YouTube Channels API
Scrape YouTube Channels data with one API call. Fetches full details for up to 1000 YouTube channels by id in a single POST request. Each item is the unified channel (author) object. Body: { ids: string[], includeLocalizations?: boolean }. Metered per 50-id chunk.
Last updated June 2026
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The Channels endpoint gives you structured YouTube data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channels?ids=UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw%2CUCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channels",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={"ids": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw,UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"},
)
data = response.json()const params = new URLSearchParams({
"ids": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw,UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
});
const response = await fetch(`https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channels?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ids | Yes | JSON array of BARE YouTube channel ids (24 characters, starting with 'UC', e.g. 'UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw'), 1 to 1000 per request. Unlike GET /v1/youtube/channel, channel URLs/handles are not accepted here. |
| hl | No | Preferred response language for localized text (ISO 639-1, e.g. 'en', 'ko'). |
| include_localizations | No | When true, includes per-language localizations in each item's ext. |
How does the YouTube Channels API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON. Every response follows our unified schema with computed fields.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape YouTube Channels data?
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