---
title: "YouTube Channel Videos API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/youtube/channel-videos"
tags: ["YouTube"]
---

# YouTube Channel Videos API

`GET /v1/youtube/channel-videos`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-videos`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Channel uploads with cursor pagination — exact publishedAt from reel_item_watch (same as channel-shorts).

Send a channel URL, @handle, or UC… id and get uploads as clean JSON with nextCursor + hasMore. Pass nextCursor as cursor for page 2+. Each row shares the channel-shorts / playlist-videos shape: exact publishedAt from reel/reel_item_watch microformat (not publishedTimeApprox), publishedTimeText from the shelf label, viewCount + viewCountIsApproximate, durationSeconds + durationFormatted, genre, badges, thumbnailUrl, and nested channel{}. commentCount* appears only on Shorts rows (channel-shorts). Optional fast=true uses YouTube RSS (exact publishedAt, thinner metadata, no cursor). Flat 2 credits on the native path.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/youtube-channel-videos

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string
- `fast` boolean
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `videos` object[]
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `title` string: Title of this videos item.
      - `publishedAt` string: ISO-8601 when available; approximate from relative labels on list cards — see publishedTimeText.
      - `viewCount` integer: View count.
      - `durationSeconds` integer: Length in seconds for this item (full media length, or a segment span when the endpoint documents a start/end).
      - `thumbnailUrl` string: Thumbnail image URL.
      - `channelName` string: Name of the channel.
      - `publishedTimeText` string: Original relative publish label from the platform when an exact timestamp was not available (e.g. "1 year ago").

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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