# YouTube metadata

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/youtube-metadata/67612
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/youtube-metadata/67612 "2025-02-22T08:49:26Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/youtube-metadata/67612/11 "2025-02-22T19:39:08Z")

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> [@Doug\_Mackie](#):
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> so I don't see how the youTube API could be helpful here.

As far as I understand, the OP is looking for

> [@newmy51](#):
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> ... relevant metadata field is embedded as "publishedAt", or possibly "snippet.publishedAt" or "datetime"

and the YT-API can deliver:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/2/6/26241370d661c48b5e83d22a271ab9c7a0799881.png)  
what would help for this request.

To use the API - for example with the [mentioned WSS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-youtube-requires-youtube-api-key/62585) - you need to register your own API-Key with your own Google account first.

The YouTube-WSS includes some code for the "publishedAt" API metadata:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4bd539ada283ae834b5420eb3dee806881e0219e.png)  
and fills content into the YEAR field.

You are right: This information is not embedded in the video itself. Only with access to the additional API you can query such additional metadata.

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