## How to create a YouTube API key

### What do you need?

- Google Account

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### Step 1

Go to [**console.developers.google.com**](https://console.developers.google.com) and create a **Project**.

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-09-42.png)

Then, give the project a **name**.

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-10-28.png)


### Step 2

After that, you need to enable an API as following:

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-11-14.png)

Then, search for `YouTube Data API V3` and enable it for the project.

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-11-34.png)

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-11-53.png)


### Step 3

Then, select on the left side the tab `Credentials`, click on `Create credentials` and then select `API key`.

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-14-21.png)


### Yay!

And here you have your API key! ;)

![](https://i.zekro.de/chrome_2018-03-28_10-14-39.png)