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Create or edit a video filter profile

Create or edit a video filter profile

Click Create New to open the New Video Filter Profile window.

Select a video filter profile and then click Edit to open the Edit Video Filter Profile window.

Configure the following settings in the New Video Filter Profile window and then click OK:

Name The name of the video filter profile.
Comments Optional description of thevideo filter profile.
FortiGuard category based filter Enable to use FortiGuard categories. If the device is not licensed for the FortiGuard web-filtering service, traffic can be blocked by enabling this option.
Allow/Monitor/Block Select the action for each FortiGuard category: Allow, Monitor, or Block.
YouTube
Channel override list Create or edit a YouTube channel override list. See Create or edit a channel override entry.
API Preview The API Preview allows you to view all REST API requests being used by the page. You can make changes on the page that are reflected in the API request preview. This feature is not available if the user is logged in as an administrator that has read-only GUI permissions.
To use the API Preview:
  1. Click API Preview. The API Preview pane opens, and the values for the fields are visible (data). If a new object is being created, the POST request is shown.
  2. Enable Show modified changes only to show the modified changes instead of the full configuration in the preview.
  3. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the JSON code shown on the preview screen to the clipboard.
  4. Click Close to leave the preview.
To configure a video filter in the GUI:

config videofilter youtube-channel-filter

edit <identifier>

set name <string>

config entries

edit <identifier>

set action{allow | monitor | block}

set channel-id <string>

next

end

next

end

For example:

config videofilter youtube-channel-filter

edit 1

set name "channel_filter"

config entries

edit 1

set action block

set channel-id "UCJHo4AuVomwMRzgkA5DQEOA"

next

end

next

end

Create or edit a video filter profile

Create or edit a video filter profile

Click Create New to open the New Video Filter Profile window.

Select a video filter profile and then click Edit to open the Edit Video Filter Profile window.

Configure the following settings in the New Video Filter Profile window and then click OK:

Name The name of the video filter profile.
Comments Optional description of thevideo filter profile.
FortiGuard category based filter Enable to use FortiGuard categories. If the device is not licensed for the FortiGuard web-filtering service, traffic can be blocked by enabling this option.
Allow/Monitor/Block Select the action for each FortiGuard category: Allow, Monitor, or Block.
YouTube
Channel override list Create or edit a YouTube channel override list. See Create or edit a channel override entry.
API Preview The API Preview allows you to view all REST API requests being used by the page. You can make changes on the page that are reflected in the API request preview. This feature is not available if the user is logged in as an administrator that has read-only GUI permissions.
To use the API Preview:
  1. Click API Preview. The API Preview pane opens, and the values for the fields are visible (data). If a new object is being created, the POST request is shown.
  2. Enable Show modified changes only to show the modified changes instead of the full configuration in the preview.
  3. Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the JSON code shown on the preview screen to the clipboard.
  4. Click Close to leave the preview.
To configure a video filter in the GUI:

config videofilter youtube-channel-filter

edit <identifier>

set name <string>

config entries

edit <identifier>

set action{allow | monitor | block}

set channel-id <string>

next

end

next

end

For example:

config videofilter youtube-channel-filter

edit 1

set name "channel_filter"

config entries

edit 1

set action block

set channel-id "UCJHo4AuVomwMRzgkA5DQEOA"

next

end

next

end