YouTube

YouTube Playlist API

Playlist metadata only — title, channel{}, totalVideos, thumbnailUrl.

Paste a YouTube playlist URL and get identity JSON: platform, url, id, title, channel{id,title,handle,url}, totalVideos, thumbnailUrl, timings. No videos array — use Playlist Videos for paginated contents. Flat 1 credit (single HTML fetch, no player enrich).

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/youtube-playlist

get/v1/youtube/playlist

Request

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

Query parameters

urlstring required

YouTube playlist URL, e.g. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=ID. 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.

cacheboolean

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.

successunknown required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 3 revisions of this API.