YouTube

YouTube Channel

Read a public channel profile and videos, shorts, streams, podcasts, playlists, posts, or channel search results. Native sorting and pagination retain source order; about adds channel details. Use a channel ID or @handle.

post/v1/youtube/channel

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.prismcrawl.com
  • URL: https://api.prismcrawl.com/v1/youtube/channel
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Request body

idstring required

The provider's identifier, as returned by its search results.

countrystring

Two-letter country or storefront code, such as us or gb.

languagestring

Provider-supported language code, such as en.

next_page_tokenstring

Copy the opaque next_page_token from the previous response using the same account, search parameters, device, and result limit. Tokens expire after one hour; restart pagination if rejected or expired.

device'desktop' | 'mobile' | 'tablet'

Device presentation for the source request.

htmlboolean

Return the encoded original response rather than parsed JSON.

zero_traceboolean

Do not archive source or parsed response artifacts.

tab'videos' | 'shorts' | 'streams' | 'podcasts' | 'playlists' | 'posts'

Channel inventory to retrieve. Defaults to videos.

sort'latest' | 'popular' | 'oldest' | 'dd' | 'lad'

Videos/shorts/streams: latest, popular, oldest. Playlists: dd (date added) or lad (last video added). Unavailable for podcasts, posts, or channel search.

search_querystring

Search videos and playlists within this channel.

aboutboolean

Include channel country, join date, total views, and external links. Requires an additional source request; unavailable during pagination.

output'json' | 'html' | 'md' | 'null' nullable

Response content format. md returns Markdown in data.content with data.format=md; the JSON success/request envelope remains. Accept: text/markdown also selects Markdown unless output or html=true is explicit. html is an alias for html=true and retains the existing Brotli/Base64 source format.

json_restrictorstring nullable

Select fields within data.content for JSON or Markdown. Supports comma-separated paths, non-negative array indices, half-open slices [0:3] (either bound may be omitted), [] and .{nested,subqueries}. Up to128 selections and16 levels. Missing fields are omitted; selected declared fields retain their zero defaults. The request envelope and credit headers remain. Include next_page_token when pagination is needed. Incompatible with HTML output. This changes response presentation only; tracing-enabled history retains the complete JSON result.

no_cacheboolean nullable

Accepted for compatibility. Searches are always fetched without a result cache for either value; normal successful-request billing applies.

Example request

{
  "json_restrictor": "results[].{title,url},has_next_page,next_page_token"
}

Response

Request completed. One credit is charged, including recognized empty or unavailable source results and source inventory changes discovered after a valid continuation is fetched. These completed responses may preserve verified partial results; operational failures remain errors.

successtrue required
request_idstring uuid required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.