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YouTube Channel Videos API. Videos, shorts and live streams, page by page.

Videos, shorts and live streams of a channel. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

YouTube Channel Videos API at a glance

Returns a public YouTube channel's videos, shorts or live streams a page at a time, newest, oldest or most popular first. Each upload has its link, title, thumbnail, length, views and upload time, and the newest also have exact times, view and like counts and descriptions. Accepts a handle, any channel link or a channel ID.

GET /v1/youtube/posts

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  • 1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
  • 22 typed fields null when unknown
  • 48 videos, shorts and live streams per page, newest first
  • handle is all it needs, e.g. @MrBeast

Send one request. Get up to 48 videos, shorts and live streams back.

Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.

$ npm install socialtap
handle = @MrBeast
GET /v1/youtube/postsTry in
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "@jawed",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/youtube/posts?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/youtube/postsDocs

One schema on 21 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

  • Null means unknown

    A field YouTube doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.

  • What it accepts

    YouTube channel: a handle with or without the @, any channel link (@handle, /channel/UC…, legacy /c/, /user/ and root vanity links, any tab, m. and music. hosts), a bare UC… channel ID, or c/<name>, user/<name>, vanity/<name>.

  • Write one parser

    YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring
Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring
Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring
Canonical post URL.
typestring
Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring
The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring
Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring
Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring
BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the YouTube Channel Videos API.

  • Monitor a channel for new uploads

  • Export a creator's full video catalog

  • Find a channel's most viewed videos or shorts

  • Follow channels' upcoming streams and premieres

Good to know before you build.

  • Each tab's newest uploads (up to 15) are exact, from YouTube's uploads feed. Beyond them published_at comes from a relative label (the day of the latest time it allows, at midnight UTC; the hour for a label in hours) and views are rounded, both in approximate_fields, text and metrics.like_count are null, and a non-English title may be YouTube's English translation.
  • When the uploads feed does not answer, the newest uploads are read like the rest and a partial_data warning names the fields left null.
  • Shorts beyond the newest have no published_at or duration_ms, so since and until are refused with tab=shorts. Streams live now or scheduled have no view count.
  • A channel without the tab returns an empty page. A tab in a pasted link is ignored, so set tab.
  • The live tab lists upcoming and live streams first, then past streams by when they streamed. With tab=live, since and until filter the streams instead of ending the walk, so it reads further.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.

SourcePrice per successful pagePer 1,000 pages
Any source1 credit$0.75–$1.97
  • Cache hits are free.
  • Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
  • A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
  • Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
  • Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.

Questions about the YouTube Channel Videos API.

More in the API reference.

How much does the YouTube Channel Videos API cost?
A page of up to 48 videos, shorts and live streams costs 1 credit. Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.
How do I get the next page?
Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 1 hour.

Try it on an account you know.

Paste its handle or link in the playground, or copy the request into your code.

100free credits
  • No credit card
  • Failed requests are free
  • Works on all 218 endpoints
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