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X (Twitter) API

X API Automated Account Labels: The Bot Disclosure Rule That Gets Apps Suspended (2026)

14/09/2026

Every automated account on X must show the "Automated" label, disclose its operator, and stay linked to a human-run account. Here's what...

X (Twitter) API

X API Direct Messages: The Two-Scope Rule That Blocks dm.write-Only Apps (2026)

14/09/2026

Requesting dm.write on the X API is not enough on its own — X's own scope table requires dm.read alongside it. Here...

LinkedIn API

LinkedIn Compliance API Access: Why the Partner Program Is Closed and What Regulated Firms Do Instead (2026)

14/09/2026

LinkedIn's Compliance API is a private, paid partnership gated to FINRA/SEC-regulated firms — and LinkedIn's own docs say new partner applications are...

X (Twitter) API

X API Lists: Why list.write Alone Can’t Create a List (2026)

14/09/2026

Creating a List through the X API needs four scopes together — list.write alone returns an insufficient-scope error. Here is the full...

Google & YouTube API

YouTube Captions API: The OAuth Scope and Quota Math That Breaks Caption Tools (2026)

14/09/2026

A YouTube caption upload costs 400 quota units and needs the same OAuth scope Google uses to delete a video. Here is...

Google & YouTube API

YouTube Subscriptions API: Why mine Works But mySubscribers Returns Nothing (2026)

14/09/2026

YouTube's subscriptions.list method has four mutually exclusive feeds and costs just 1 quota unit — yet three of the four need OAuth,...

Google & YouTube API

YouTube Playlists API: Why playlists.insert Always Needs OAuth 2.0, Never Just an API Key (2026)

14/09/2026

playlists.insert and playlistItems.insert both reject API keys outright. Here is the exact scope requirement, the quota math, and why building a playlist...

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Google & YouTube API

Google Workspace Marketplace App Review: The Second Gate After OAuth Verification (2026)

14/09/2026

Passing Google OAuth verification does not put an app on the Google Workspace Marketplace. A second, separate review still has to approve...

Google & YouTube API

YouTube Comments API Moderation: The OAuth Scope Behind setModerationStatus (2026)

14/09/2026

setModerationStatus needs the youtube.force-ssl scope, channel or video ownership, and 50 quota units per call. What the YouTube Comments and CommentThreads API...

Google & YouTube API

Google Workspace Marketplace Licensing API: Why licenseNotification Is Dead and What Replaces It (2026)

14/09/2026

licenseNotification.list was deprecated in January 2026 with no replacement method. Here is how userLicense.get and customerLicense.get actually work, the single OAuth scope...

Google & YouTube API

Google Workspace Marketplace Analytics & Review Replies: The IAM Roles Nobody Tells You About (2026)

14/09/2026

Your Marketplace app is live and approved. Now analytics and review replies run on two separate IAM role systems that most solo...

Meta App Review

Facebook Reels & Video Publishing API: The 30-Post Rate Limit and Host Switch That Break Schedulers (2026)

14/09/2026

Video and Reels publishing on Facebook Pages uses a different upload host, a 30-post-per-24-hour rate limit, and its own video-spec error codes...

Meta API Services

Google & Other APIs

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X API Automated Account Labels: The Bot Disclosure Rule That Gets Apps Suspended (2026)

X API Direct Messages: The Two-Scope Rule That Blocks dm.write-Only Apps (2026)

LinkedIn Compliance API Access: Why the Partner Program Is Closed and What Regulated Firms Do Instead (2026)

X API Lists: Why list.write Alone Can’t Create a List (2026)

YouTube Captions API: The OAuth Scope and Quota Math That Breaks Caption Tools (2026)

YouTube Subscriptions API: Why mine Works But mySubscribers Returns Nothing (2026)

YouTube Playlists API: Why playlists.insert Always Needs OAuth 2.0, Never Just an API Key (2026)

Google Workspace Marketplace App Review: The Second Gate After OAuth Verification (2026)

YouTube Comments API Moderation: The OAuth Scope Behind setModerationStatus (2026)

Google Workspace Marketplace Licensing API: Why licenseNotification Is Dead and What Replaces It (2026)

Google Workspace Marketplace Analytics & Review Replies: The IAM Roles Nobody Tells You About (2026)

Facebook Reels & Video Publishing API: The 30-Post Rate Limit and Host Switch That Break Schedulers (2026)