YouTube Scraper scraper API

Scrapes YouTube videos, channels, playlists, comments, search results, and transcripts via the InnerTube API.

Social & content 10 capabilities stable 78.6% success rate

Capabilities

Every capability is one POST /execute call that returns structured JSON.

List Channel Community


            youtube.channel-community.list

Stream community posts from a channel's community tab.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":3,"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"},"capability":"youtube.channel-community.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required

List Channel Playlists


            youtube.channel-playlists.list

Stream playlists from a channel's playlists tab.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":3,"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"},"capability":"youtube.channel-playlists.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required

List Channel Shorts


            youtube.channel-shorts.list

Stream shorts from a channel's shorts tab.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"},"capability":"youtube.channel-shorts.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required

List Channel Videos


            youtube.channel-videos.list

Stream videos from a channel's videos tab with pagination.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"},"capability":"youtube.channel-videos.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required

Get Channel


            youtube.channel.get

Fetch metadata for a YouTube channel.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"},"capability":"youtube.channel.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`fields`	array<string>	optional
`url`	string	required	YouTube channel URL, handle, or channel ID

List Comments


            youtube.comments.list

Stream comments for a YouTube video.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"limit":5,"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},"capability":"youtube.comments.list"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required

Get Playlist


            youtube.playlist.get

Fetch metadata and videos for a YouTube playlist.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeiKm4sgNOknGvNjby9efdf"},"capability":"youtube.playlist.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`fields`	array<string>	optional
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`url`	string	required	YouTube playlist URL or playlist ID

Search


            youtube.search.query

Search YouTube for videos, channels, and playlists.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"query":"golang tutorial"},"capability":"youtube.search.query"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`filter`	string	optional
`limit`	integer	optional
`max_pages`	integer	optional
`query`	string	required	Search query

Get Transcript


            youtube.transcript.get

Fetch transcript and caption segments for a YouTube video.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},"capability":"youtube.transcript.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`language`	string	optional	Preferred language code (default: en)
`url`	string	required	YouTube video URL or video ID

Get Video


            youtube.video.get

Fetch metadata, streaming data, and engagement stats for a single YouTube video.

Request

curl -X POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"},"capability":"youtube.video.get"}'

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`fields`	array<string>	optional	Optional field filter
`url`	string	required	YouTube video URL or video ID

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