---
title: "Infer a video's sponsors"
method: GET
path: "/v1/youtube/video/sponsors"
tags: ["YouTube"]
---

# Infer a video's sponsors

`GET /v1/youtube/video/sponsors`

## Request

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

Experimental. Reads the watch page and, when available, the transcript, reports YouTube's paid-promotion disclosure and infers suspected sponsors from sponsorship phrases, promotional description links, promo codes and transcript mentions. Every suspected sponsor carries its evidence and a confidence; this is inference, not a YouTube field. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `language` 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
    - `video` object, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `title` string, required
      - `channel` object, required
        - `id` string, nullable, required
        - `url` string, nullable, required
        - `handle` string, nullable, required
        - `title` string, nullable, required
        - `thumbnail` string, nullable, required
      - `isPaidPromotion` boolean, required
    - `suspectedSponsors` object[], required
      - `name` string, required
      - `website` string, nullable, required
      - `confidence` 'high' | 'medium' | 'low', required
      - `evidence` object[], required
        - `source` 'paid_promotion_badge' | 'description' | 'description_link' | 'promo_code' | 'transcript', required
        - `text` string, required
    - `sponsorDetection` object, required
      - `status` 'found' | 'not_found', required
      - `methods` string[], required
      - `transcriptChecked` boolean, required
      - `transcriptAvailable` boolean, required
      - `note` string, 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
      - `order` 'newest_first' | 'oldest_first' | 'ranked' | 'relevance' | 'source_order'
      - `window` object
        - `since` string, date-time
        - `until` string, date-time
  - 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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