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# YouTube Channel Scraper API
The YouTube Channel Scraper API provides structured data from YouTube channel pages including channel info, videos, shorts, playlists, posts, streams, releases, podcasts, and more.
HasData is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube. YouTube is a trademark of its respective owner. This API works with publicly available data only.
## Get Your API Key
Sign in at [hasdata.com](https://app.hasdata.com/sign-in), go to your account settings, and copy your API key.
All requests must include your key in the `x-api-key` header.
## Request Cost and API Credits
Each request to the YouTube Channel Scraper API consumes **API Credits** from your account balance.
* **Cost per request:** 10 API Credits
* Credits are deducted only for successful requests.
* Your total available credits depend on your active plan.
You can use your credits across all HasData APIs. The same credit balance is shared platform-wide.
**Unused credits do not roll over.** Any remaining credits expire at the end of the current billing period.
To monitor your credit usage and remaining balance, sign in to your account dashboard at [app.hasdata.com](https://app.hasdata.com/sign-in).
## Make Your First Request
```bash cURL theme={null}
curl --request GET -G \
--url 'https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel' \
--data-urlencode 'channelId=@PewDiePie' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: '
```
```javascript Node.js theme={null}
const axios = require('axios').default;
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel',
params: {channelId: '@PewDiePie'},
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'x-api-key': ''}
};
try {
const { data } = await axios.request(options);
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
```
```python Python theme={null}
import requests
url = "https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel"
querystring = {"channelId":"@PewDiePie"}
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"x-api-key": ""
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
print(response.json())
```
```php PHP theme={null}
"@PewDiePie",
];
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel?" . http_build_query($params),
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: ",
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;
```
```java Java theme={null}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
HttpUrl url = HttpUrl.parse("https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel")
.newBuilder()
.addQueryParameter("channelId", "@PewDiePie")
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.get()
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```
```csharp C# theme={null}
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
var client = new HttpClient();
var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
query["channelId"] = "@PewDiePie";
var url = $"https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel?{query}";
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("GET"), url);
request.Headers.Add("x-api-key", "");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
```
```ruby Ruby theme={null}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI("https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel")
params = {
"channelId" => "@PewDiePie",
}
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request["x-api-key"] = ''
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```
```rust Rust theme={null}
use reqwest::blocking::Client;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
let client = Client::new();
let res = client
.get("https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel")
.query(&[("channelId", "@PewDiePie")])
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.header("x-api-key", "")
.send()?
.text()?;
println!("{}", res);
Ok(())
}
```
```go Go theme={null}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
params := url.Values{}
params.Set("channelId", "@PewDiePie")
u := "https://api.hasdata.com/scrape/youtube/channel?" + params.Encode()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```
## API Parameters
| Parameter | Default Value | Required | Description |
| ----------------- | ------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `channelId` | @PewDiePie | Yes | YouTube channel identifier — either the canonical channel ID (`UC…`, 24 chars) or the public handle starting with `@` (e.g. `@PewDiePie`). Legacy `/c/` and `/user/` URL slugs are also accepted. |
| `tab` | - | No | Channel tab to scrape. Each tab returns a different content shape:
- `featured` (default) — channel Home page (channel trailer + curated rows)
- `videos` — uploaded long-form videos
- `shorts` — Shorts feed
- `streams` — past and upcoming live streams
- `playlists` — created and saved playlists
- `posts` / `community` — community posts
- `podcasts` — podcast episodes
- `releases` — music releases
- `about` — channel description, links, stats
- `store` — channel merch
|
| `gl` | - | No | The two-letter country code for the country you want to limit the search to. |
| `hl` | - | No | The two-letter language code for the language you want to use for the search. |
| `deviceType` | - | No | Device type for the request. |
| `paginationToken` | - | No | Token returned in the previous response to fetch the next page of results. |