---
title: "Get a YouTube channel"
method: GET
path: "/v1/youtube/channel"
tags: ["YouTube"]
---

# Get a YouTube channel

`GET /v1/youtube/channel`

## Request

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

Retrieve a public YouTube channel by channelId, handle, url or forUsername, with identity, statistics, links, keywords, avatar and banner. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `channelId` string
- `handle` string
- `url` string
- `forUsername` string

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `channelId` string, required
    - `channel` string, uri, required
    - `handle` string, nullable, required
    - `isVerified` boolean, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `subscriberCount` integer, nullable, required
    - `subscriberCountText` string, nullable, required
    - `videoCountText` string
    - `videoCount` integer, nullable, required
    - `viewCountText` string
    - `viewCount` integer, nullable, required
    - `joinedDateText` string
    - `tags` string, nullable, required
    - `email` string, nullable, required
    - `country` string
    - `links` string[], required
    - `keywords` string[]
    - `isFamilySafe` boolean, required
    - `facebookProfileId` string
    - `avatar` object, required
      - `image` object, required
        - `sources` object[], required
          - `url` string, uri, required
          - `width` integer, required
          - `height` integer, required
        - `processor` object
      - `avatarImageSize` string
    - `banner` object[]
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `width` integer, required
      - `height` integer, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_page' | 'public_api', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'restricted_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'invalid_continuation' | 'age_restricted', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

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