YouTube Channel

0.5 credits

Get detailed metadata for a YouTube channel.

POST/api/v1/tools/youtube/channel

Parameters

channelIdstringrequired

YouTube channel ID (e.g. "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw").

fieldsstring[]

Fields to include in channel. Omit for defaults: channelId, name, subscriberCount, videoCount, viewCount, avatarUrl, description. Use ["*"] for all fields. Available fields: channelId, name, subscriberCount, videoCount, viewCount, avatarUrl, description, handle, joinedDate, country, bannerUrl, isFamilySafe, keywords, vanityUrl, rssUrl, links.

Response Schema

dataobject

YouTube channel result

channelobject

Channel profile data.

metaobject

Request metadata

toolstring

Tool name (youtube-channel)

creditsUsednumber

Credits consumed (1)

requestIdstring

Unique request ID

Request

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/youtube/channel \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"
  }'

Response Example

{
  "data": {
    "channel": {
      "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
      "name": "Rick Astley",
      "subscriberCount": "3.8M",
      "videoCount": 85,
      "viewCount": 2100000000,
      "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
      "description": "Official YouTube channel for Rick Astley."
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "tool": "youtube-channel",
    "creditsUsed": 0.5,
    "requestId": "req_abc123"
  }
}