Integrations · Python · YouTube

YouTube data in Python. Pay per record.

Call the YouTube API from Python with one HTTPS request per operation: channels, videos and comments. Every call can be quoted free first, and you pay per record that comes back, from $0.00045 per record, from a prepaid balance with $0.10 free to start.

Works with
Python
Operations
3
Price
From $0.00045 per record
Free to start
$0.10

Updated 21 October 2026

Set it up in Python

  1. pip install requests, and put your API key in the AFA_KEY environment variable.
  2. Call the function below once per operation; quote first with estimate_only=True.

Channels

python · YouTube channels
import os, requests

def youtube(op: str, params: dict, estimate_only: bool = False) -> dict:
    r = requests.post(
        "https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube",
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AFA_KEY']}"},
        json={"op": op, **params, "estimateOnly": estimate_only},
        timeout=120,
    )
    body = r.json()
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise RuntimeError(f"{body.get('error')}: {body.get('error_description')}")
    return body  # read body["coverage"] before body["data"]

quote = youtube("channels", {
    "subjects": ["@mkbhd"],
}, estimate_only=True)
print(quote["cost"]["wouldChargeUsd"])

Videos

Show the full example
python · YouTube videos
import os, requests

def youtube(op: str, params: dict, estimate_only: bool = False) -> dict:
    r = requests.post(
        "https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube",
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AFA_KEY']}"},
        json={"op": op, **params, "estimateOnly": estimate_only},
        timeout=120,
    )
    body = r.json()
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise RuntimeError(f"{body.get('error')}: {body.get('error_description')}")
    return body  # read body["coverage"] before body["data"]

quote = youtube("videos", {
    "subject": "@mkbhd",
    "limit": 10,
}, estimate_only=True)
print(quote["cost"]["wouldChargeUsd"])

Comments

Show the full example
python · YouTube comments
import os, requests

def youtube(op: str, params: dict, estimate_only: bool = False) -> dict:
    r = requests.post(
        "https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube",
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AFA_KEY']}"},
        json={"op": op, **params, "estimateOnly": estimate_only},
        timeout=120,
    )
    body = r.json()
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise RuntimeError(f"{body.get('error')}: {body.get('error_description')}")
    return body  # read body["coverage"] before body["data"]

quote = youtube("comments", {
    "subjects": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
    "limit": 50,
}, estimate_only=True)
print(quote["cost"]["wouldChargeUsd"])

YouTube operations you can call

List prices per record. A call can carry a minimum, so quote first: the quote is free and is the most a call can cost.

Channels$0.00045
Videos$0.00045
Comments$0.00045

Each operation in detail

Questions people ask.

Is there an SDK?

No SDK is needed: it is one HTTPS POST per call to https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube, so requests or httpx is enough.

How do I handle errors?

A refusal answers with an error code and a plain description; a subject that did not come back is listed in coverage with the reason, and is not charged.

What does YouTube data cost?

Pay as you go, from $0.00045 per record at the list price. Some calls carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true: it is free and is the most the call can cost. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Try in playground

Quickstart · Every price · All platforms

Why people pick API for Agents

  • One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
  • A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
  • Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
  • $0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
  • Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
  • Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
  • Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
  • Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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