YouTube API by APISH

Get public YouTube data as clean, consistent JSON: youTube channel, youTube channel about, youTube channel live streams, youTube channel playlists, youTube channel podcasts, youTube channel community posts and more. 25 endpoints, one response shape, numbers parsed, absolute URLs.

How to use

1. Pick an Endpoint. Each option shows what it returns and its price in credits.
2. Enter its Parameters as JSON, for example {"channel":"Google"}. All parameters are listed below.
3. Run. Each call becomes one row in the dataset. Use Batch to run the same endpoint for many inputs and Pages per input to follow pagination.

Pricing

Pay per event: you pay per APISH credit the call used. The price of each endpoint is in the table below. Calls that fail on our side (server errors, timeouts, blocks) are free.

Endpoints

Endpoint	Returns	Required parameters	Credits
/youtube/v1/channel	YouTube channel	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/about	YouTube channel about	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/lives	YouTube channel live streams	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/playlists	YouTube channel playlists	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/podcasts	YouTube channel podcasts	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/posts	YouTube channel community posts	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/search	YouTube search within a channel	channel, q	1
/youtube/v1/channel/shorts	YouTube channel Shorts	channel	1
/youtube/v1/channel/videos	YouTube channel videos	channel	1
/youtube/v1/charts	YouTube Charts	—	1
/youtube/v1/comment/replies	Replies to a YouTube comment	cursor	1
/youtube/v1/comments	YouTube video comments	video_id	1
/youtube/v1/hashtag	YouTube videos for a hashtag	hashtag	1
/youtube/v1/playlist	YouTube playlist	url	1
/youtube/v1/post	YouTube community post	url	1
/youtube/v1/post/comments	YouTube community post comments	url	1
/youtube/v1/search	YouTube search	q	1
/youtube/v1/search/typeahead	YouTube search suggestions	q	1
/youtube/v1/shorts	One YouTube short	id	1
/youtube/v1/shorts/trending	Trending YouTube Shorts	—	1
/youtube/v1/transcript	YouTube video transcript	video_id	1
/youtube/v1/video	One YouTube video	id	1
/youtube/v1/video/chat	YouTube live chat replay	id	1
/youtube/v1/video/related	YouTube related videos	id	1
/youtube/v1/video/sponsors	Sponsors in a YouTube video (segments, promo codes, links)	url	1

Output

Each dataset row has endpoint, params, status, credits_used and the endpoint's data. Add "raw": 1 to the parameters to also get the site's original record, or "fields": "a,b.c" to return only the fields you need.

Endpoint details

YouTube channel

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• channel (required): Channel handle, with or without @.

Example parameters: {"channel":"Google"}

YouTube channel about

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/about · 1 credit per successful call.

The channel's About panel: description, country, join date, subscriber/view/video totals and every external link (with its real target). Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• channel (required): Handle (@mkbhd), channel id (UC…) or channel URL.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@mkbhd"}

YouTube channel live streams

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/lives · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• channel (required)
• sort — one of latest, popular, oldest: latest (default), popular or oldest: the tab's own sort chips; next_cursor keeps the order.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@NASA"}

YouTube channel playlists

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/playlists · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• channel (required)
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@NASA"}

YouTube channel podcasts

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/podcasts · 1 credit per successful call.

The channel's Podcasts tab: its podcast playlists (episode count, thumbnail). Empty when the channel has none. Pass next_cursor back as cursor. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• channel (required): Handle, channel id or channel URL.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@TheDiaryOfACEO"}

YouTube channel community posts

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/posts · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• channel (required)
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@MrBeast"}

YouTube search within a channel

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/search · 1 credit per successful call.

The channel's own Search tab: its videos (and playlists) matching the query. Pass next_cursor back as cursor. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• channel (required): Handle, channel id or channel URL.
• q (required): Search text.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@mkbhd","q":"iphone"}

YouTube channel Shorts

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/shorts · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• channel (required)
• sort — one of latest, popular, oldest: latest (default), popular or oldest: the tab's own sort chips; next_cursor keeps the order.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"@MrBeast"}

YouTube channel videos

Endpoint /youtube/v1/channel/videos · 1 credit per successful call.

Pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next videos. next_cursor is null on the last page.

Parameters:

• channel (required): Channel handle, with or without @.
• sort — one of latest, popular, oldest: latest (default), popular or oldest: the tab's own sort chips; next_cursor keeps the order.
• cursor: Cursor from next_cursor on the previous response; next_cursor is null on the last page.

Example parameters: {"channel":"Google"}

YouTube Charts

Endpoint /youtube/v1/charts · 1 credit per successful call.

YouTube's music charts (charts.youtube.com) for a country or worldwide: weekly top songs, artists and music videos (100 each), weekly top songs on Shorts (50) and daily trending music videos (30), with rank, previous rank, periods on chart, views and their change, artists, release date, songwriters and producers. available_charts lists the charts and date ranges the country has. One page per chart. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• chart — one of songs, artists, videos, shorts_songs, trending: songs (default), artists, videos, shorts_songs or trending.
• country: global (default) or a two-letter country code (us, in, gb, br, ...).

