# Resolve YouTube handles into a channel ID directory

**Use case:** 

Turn a list of known YouTube handles into channel identity records. Export IDs, canonical URLs, names and available RSS links to reconcile creator records and keep stable references in a content database.

## Input

```json
{
  "inputList": [
    "NASA"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "canonical_url": {
    "label": "Canonical URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "vanity_url": {
    "label": "Vanity URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "avatar_url": {
    "label": "Avatar URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "avatar_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Avatar Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "avatar_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Avatar Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "avatar_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Avatar Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "banner_url": {
    "label": "Banner URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "banner_thumbnails.url": {
    "label": "Banner Thumbnails / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "banner_thumbnails.width": {
    "label": "Banner Thumbnails / Width",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "banner_thumbnails.height": {
    "label": "Banner Thumbnails / Height",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "subscribers": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "subscribers_text": {
    "label": "Subscribers Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videos_count": {
    "label": "Videos Count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "videos_count_text": {
    "label": "Videos Count Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "views": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "views_text": {
    "label": "Views Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "joined_date": {
    "label": "Joined Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "keywords": {
    "label": "Keywords",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "keywords_raw": {
    "label": "Keywords Raw",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "external_links.title": {
    "label": "External Links / Title",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "external_links.url": {
    "label": "External Links / URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "external_links.display_url": {
    "label": "External Links / Display URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "external_links.icon_url": {
    "label": "External Links / Icon URL",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "rss_url": {
    "label": "Rss URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "available_countries": {
    "label": "Available Countries",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "is_verified": {
    "label": "Is Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_family_safe": {
    "label": "Is Family Safe",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_subscriber_count_hidden": {
    "label": "Is Subscriber Count Hidden",
    "format": "boolean"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Channel Scraper – Profiles, Counts & Links](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-channel-details-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-channel-details-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/scrapingmonkey/youtube-channel-details-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).