Categories

When uploading a video to Dailymotion, selecting a category is mandatory: they help organize content on the platform, and improve discoverability.

In the Platform API, video categories are set using the channel parameter, which must be assigned one of the values listed below:

Categories	Name
`animals`	Animals
`auto`	Cars
`creation`	Art
`fun`	Comedy & Entertainment
`lifestyle`	Lifestyle & How-to
`music`	Music
`news`	News
`people`	Friends & family
`school`	Education
`shortfilms`	Shortfilms
`sport`	Sport
`tech`	Tech
`travel`	Travel
`tv`	TV shows
`videogames`	Video games
`webcam`	Webcam

Examples

Example 1: Set the video category during video upload

Use this command to upload a new video and assign it to a category (i.e. videogames).

curl -X POST https://api.dailymotion.com/rest/user/PROFILE_ID/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -d "title=Your new video" \
  -d "channel=videogames" \
  -d "is_Created_for_kids=false" \
  -d "url=https://your-source-url/video.mp4"

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN with your actual access token.
Replace https://your-source-url/video.mp4 with the source of your video file.
Add in channel one of the above category values.

Example 2: Update the category of an existing video

Use this command to update the category of an existing video. Here, we'll change it to music:

curl -X POST https://api.dailymotion.com/rest/video/VIDEO_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -d "channel=music"

Replace VIDEO ID with your actual video ID.
Add the channel parameter with one of the above category values.