nClick▼\r\n\r\nFollow Destiny\r\n►STREAM - http://www.kick.com/Destiny\r\n►DISCORD - https://discordapp.com/invite/destiny\r\n►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal\r\n►KICK - https://kick.com/Destiny\r\n►REDDIT - https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny\r\n►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/destiny\r\n\r\nCheck Out My Amazon: www.amazon.com/shop/destiny\r\nBuy My Merch: https://shop.destiny.gg/"
                },
                "defaultAudioLanguage": "en"
            },
            "fileDetails": {
                "fileType": "video",
                "container": "webm",
                "videoStreams": [
                    {
                        "widthPixels": 2560,
                        "heightPixels": 1440,
                        "frameRateFps": 60,
                        "aspectRatio": 1.7777777777777777,
                        "codec": "vp9",
                        "bitrateBps": "7350215"
                    }
                ],
                "audioStreams": [
                    {
                        "channelCount": 2,
                        "codec": "aac",
                        "bitrateBps": "128147"
                    }
                ],
                "bitrateBps": "7478362"
            },
            "processingDetails": {
                "processingStatus": "succeeded",
                "fileDetailsAvailability": "available",
                "processingIssuesAvailability": "available",
                "tagSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
                "editorSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
                "thumbnailsAvailability": "available"
            }
        }
    ],
    "pageInfo": {
        "totalResults": 1,
        "resultsPerPage": 1
    }
}

I got the result as the owner of the channel on the API Explorer.

Request parameters

• part: id,fileDetails,processingDetails
• id: AkLsFRs7P3E

Credintials

Google OAuth 2.0

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl

Result

{
  "kind": "youtube#videoListResponse",
  "etag": "SXOE5ny6zzY416MW-2-AQRs8GUU",
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": "youtube#video",
      "etag": "RemEVlPKmiCCkjcbsKjA8rTM-BA",
      "id": "AkLsFRs7P3E",
      "fileDetails": {
        "fileType": "video",
        "container": "mov",
        "videoStreams": [
          {
            "widthPixels": 1920,
            "heightPixels": 1080,
            "frameRateFps": 24,
            "aspectRatio": 1.7777777777777777,
            "codec": "h264",
            "bitrateBps": "1860960"
          }
        ],
        "audioStreams": [
          {
            "channelCount": 1,
            "codec": "aac",
            "bitrateBps": "61667"
          }
        ],
        "durationMs": "365541",
        "bitrateBps": "1922627"
      },
      "processingDetails": {
        "processingStatus": "succeeded",
        "fileDetailsAvailability": "available",
        "processingIssuesAvailability": "available",
        "tagSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "editorSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "thumbnailsAvailability": "available"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pageInfo": {
    "totalResults": 1,
    "resultsPerPage": 1
  }
}

It should be noted that:

• processingDetails.fileDetailsAvailability: "available"
• fileDetails: (Obtained)
• fileDetails.fileName: (Not found)

The problem has not been resolved. I also believe that it is not Intended behavior.

Thanks for sharing the details. I'm going to open an internal report with the engineering teams for further investigation on this issue. Will reach back with updates as soon as I have one.

I report that I am in the same situation as the new #12 reporter. Below is an example of calling the API with the same parameters as on Dec 18, 2024 08:26AM and getting different results.

Request parameters

• part: id,fileDetails,processingDetails
• id: AkLsFRs7P3E

Credintials

Google OAuth 2.0

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl

Result

{
  "kind": "youtube#videoListResponse",
  "etag": "ZrPwLp1K91ZyM1vEl8d7_vpgnpI",
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": "youtube#video",
      "etag": "5apUyBlcZKl3eKjosALMOYyKeSA",
      "id": "AkLsFRs7P3E",
      "fileDetails": {},
      "processingDetails": {
        "processingStatus": "succeeded",
        "fileDetailsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "processingIssuesAvailability": "inProgress",
        "tagSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "editorSuggestionsAvailability": "inProgress",
        "thumbnailsAvailability": "inProgress"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pageInfo": {
    "totalResults": 1,
    "resultsPerPage": 1
  }
}

The "fileDetailsAvailability" is now "inProgress" and as a result the "fileDetails" is an empty object.

My hopeful observation is that YouTube management is working on a solution to this problem.