---
title: "Get a channel's metadata and latest uploads"
method: GET
path: "/channel/latest"
---

# Get a channel's metadata and latest uploads

`GET /channel/latest`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/v1/channel/latest`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Costs 1 credit per successful call. Returns the channel's details (title, handle, description, subscribers, video count, avatar) and its 15 newest uploads, remembered for an hour. For the complete, paginated upload history use /channel/videos instead.

## Query parameters

- `channel` string, required

## Response `200`

Channel metadata and recent uploads.

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `data` object: Channel details plus the 15 newest uploads. Field set is passed through from upstream and may grow over time - treat as loosely typed.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request - missing or invalid parameters.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `402`: Out of credits.
- `404`: Channel not found.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded for the key's plan tier (60/200/300 requests per minute on free/monthly/annual).

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