I am trying to customise the start and end times of YouTube videos so that, for example, when people click the links the video starts from 5s and ends at 10s.

Most tutorials say that inserting a video link followed by ?start=76&end=150 should produce the desired effect, but I can't seem to make it work.

Examples of things I've tried:

;end=120 ;end=82&version=3

I also tried using websites like iframely/try , but that also produced an error

I'd appreciate some more information or possible solutions. Thank you!

(PS, I thought it might be helpful to include that I have never worked with API before and am not sure how to access developer features beyond what's included in standard YouTube!)

I am trying to customise the start and end times of YouTube videos so that, for example, when people click the links the video starts from 5s and ends at 10s.

Most tutorials say that inserting a video link followed by ?start=76&end=150 should produce the desired effect, but I can't seem to make it work.

Examples of things I've tried:

https://www.youtube/embed/nmLBrhiZxLU?si=1O2LUWiNIH2iG76I?start=0&end=120 https://youtube.googleapis/v/OfBZ1hT02vY?si=kWE9ihr1QLO0240f?start=06&end=82&version=3

I also tried using websites like iframely/try , but that also produced an error

I'd appreciate some more information or possible solutions. Thank you!

(PS, I thought it might be helpful to include that I have never worked with API before and am not sure how to access developer features beyond what's included in standard YouTube!)

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• youtube-api
• youtube-data-api

• Please edit your question and include your code. – Linda Lawton - DaImTo Commented Mar 19 at 20:27

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From what I can tell you are adding this code ?start=0&end=120 to the end of the first URL example. But thats not correct: If the original URL already contains a question mark ?, then you should add &start=0&end=120 instead of ?start=0&end=120.

So your example URLs

https://www.youtube/embed/nmLBrhiZxLU?si=1O2LUWiNIH2iG76I?start=0&end=120 https://youtube.googleapis/v/OfBZ1hT02vY?si=kWE9ihr1QLO0240f?start=06&end=82&version=3

Should actually look like this

https://www.youtube/embed/nmLBrhiZxLU?si=1O2LUWiNIH2iG76I&start=0&end=120 https://youtube.googleapis/v/OfBZ1hT02vY?si=kWE9ihr1QLO0240f&start=06&end=82&version=3

I found that this URL pattern works best for creating excerpts of a video but it won't work on videos that the creator does not allow people to embed on other sites:

https://www.youtube/embed/nmLBrhiZxLU?start=0&end=120&autoplay=1

And the second URL can be rewritten like that:

https://www.youtube/embed/OfBZ1hT02vY?start=06&end=82&autoplay=1

I hope that's clear