YouTube Channel Playlists API
Channel playlists with cursor pagination — id, title, totalVideos, thumbnailUrl.
Pass a channel URL, @handle, or UC… ID and get that channel's /playlists tab as clean JSON with nextCursor + hasMore. Each row: id (playlist list= ID — chain into /v1/youtube/playlist), url, title, totalVideos (same name as /playlist), thumbnailUrl. Flat 2 credits per page.
Request
- Base URL: https://api.captapi.com
- URL: https://api.captapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-playlists
- Auth: one of:
- HTTP bearer
- API key in header X-API-Key
Query parameters
YouTube channel URL, @handle, bare handle, or UC... channel ID, e.g. https://youtube.com/@handle or @mkbhd. The URL platform must match this endpoint's platform. Do not pass cross-platform URLs, e.g. YouTube to TikTok, Instagram to Facebook, LinkedIn to X/Twitter, or Pinterest to Rumble.
Max items to return (default 20, max 200). Flat 2 credits per call.
Pagination cursor. Leave empty for the first page; then pass the nextCursor value returned in the previous response.
Set true to serve from the 24h response cache (0 credits on hit). Default false — always fetch fresh.
Response
Success. The data object for this endpoint.
Changes
No recorded changes to this operation across all 3 revisions of this API.