Title: Create an API key: too complex?
Last modified: June 24, 2020

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# Create an API key: too complex?

 *  [mengeco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mengeco/)
 * (@mengeco)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-an-api-key-too-complex/)
 * Hello,
 * I tried to create an API but it’s really very complex, why is Google doing everything
   so that we cannot easily create an API?
 * I followed your tutorial but the screens no longer match. : [https://plugin.builders/yourchannel-setup/](https://plugin.builders/yourchannel-setup/)
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [plugin.builders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pluginbuilders/)
 * (@pluginbuilders)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-an-api-key-too-complex/#post-13030584)
 * Hi, try this:
 * Go to [https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library)
 * Scroll down to YouTube section, click on **YouTube Data API v3**.
 * Click on** Enable** button in the next page if it’s already not enabled.
 * Now go to [https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials)
 * Click on **+ Create Credential**s, then on **API Key**.
 * If you see a option to choose from Web Browser, Web Server etc., choose Web Browser.
 * Check the None checkbox in Restrictions section.
 * It will generate an API key and show it in a popup, copy paste it to YourChannel.
   It might take upto 5 minutes for this API Key to work (according to Google)
 *  Thread Starter [mengeco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mengeco/)
 * (@mengeco)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-an-api-key-too-complex/#post-13030677)
 * Ok, thank you very much, I got there but the path is so complex, no logic (more
   windows, more links …), it’s a return to the internet of the 1990s
 *  Thread Starter [mengeco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mengeco/)
 * (@mengeco)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-an-api-key-too-complex/#post-13030744)
 * at the end of the video, is it possible to display only the videos in the channel?
   OR delete the suggested videos?
    Thanks !

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