YouTube Channel API: channel stats, videos, shorts and playlists as JSON

You can read a YouTube channel by handle, channel_id or URL and get its profile and subscriber count as JSON, then list its videos, Shorts, live streams, playlists and community posts with cursor pagination. One more endpoint searches inside a single channel. There is no Google Cloud project or daily quota to manage, and each successful call is billed on its own.

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Use cases

• Track subscriber count and upload rhythm of competitor channels
• List every video or Short of a channel for content research
• Find videos on a topic inside one channel with channel search
• Export playlists and their videos into a spreadsheet or database
• Monitor community posts of creators you work with
• Vet creators for sponsorships with real channel statistics

Endpoints and cost

Endpoint details

/v1/youtube/channel

Channel Details 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

Sample response (trimmed):

{
 "channel_id": "UCxcTeAKWJca6XyJ37_ZoKIQ",
 "channel": "http://www.youtube.com/@ThePatMcAfeeShow",
 "name": "The Pat McAfee Show",
 "avatar": {
  "image": {
   "sources": [
    {
     "url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AIdro_nBgMGIxgHehCAlUUepEhd9Yooi1I55k6IF2WExl-v8Q-c=s72-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
     "width": 72,
     "height": 72
    }
   ],
   "processor": {
    "border_image_processor": {
     "circular": true
    }
   }
  },
  "avatar_image_size": "AVATAR_SIZE_XL",
  "logging_directives": {
   "tracking_params": "CC0Q6OENIhMIkInyhaSPiwMV9wfWAB3aoR9h",
   "visibility": {
    "types": "12"
   }
  }
 },
 "description": "",
 "subscriber_count": 2750000,
 "subscriber_count_text": "2.75M subscribers",
 "video_count_text": "9,221 videos",
 "view_count_text": "2,170,355,382 views",
 "joined_date_text": "Joined Aug 23, 2017",
 "tags": "pat mcafee, football, pat mcafee show, the pat mcafee show, pat mcafee podcast, pat mcafee clips, pat mcafee reacts, pat mcafee highlights, pat mcafee live, ...",
 "email": null,
 "store": "https://store.patmcafeeshow.com",
 "twitter": "https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow",
 "instagram": "https://instagram.com/patmcafeeshow",
 "links": [
  "https://store.patmcafeeshow.com"
 ],
 "country": "United States"
}

/v1/youtube/channel_videos

Channel Videos 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/channel_shorts

Channel Shorts 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/channel_lives

Channel Lives 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/channel_playlists

Channel Playlists 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/channel_search

Channel Search 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/channel_community_posts

Channel Community Posts 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/community_post

Community Post Details 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

/v1/youtube/playlist

Playlist 1,000 calls = 1,000 credits = $1.67 on the Freelance plan.

Example: curl

curl -H "X-Scapi-Key: $SCAPI_KEY" "https://api.scrapall.bipsport.com/scapi/v1/youtube/channel"

Example: Python

import os, requests
r = requests.get("https://api.scrapall.bipsport.com/scapi/v1/youtube/channel",
    headers={"X-Scapi-Key": os.environ["SCAPI_KEY"]})
print(r.json())

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Full reference: all youtube endpoints.