v3 api returns blocked content even with videoEmbedable = True

Question

I am using v3 api and videoEmbeddable=\"true\" in my search request.

However, when I try to play the video(s) on my webpage, it says the content is blocked to be dis

Answer 1

I assume it wasn't there 2.5 years ago, but the current API does have indication for regional block, when requesting contentDetails. here's a response for such request for 2 videos, the first one is blocked and the second one is not. Note the regionRestriction key:

{u'etag': u'"iDqJ1j7zKs4x3o3ZsFlBOwgWAHU/ZqEbAZJ-JFnYX3v37ZRuhK8FFN8"',
 u'items': [{u'contentDetails': {u'caption': u'false',
    u'definition': u'sd',
    u'dimension': u'2d',
    u'duration': u'PT2M5S',
    u'licensedContent': False,
    u'regionRestriction': {u'blocked': [u'NU',
      u'BY',
      u'NP',
      u'NR',
      u'WS',
      u'TD',
      u'SY',
      u'NZ',
      u'NE',
      .
      .
      .
      u'TG']}},
   u'etag': u'"iDqJ1j7zKs4x3o3ZsFlBOwgWAHU/hM4srkgNUiZj2GtAhLDFoFrHnlk"',
   u'id': u'WGf4mSBoCzQ',
   u'kind': u'youtube#video'},
  {u'contentDetails': {u'caption': u'false',
    u'definition': u'sd',
    u'dimension': u'2d',
    u'duration': u'PT17M2S',
    u'licensedContent': False},
   u'etag': u'"iDqJ1j7zKs4x3o3ZsFlBOwgWAHU/JNjXh3lMwcaC9gtbzM-KmOQLh44"',
   u'id': u'Tw75Dt8fBBs',
   u'kind': u'youtube#video'}],
 u'kind': u'youtube#videoListResponse',
 u'pageInfo': {u'resultsPerPage': 2, u'totalResults': 2}}