# YouTube Videos API. Pay per record.

> A YouTube channel's recent videos as JSON: title, views, likes, comments, duration and publish date. From $0.00045 per video.

Canonical: https://apiforagents.dev/platforms/youtube/videos-api · Updated 2026-10-21

Get one YouTube channel's recent videos with their numbers: title, type, publish date, duration, category, views, likes, comments and keywords. The channel card comes in the same answer when we hold it.

- Price: $0.00045 / video
- Billed: Per record
- Free to start: $0.10
- Endpoint: POST /v1/youtube

## What people build with the YouTube Videos API

- **Content research.** See which videos on a channel got the most views and comments, and what they were about.
- **Sponsor due diligence.** Check the views a creator's last ten videos actually got, not the subscriber count.
- **Feed an agent.** Give your agent a channel's recent titles and keywords before it writes a pitch or a brief.

## Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"videos","subject":"@mkbhd","limit":10,"estimateOnly":true}'
```

2. the same call, run:

```bash
curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/youtube \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"videos","subject":"@mkbhd","limit":10}'
```

## Inputs

Everything you can send in one videos call. Required inputs first.

| Input | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| subject * | string | One @handle, UC… id or channel URL. ≤400 chars |
| limit | integer | 1-50 |
| since | string | YYYY-MM-DD |

## What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| videoId | string |
| title | string |
| description | string |
| kind | string |
| publishedAt | string |
| durationS | integer |
| category | string |
| keywords | list of string |
| isLive | boolean |
| thumbnailUrl | string |
| permalink | string |
| views | integer |
| likes | integer |
| comments | integer |
| channelHandle | string |
| channelNativeId | string |
| channelName | string |
| channelUrl | string |
| channelSubscribers | string |
| channelBadges | list of string |
| captions | list of object |
| details | object |

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

## A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

| channelHandle | title | kind | publishedAt | durationS | category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @cookwithkai | One-pan laksa in 25 minutes | video | 2026-10-09 | 902 | Howto & Style |
| @cookwithkai | Crispy rice, 3 ways | short | 2026-10-06 | 48 | Howto & Style |
| @cookwithkai | Sunday live: your questions answered | live | 2026-10-04 | 3720 | Howto & Style |

## Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

| Request | Records | At the list price |
|---|---|---|
| One video | 1 | $0.00045 |
| 10 videos | 10 | $0.0045 |
| A full page | 50 | $0.022 |

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

## Try it without writing code

- [Open the YouTube Videos API in the playground](https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=youtube&op=videos): 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.

## Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

- No login, no YouTube account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
- When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
- A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

## Use it from your tools

- [YouTube in n8n](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/n8n/youtube)
- [YouTube in Make](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/make/youtube)
- [YouTube in Zapier](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/zapier/youtube)
- [YouTube in Python](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/python/youtube)
- [YouTube in LangChain](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/langchain/youtube)
- [YouTube in Claude Code](https://apiforagents.dev/integrations/claude-code/youtube)

## Questions

### What does the YouTube Videos API return?

One row per video: channel handle, title, kind, published date, duration in seconds, category, views, likes, comments, keywords, video id, whether it is live, thumbnail URL and permalink.

### What do I pass in?

One @handle, channel id or channel URL in subject, a limit from 1 to 50, and an optional since date (YYYY-MM-DD) for videos published on or after that day.

### How much does it cost?

$0.00045 per video at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

## Why 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.

## Start

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. Open it at https://apiforagents.dev/dashboard/run?platform=youtube&op=videos (sign in first).

Agents register at https://apiforagents.dev/auth.md (one POST, $0.10 free). People: https://apiforagents.dev/docs#start. Prices: https://apiforagents.dev/pricing.md