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my team uses the Youtube API for a 2 week contest, where participants have to send a video. We want these videos to be hosted on Youtube, only for 3 or 4 weeks.
However, according to the Youtube's API Documentation and the Quota Calculator :
A video upload has a cost of approximately 1600 units.
and
Queries per day (default) : 10 000 units (max)
This means that we can not have more than 6.25 videos sent per day, which is very problematic in our case.
It is also indicated:
If you reach the quota limit, you can request additional quota on the Quotas tab in the Developer's Console.
To increase this maximum value, you can request a higher quota with this form.
We have completed this very long form (yesterday), so we have three questions:
These questions may sound silly, but it's an emergency and I have not found answers to my many searches here and in the API documentation.
Maybe some people here have already asked for a quota increase and will be able to answer those questions.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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If you have been audited in the past 12 months and have been marked compliant by YouTube API Services Team, you can apply for an additional quota extension using this form. If YouTube denies the application for an additional quota extension, you can file an appeal by using this form.
The YouTube Data API, is a free API google does not charge you for accessing this api. You are free to use it.
All API requests, including invalid requests, incur at least a one-point quota cost. You can find the quota available to your application in the API Console.
To be clear, an API Client must not store statistics retrieved as Non-Authorized Data for more than 30 days. For example, an API Client must not store the subscriber count for a YouTube channel for more than 30 days without authorization from the channel owner.
How long does YouTube have to respond to this form and what are the delay for increasing the quota?
It really depends upon the API. Some can take as long as two months others take a few weeks. So expect it will take a while.
We have a billing account, what is the price of a quota increase over 3 or 4 weeks if it's necessary to pay ?
To my knowledge the YouTube API is a free API. To my knowledge there is no public pricing for it.
However if they contact you can work with a developer relations manager to increase your API quota for a price. It isn’t documented because it varies based on an application-by-application basis.
Do you think it is possible to contact live (phone / chat) to speed up our request?
Since you have requested a quota increase. Developer relations may contact you and work with you on giving you what you need.
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