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YouTube

The YouTube integration provides access to the videos you manage through YouTube. When you identify a video to use, you import it into Brightspot and then add it to assets such as articles and galleries.

This section describes how to configure the YouTube integration in Brightspot, and how to perform an integrated search.

Including YouTube in a Brightspot build

The following table lists the dependencies to include in your build configuration.

ArtifactDescription
com.psddev:google-youtubeExposes the external type YouTubeVideo and fields in Edit Site to configure and run integrated search with YouTube.

Runtime prerequisites

  • Developer configuration—Brightspot provides a standard converter YoutubeUrlVideoConverter. Developers can deploy custom converter classes by extending ExternalItemConverter and overriding the convert(YouTubeVideo youTubeVideo) method.
  • Ops configuration—Configure an API key in your YouTube console. For details, see Obtaining authorization credentials.
  • CMS configuration—Configure the site interfacing with YouTube. For details, see Configuring integrated searches with YouTube.

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