OD. Media & Technology

OD. Media & Technology YouTube API

Retrieve public YouTube channels, their videos, Shorts, playlists, live streams and posts, video details, transcripts and inferred sponsors, search and suggestions, comments and replies, trending Shorts, playlists and community posts.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 17

GET /v1/youtube/channel Get a YouTube channel #

GET /v1/youtube/channel-videos List a channel's videos #

GET /v1/youtube/channel/shorts List a channel's Shorts #

GET /v1/youtube/channel/playlists List a channel's playlists #

GET /v1/youtube/channel/lives List a channel's live streams #

GET /v1/youtube/channel/community-posts List a channel's community posts #

GET /v1/youtube/video Get a video or Short #

GET /v1/youtube/video/transcript Get a video transcript #

GET /v1/youtube/video/sponsors Infer a video's sponsors #

GET /v1/youtube/search Search YouTube #

GET /v1/youtube/search/typeahead Get search suggestions #

GET /v1/youtube/search/hashtag Search by hashtag #

GET /v1/youtube/video/comments List a video's comments #

GET /v1/youtube/video/comment/replies List a comment's replies #

GET /v1/youtube/shorts/trending List trending Shorts #

GET /v1/youtube/playlist Get a playlist #

GET /v1/youtube/community-post Get a community post #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ScrapeAtlas YouTube API
  version: 0.1.0
  description: ScrapeAtlas turns public social media data into structured JSON. Get profiles, posts, videos, comments, ads and products through one API for your apps and AI agents. Authenticate at api.scrapeatlas.com with a customer x-api-key. Availability is documented per platform; local worker origins are operator references.
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- url: https://api.scrapeatlas.com
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