generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference,
  https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters,
  https://developers.google.com/youtube/subscribe,
  https://www.youtube.com/oembed
description: >-
  First-party client-side / embeddable UI components published by YouTube for
  embedding video playback and channel actions in external web pages. Distinct
  from the server-side API client libraries in packages/youtube-packages.yml.
families:
- family: Player
  components:
  - name: IFrame Player API
    kind: embeddable-js-player
    loader: https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api
    docs: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
    description: JavaScript-controlled embedded player (queue/play, volume, playback state events) rendered in an iframe.
  - name: Player parameters
    kind: embed-configuration
    docs: https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters
    description: URL/iframe parameters that configure embedded player behavior (autoplay, controls, start time, captions).
  - name: youtube-ios-player-helper
    kind: native-embed-helper
    loader: 'pod youtube-ios-player-helper'
    docs: https://github.com/youtube/youtube-ios-player-helper
    description: First-party iOS wrapper embedding the IFrame Player in a WKWebView-backed view.
- family: Channel actions
  components:
  - name: Subscribe Button
    kind: embeddable-widget
    loader: https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js
    docs: https://developers.google.com/youtube/subscribe
    description: Configurable embeddable button enabling one-click channel subscription without leaving the host page.
- family: Embed metadata
  components:
  - name: oEmbed endpoint
    kind: oembed
    loader: https://www.youtube.com/oembed
    docs: https://oembed.com/
    description: Returns embed HTML and metadata (JSON/XML) for a YouTube video URL for use by external embedders.