2 units by id · 3 by handle or URL. A failed run costs 0. The same input within 10 min costs 0.

youtube-channel-videos

Q: How do I get YouTube data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/youtube-channel-videos with your key and channel and limit. You get rows with the 7 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

Q: Can I try it without paying?

Yes. Sign up with Google, GitHub or email for a free key with 1,000 credits every month. No credit card.

Q: What if the site changes?

The health check runs every 6 hours against the live site. A failing recipe shows as failing on this page until we fix it.

The latest videos of a YouTube channel, newest first: title, link, video id, when it was published, views and the thumbnail. channel is a channel id (UC…), a handle (@name or name) or a channel URL; limit caps the rows (at most 30). A run takes about a second, from YouTube's own channel list.

verifiedyoutube.comWASM module7 fields2 units by id · 3 by handle or URLfresh 10 min

Run it below API reference

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…json

POST api.crawl4ai.com/recipes/…

$ crawl recipe

Live · your key · counts against your quota✓ 200 OK

# Hit Run - the rows render here as a table, with the cost

Fields

7 columns on every row. null means the site does not state it.

field	type	meaning
title	string	The video's title.
url	string	The watch link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<video_id>.
video_id	string	YouTube's 11-character video id.
published	string	When the video was published, in YouTube's own words ("10 days ago"); an ISO 8601 time when the list came from the channel's feed, the fallback road.
views	integer	The exact view count; YouTube's rounded figure (1.2M = 1200000) when the exact one is missing; null for a video with no views yet.
description		The first 300 characters of the description; only the channel's feed carries it, so it is null when the list came from YouTube's channel list (most runs).
thumbnail	string	The video's thumbnail image link (480×360).

null means the site does not state it.

titlestringThe video's title.

urlstringThe watch link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<video_id>.

video_idstringYouTube's 11-character video id.

publishedstringWhen the video was published, in YouTube's own words ("10 days ago"); an ISO 8601 time when the list came from the channel's feed, the fallback road.

viewsintegerThe exact view count; YouTube's rounded figure (1.2M = 1200000) when the exact one is missing; null for a video with no views yet.

descriptionThe first 300 characters of the description; only the channel's feed carries it, so it is null when the list came from YouTube's channel list (most runs).

thumbnailstringThe video's thumbnail image link (480×360).

How it behaves

Cost. 2 units by id · 3 by handle or URL. A failed run costs 0.

Freshness 10 min. The same input within 10 min is served from cache at 0 units.

Questions about this recipeQuestions

Short answers. The API reference has the long ones.

How do I get YouTube data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/youtube-channel-videos with your key and channel and limit. You get rows with the 7 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

What does it cost?

Can I try it without paying?

What if the site changes?

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