# YouTube Video Sponsors API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube/video-sponsors)

> Checks a YouTube video for the paid-promotion disclosure and infers likely sponsors/promoted brands from the public description, description links, promo-code text, and transcript. Experimental upstream — sponsor attribution is inferred, with per-sponsor confidence and evidence.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/youtube/video/sponsors` costs 10 credits 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 video or short |
| `language` | no | 2 letter language code used for transcript lookup, ie 'en', 'es', 'fr' etc. |

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/video/sponsors?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAVO0ifle-OU" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I detect who sponsored a YouTube video?

Send a GET to /v1/youtube/video/sponsors with the video url. It checks for the paid-promotion disclosure and infers likely sponsors from the description, links, promo-code text, and transcript.

### What does the sponsors endpoint return per sponsor?

Each inferred sponsor comes with a confidence score and the evidence behind it, such as the description link or promo code that pointed to that brand.

### Is sponsor attribution guaranteed accurate?

No. This is an experimental upstream and attribution is inferred, not declared, so treat results as signals weighted by the confidence score rather than confirmed brand deals.

### How much does the sponsors endpoint cost?

It is a premium endpoint at 10 credits per request. Every new account starts with 100 free credits, so you can test it without adding a card.

### Can I set the language for transcript-based detection?

Yes. Pass language with a 2-letter code like en, es, or fr to control which transcript is used when inferring sponsors from the spoken content.

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 detect YouTube video sponsors and brand deals via API
- YouTube sponsorship detection API with confidence scores