SocialCrawl

SocialCrawl Youtube API

Youtube endpoints

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 28

GET /youtube/channel Get YouTube channel info #
GET /youtube/channel/videos List YouTube channel videos #
GET /youtube/video Get YouTube video details #
POST /youtube/videos Batch get YouTube video details (up to 1000) #
POST /youtube/channels Batch get YouTube channel details (up to 1000) #
POST /youtube/transcripts Up to 100 YouTube video ids → one transcript per row, failed ids refunded #
GET /youtube/video/sponsors Detect sponsors of a YouTube video #
GET /youtube/video/comments List YouTube video comments #
GET /youtube/video/comment/replies List YouTube comment replies #
GET /youtube/channel/shorts List YouTube channel shorts #
GET /youtube/community-post Get YouTube community post #
GET /youtube/playlist Get YouTube playlist #
GET /youtube/search/hashtag Search YouTube by hashtag #
GET /youtube/video/transcript Get YouTube video transcript #
GET /youtube/channel/playlists List a YouTube channel's playlists #
GET /youtube/channel/lives List a YouTube channel's live streams #
GET /youtube/channel/community-posts List a YouTube channel's community posts #
GET /youtube/playlist/items List the videos in a YouTube playlist #
GET /youtube/search/advanced Advanced YouTube video search #
GET /youtube/search/suggestions Get YouTube search suggestions #
GET /youtube/video/audio Get a YouTube video's audio file streams #
GET /youtube/video/files Get a YouTube video's video file streams #
GET /youtube/video/subtitles Get a YouTube video's subtitle files #
GET /youtube/video/thumbnails Get a YouTube video's thumbnail files #
GET /youtube/profile/full YouTube profile, recent posts, and computed analytics in one call #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/openapi.json
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Documentation
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs
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GettingStarted
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/quickstart
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Authentication
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/authentication
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RateLimits
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/openapi/socialcrawl-youtube-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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ErrorCodes
https://www.socialcrawl.dev/docs/errors
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Onboarding
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/well-known/socialcrawl-api-onboarding.json
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AgentPrompt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/socialcrawl/refs/heads/main/skills/socialcrawl-agents.txt

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OpenAPI Specification

socialcrawl-youtube-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SocialCrawl YouTube API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Unified social media data API - one API key, one consistent response format, 50 platforms, 400 endpoints. Power AI agents with clean social data.


    Slim variant: inline examples removed and the shared error responses hoisted into components. The full annotated spec is at https://www.socialcrawl.dev/openapi.json.'
  contact:
    name: SocialCrawl
    url: https://www.socialcrawl.dev
    email: support@socialcrawl.dev
servers:
- url: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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