Can I use the Youtube API to add captions to videos with Community contributions ON?

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I was wondering if the Youtube API supports uploading captions for videos that are not owned by the user but have Community contributions turned ON.

I have tried with a "OAuth 2.0 Client ID" credential but get the following error: https://www.googleapis.com/upload/youtube/v3/captions?uploadType=resumable&alt=json&part=snippet returned "The permissions associated with the request are not sufficient to upload the caption track. The request might not be properly authorized.">

Thanks!

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Did you use the required authorization like googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl and googleapis.com/auth/youtubepartner? - noogui
Yes, Used both of those. To add a bit more info on this, I'm able to upload captions using the API for videos that I own, but I want to do this for videos that I do not own that have community contributions turned on. - Ludovic

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No, unfortunately you can only manipulate the captions via the API for videos that you own, or manage. You cannot even read existing captions, like the auto-captions for videos that you do not own or manage.