Groups: update
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Modifies the metadata for a group. Currently, the only property that can be updated is the group's title. (Use the groupItems.insert and groupItems.delete to add and remove group items.)
Request
HTTP request
PUT https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2/groups
Authorization
This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).
| Scopes |
| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly |
View YouTube Analytics reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics, like view counts and rating counts. |
| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonly |
View YouTube Analytics monetary reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics and to estimated revenue and ad performance metrics. |
| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube |
Manage your YouTube account. In the YouTube Analytics API, channel owners use this scope to manage YouTube Analytics groups and group items. |
| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner |
View and manage YouTube assets and associated content on YouTube. In the YouTube Analytics API, content owners use this scope to manage YouTube Analytics groups and group items. |
Parameters
The table below lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Optional parameters |
onBehalfOfContentOwner |
string
This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Note: This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels.
The onBehalfOfContentOwner parameter indicates that the request's authorization credentials identify a YouTube user who is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The account that the user authenticates with must be linked to the specified YouTube content owner. |
Request body
Provide a group resource in the request body.
For that resource, you must specify a value for the following properties. Note that the request updates the snippet.title field's value.
Response
If successful, this method returns a group resource in the response body.
Errors
The API does not define any error messages that are unique to this API method. However, this method could still return general API errors listed in the error message documentation.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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A PUT request is sent to `https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2/groups`, requiring authorization via specific scopes for managing YouTube content and analytics. The request body must include a group resource with the `id` and the updated `snippet.title`. Content owners can use the `onBehalfOfContentOwner` parameter for channel management. Upon success, a group resource is returned.\n"],null,["# Groups: update\n\nModifies the metadata for a group. Currently, the only property that can be updated is the group's title. (Use the [groupItems.insert](/youtube/analytics/reference/groupItems/insert) and [groupItems.delete](/youtube/analytics/reference/groupItems/delete) to add and remove group items.)\n\nRequest\n-------\n\n### HTTP request\n\n```\nPUT https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2/groups\n```\n\n### Authorization\n\nThis request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes ([read more about authentication and authorization](/youtube/analytics/authentication)).\n\n| Scopes ||\n|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly | View YouTube Analytics reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics, like view counts and rating counts. |\n| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonly | View YouTube Analytics monetary reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics and to estimated revenue and ad performance metrics. |\n| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube | Manage your YouTube account. In the YouTube Analytics API, channel owners use this scope to manage YouTube Analytics groups and group items. |\n| https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner | View and manage YouTube assets and associated content on YouTube. In the YouTube Analytics API, content owners use this scope to manage YouTube Analytics groups and group items. |\n\n### Parameters\n\nThe table below lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|\n| **Optional parameters** |||\n| `onBehalfOfContentOwner` | `string` This parameter can only be used in a properly [authorized request](/youtube/analytics/authentication). **Note:** This parameter is intended exclusively for YouTube content partners that own and manage many different YouTube channels. The **onBehalfOfContentOwner** parameter indicates that the request's authorization credentials identify a YouTube user who is acting on behalf of the content owner specified in the parameter value. It allows content owners to authenticate once and get access to all their video and channel data, without having to provide authentication credentials for each individual channel. The account that the user authenticates with must be linked to the specified YouTube content owner. |\n\n### Request body\n\nProvide a [group resource](/youtube/analytics/reference/groups#resource) in the request body.\nFor that resource, you must specify a value for the following properties. Note that the request updates the `snippet.title` field's value.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n- `id`\n- `snippet.title`\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nResponse\n--------\n\nIf successful, this method returns a [group resource](/youtube/analytics/reference/groups#resource) in the response body.\n\nErrors\n------\n\nThe API does not define any error messages that are unique to this API method. However, this method could still return general API errors listed in the [error message](/youtube/analytics/reference/errors#general) documentation.\n\nTry it!\n-------\n\nUse the APIs Explorer to call this API and see the API request and response."]]