Replies to a YouTube comment

Endpoint /youtube/v1/comment/replies · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• cursor (required): replies_cursor of a comment from /youtube/v1/comments.

Example parameters: {"cursor":"Eg0SC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRGAYygwEaUBIaVWd6S1lrc3FlUTVnQTN0MGcwRjRBYUFCQWciAggAKhhVQ3VBWEZrZ3N3MUw3eGFDZm5kNUpKT3cyC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRQAFICoIBAggBQi9jb21tZW50LXJlcGxpZXMtaXRlbS1VZ3pLWWtzcWVRNWdBM3QwZzBGNEFhQUJBZw%3D%3D"}

YouTube video comments

Endpoint /youtube/v1/comments · 1 credit per successful call.

Pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next comments. next_cursor is null on the last page.

Parameters:

• video_id (required)
• sort — one of top, newest: top (default) or newest, as in the comments header; next_cursor keeps the order.
• cursor: Cursor from next_cursor on the previous response; next_cursor is null on the last page.

Example parameters: {"video_id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

YouTube videos for a hashtag

Endpoint /youtube/v1/hashtag · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• hashtag (required)
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"hashtag":"cooking"}

YouTube playlist

Endpoint /youtube/v1/playlist · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• url (required)
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBsP89CPrMeMV1oP42Zn2DrWpnFoSaufA"}

YouTube community post

Endpoint /youtube/v1/post · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• url (required)

Example parameters: {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHIfkQ3K2my65-kPq4VkRv9KrBRyN7alx"}

YouTube community post comments

Endpoint /youtube/v1/post/comments · 1 credit per successful call.

Comments on a community post. Each comment carries replies_cursor for /youtube/v1/comment/replies. Pass next_cursor back as cursor. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• url (required): Post URL (https://www.youtube.com/post/
• sort — one of top, newest: top (default) or newest.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHIfkQ3K2my65-kPq4VkRv9KrBRyN7alx"}

YouTube search

Endpoint /youtube/v1/search · 1 credit per successful call.

Pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next results. next_cursor is null on the last page.

Parameters:

• q (required)
• sort — one of relevance, rating, date, views: relevance (default), rating, date or views.
• type — one of video, channel, playlist, movie: video, channel, playlist or movie. Channels come back under channels, playlists under playlists.
• duration — one of short, medium, long: short (under 4 min), medium (4-20 min) or long (over 20 min).
• upload_date — one of hour, today, week, month, year: hour, today, week, month or year.
• features: Comma-separated: hd, subtitles, creative_commons, 3d, live, purchased, 4k, 360, location, hdr, vr180.
• hl: Interface language of the results (ISO 639-1), default en.
• gl: Country of the results (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), default US.
• cursor: Cursor from next_cursor on the previous response; next_cursor is null on the last page.

Example parameters: {"q":"lofi"}

YouTube search suggestions

Endpoint /youtube/v1/search/typeahead · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• q (required)

Example parameters: {"q":"how to"}

One YouTube short

Endpoint /youtube/v1/shorts · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• id (required)

Example parameters: {"id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

Trending YouTube Shorts

Endpoint /youtube/v1/shorts/trending · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• period: today, week or month.

YouTube video transcript

Endpoint /youtube/v1/transcript · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• video_id (required)
• url: Video URL (instead of video_id).

Example parameters: {"video_id":"aircAruvnKk"}

One YouTube video

Endpoint /youtube/v1/video · 1 credit per successful call.

Everything the watch page has for a video: details, formats, captions, chapters, heatmap ("Most replayed"), related videos and more. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• id (required)

Example parameters: {"id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

YouTube live chat replay

Endpoint /youtube/v1/video/chat · 1 credit per successful call.

The chat replay of a past live stream (when the stream kept its chat): messages, Super Chats and memberships with author, badges, amount and the video offset. Pass next_cursor back as cursor to read on. Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• id (required): Video id or URL of a past stream.
• mode — one of top, all: top (default, Top chat replay) or all (Live chat replay).
• start_s: Start reading at this many seconds into the stream (first page only).
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page.

Example parameters: {"id":"rbbkNlvx7PM"}

YouTube related videos

Endpoint /youtube/v1/video/related · 1 credit per successful call.

The watch page's "Up next" list for a video, without the player data (cheaper than /youtube/v1/video). Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters:

• id (required): Video id or URL.
• cursor: Value of next_cursor from the previous page (YouTube returns one page to logged-out visitors for most videos).

Example parameters: {"id":"dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

Sponsors in a YouTube video (segments, promo codes, links)

Endpoint /youtube/v1/video/sponsors · 1 credit per successful call.

Parameters:

• url (required)

Example parameters: {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

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