YouTube API client disclosure

HFI YT Localization

A private desktop production tool operated solely for the owner-managed HiFi Immersion YouTube channel.

Status

Internal production use
  • One owner-authorized channel
  • No public accounts or sign-up
  • Owner-initiated writes only

Purpose

Publish one editorial package accurately across languages.

HiFi Immersion produces interviews and system-recording stories for an international audience. HFI YT Localization validates and publishes human-reviewed titles, descriptions and timestamped SRT caption tracks to existing HiFi Immersion videos.

The tool is not a public YouTube service. It is used by the channel owner and authorized production personnel on the owner’s computer.

Documented API surface

Endpoints and reasons

01channels.list

Confirm the authorized channel identity.

02videos.list

Read current metadata before a proposed change.

03videos.update

Publish owner-approved localized titles and descriptions.

04captions.list

Read existing caption-track state and preserve it.

05captions.insert

Upload missing, human-reviewed subtitle files.

Owner control

Every change begins with a plan.

Read

Verify the target

Confirm the authenticated channel, target video and current remote state before any write.

Approve

Bind the package

Validate local files and create a specific additions-only or update plan for owner approval.

Write

Preserve unrelated data

Keep privacy settings, schedules and unmanaged languages unchanged.

Verify

Read back the result

Confirm successful changes, record a receipt and stop safely if quota is exhausted.

Deliberate boundaries

What the client does not do

01

Privacy policy

Data accessed, storage, retention, security and user control.

02

Terms of use

Authorized use, platform terms and the limits of the service.

03

Revocation & deletion

How to withdraw access and request deletion of stored API data.