YouTube API

Endpoints#

13 endpoints, each on a page of its own. Every one is a POST, and every one answers with a run id.

• POST Channel /scrape/youtube/channel Channel details — name, handle, subscriber and video counts.
• POST Channels /scrape/youtube/channels Channels this channel features or subscribes to publicly.
• POST Videos /scrape/youtube/videos A channel's uploads, newest first. Use `limit` to say how many.
• POST Shorts /scrape/youtube/shorts A channel's Shorts. Use `limit` to say how many you want.
• POST Live /scrape/youtube/live A channel's live streams, past and present. Use `limit` for how many.
• POST Playlists /scrape/youtube/playlists A channel's playlists — title, video count and owner.
• POST Playlist /scrape/youtube/playlist The videos inside one playlist. Use `limit` to say how many.
• POST Video /scrape/youtube/video One video's full record — description, counts, keywords, channel.
• POST Comments /scrape/youtube/comments Top-level comments on a video. Use `limit` to say how many.
• POST Replies /scrape/youtube/replies Comment replies on a video. Use `limit` to say how many you want.
• POST Hashtag /scrape/youtube/hashtag Videos under a hashtag. Use `limit` to say how many you want.
• POST Search /scrape/youtube/search Keyword search. Use `limit` to say how many results you want.
• POST Creators /scrape/youtube/creators Creators ranked from a keyword search. Put the niche and the place in one query. One page load, so it is fast — and because a results row carries no subscriber count, the ranking is engagement totalled across each channel's videos in the results rather than an engagement rate.

Authentication#

Every request needs a key, sent as a bearer token. Create one under API keys — the secret is shown once and never again.

Authorization: Bearer lb_<your key>