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Asked: 2026-06-12T20:24:49+00:00

I have created a Youtube small web application using the Youtube API . The

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I have created a Youtube small web application using the Youtube API. The application sends messages to my customers, and if a message is not sent successfully i print the Youtube error to know where is the problem, through this code :

try {  // Send the message.
    $sentMessage = $yt->sendVideoMessage( $body, null, $videoId, $customerName );
} catch (Zend_Gdata_App_HttpException $e) {                 
    $errorReport .= "- YouTube Error: " . $e->getRawResponseBody() . "\n";
}

Some messages are being sent fine, but sometimes strange Youtube errors are being print, and i can’t figure out where the problem is. For example it prints :

  • YouTube Error: 11
    Validation failed

And this sometimes :

  • YouTube Error: 9
    Forbidden

Is there a guide that refers to these error numbers, so i can fix my code according to their meaning ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    After a lot of investigation i found what those 2 errors mean :

    YouTube Error: 11 Validation failed

    This error occurred because there was a missing character in the video id. It was typed wrong, so this error seems to occur if there was some wrong entry in the sendVideoMessage(…) parameters.

    YouTube Error: 9 Forbidden

    This error occurs because i have sent too many messages at the same time, so Youtube thought i am sending spam messages.

    That took some time, but now things are fixed 🙂

    If someone knows a guide explaining all possible Youtube API errors, please share it so everyone can benefit from that.

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