Updates an existing resource.

Scopes

You will need authorization for the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl scope to make a valid call.

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl. You can set the scope for this method like this: youtube3 --scope <scope> comments update ...

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

Comment:
  etag: string
  id: string
  kind: string
  snippet:
    author-channel-id:
      value: string
    author-channel-url: string
    author-display-name: string
    author-profile-image-url: string
    can-rate: boolean
    channel-id: string
    like-count: integer
    moderation-status: string
    parent-id: string
    published-at: string
    text-display: string
    text-original: string
    updated-at: string
    video-id: string
    viewer-rating: string

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r . etag=amet
    • Etag of this resource.
  • id=ut
    • The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the comment.
  • kind=at
    • Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "youtube#comment".

  • snippet.author-channel-id value=sit

    • No description provided.

  • .. author-channel-url=vero

    • Link to the author's YouTube channel, if any.
  • author-display-name=duo
    • The name of the user who posted the comment.
  • author-profile-image-url=sadipscing
    • The URL for the avatar of the user who posted the comment.
  • can-rate=false
    • Whether the current viewer can rate this comment.
  • channel-id=rebum.
    • The id of the corresponding YouTube channel. In case of a channel comment this is the channel the comment refers to. In case of a video comment it's the video's channel.
  • like-count=31
    • The total number of likes this comment has received.
  • moderation-status=kasd
    • The comment's moderation status. Will not be set if the comments were requested through the id filter.
  • parent-id=sadipscing
    • The unique id of the parent comment, only set for replies.
  • published-at=tempor
    • The date and time when the comment was originally published.
  • text-display=sea
    • The comment's text. The format is either plain text or HTML dependent on what has been requested. Even the plain text representation may differ from the text originally posted in that it may replace video links with video titles etc.
  • text-original=et
    • The comment's original raw text as initially posted or last updated. The original text will only be returned if it is accessible to the viewer, which is only guaranteed if the viewer is the comment's author.
  • updated-at=lorem
    • The date and time when the comment was last updated.
  • video-id=magna
    • The ID of the video the comment refers to, if any.
  • viewer-rating=takimata
    • The rating the viewer has given to this comment. For the time being this will never return RATE_TYPE_DISLIKE and instead return RATE_TYPE_NONE. This may change in the future.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").