Capabilities
Eighteen read-only endpoints for search, videos, channels, and playlists. A public video, channel, or playlist link works as input wherever an id does.
Search returns videos, channels, and playlists for a query, with filters for type, sort order, duration, and upload date. Autocomplete suggestions and a list of popular videos by category are separate calls. See examples
Title, description, publish date, length, views, likes, comment count, category, tags, chapters, and the channel with its subscriber count. Related videos and a batch lookup of up to 20 videos are separate calls. See examples
Top-level comments sorted by top or newest, each with the text, like count, reply count, and author. Replies to one comment come from a separate call. See examples
The captions as timed cues with text, start time, and duration. You can pick a language when the video has more than one track, and a video without captions returns an empty list. See examples
A channel profile with handle, country, join date, and subscriber, video, and view counts. Its uploads, Shorts, live streams, and playlists are separate paged lists, and you can search inside the channel. See examples
Resolve identifies a youtube.com or youtu.be link as a video, Short, playlist, or channel and returns its id and canonical URL. Channel handles and custom URLs are looked up to find the UC… channel id. See examples
How a call is made
Send your key as a bearer token in the Authorization header. Video, channel, and playlist calls take either an id or a link.
GET /api/v1/youtube/search requires q. Optional type, sort, duration, and uploadDate narrow the results, and the returned cursor keeps those filters for the next page.
GET /api/v1/youtube/video takes id or url, and accepts watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed, and live links. The comments, transcript, and related-videos calls take the same value.
Channel calls take id (UC…), handle (@name), or url. Optional country and language set the region and interface language, which default to US and en.
Shortened examples
Trimmed responses for a video, a channel search result, a comment, a transcript, a channel, and a popular video. Counts are the numbers from when each sample was captured, and none of the samples contains a media URL.
{
"id": "MOLZOXqaomM",
"title": "Learn Laravel from Scratch [FULL BOOTCAMP COURSE]",
"publishedAt": "2025-09-16T09:00:06-07:00",
"lengthSeconds": 7395,
"viewCount": 105869,
"likeCount": 2237,
"commentCount": 129,
"category": "Science & Technology"
}{
"id": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
"text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
"publishedText": "1 year ago",
"likeCount": 322000,
"replyCount": 962,
"author": {
"name": "@YouTube",
"handle": "@YouTube"
}
}{
"id": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"handle": "@YouTube",
"title": "YouTube",
"country": "United States",
"subscriberCount": 46400000,
"videoCount": 1625
}{
"type": "channel",
"title": "Laravel",
"handle": "@LaravelPHP",
"subscriberCount": 79700
}{
"id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"languageCode": "en",
"autoGenerated": false,
"cues": [
{
"text": "♪ We're no strangers to love ♪",
"startSeconds": 18.64,
"durationSeconds": 3.24
},
{
"text": "♪ You know the rules and so do I ♪",
"startSeconds": 22.64,
"durationSeconds": 4.32
}
]
}{
"type": "video",
"id": "9UQGXUlMYFU",
"title": "comehelpglo - onsra (official music video)",
"viewCount": 236000,
"viewCountText": "236K views",
"lengthSeconds": 132,
"channel": {
"name": "comehelpglo"
}
}Before you integrate
Answers about what comes back, which inputs work, and what this API does not return.
No. Responses carry public metadata such as the title, description, length, and counts. Media, audio, and stream URLs are removed from every response, so you cannot download or play a video through this API.
Yes. /api/v1/youtube/video/comments takes the video id or link and pages through top-level comments, sorted by top or newest. /api/v1/youtube/video/comment-replies takes the video and a commentId. When the uploader has turned comments off, commentsTurnedOff is true.
No. They are trimmed responses kept to show the field names. On a live call, video and channel details are cached for up to 10 minutes.
Pass the link as url, or as id, to /api/v1/youtube/video. If you only need to know what a link points to, /api/v1/youtube/resolve returns its type, id, and canonical URL.
Only when the video has captions. Without language, the video's default caption track is used, then English. A video with no captions returns an empty list of cues, and a language the video lacks returns a 404 that lists the available codes.
The YouTube docs cover the accepted link formats, the search filters, cursor paging, and how a transcript language is chosen, with a sample response for each of the 18 endpoints.
Every endpoint in the documentation includes a sample request in Shell, JavaScript, PHP, and Python.
Shell
JavaScript
PHP
PythonRelated APIs
These APIs run on the same SteadyAPI key.
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An Instagram account's public profile, posts, followers, and the comments on a post. Instagram API
Read X profiles, posts, reply threads, followers, and trending topics. Posting is not part of the API. Twitter / X API
Pricing
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| Overage cap | up to 50,000 extra | up to 250,000 extra | up to 1,250,000 extra | up to 12,500,000 extra |
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| Overage cap | up to 50,000 extra | up to 250,000 extra | up to 1,250,000 extra | up to 12,500,000 extra |
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Why this API
Details, comments, and captions come from separate calls, so you request only the parts your product uses.
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