# YouTube Community Post API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube/community-post)

> Returns details of a YouTube community post including text content, like count, comment count, images, and author info.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/youtube/community-post` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Full URL of the YouTube community post |

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/community-post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fpost%2FUgkxvj2KoApYAXoqLWnKVr6zZe5JjeHrQeP8" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I scrape a YouTube community post?

Send a GET request to /v1/youtube/community-post with url=the post URL. The response includes the post text, like count, comment count, attached images, and author (channel id, title, avatar).

### What data comes back for a community post?

postId, text content, like count, comment count, image URLs (if the post is an image post), publish date, and author info. Everything a normal YouTube reader would see on the post page.

### Can I scrape poll results from community posts?

If the upstream serves poll data at the time of the request, it lands in the response payload. YouTube occasionally rotates poll structures, so fields may vary between polls.

### How much does one community post request cost?

1 credit per request on the standard tier. 100 free credits with every new account means ~100 community-post pulls before you pay anything. No rate limits.

### Why scrape community posts instead of videos?

Community posts are where creators share announcements, polls, and teasers — signal-rich data that feeds engagement models, alerting systems, and creator-IQ dashboards. Videos alone miss this layer.

See the full YouTube API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to scrape YouTube community posts (text, polls, images) via API
- SocialCrawl YouTube community post endpoint example