2 units. A failed run costs 0. The same input within 1 h costs 0.

youtube-channel

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

Call POST /recipes/youtube-channel with your key and channel. You get rows with the 15 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.

One YouTube channel as one row, from its about page: channel id, handle, title, description, subscribers (YouTube's rounded count as a number, and its shown text), video and view counts, joined date, country, links with their real targets, avatar, banner and the verified badge. channel is a channel URL (/@handle, /channel/UC…, /c/name, /user/name), a @handle or a UC… id. One plain request, about 1 second. An unknown channel gives no row.

stagedyoutube.comWASM module15 fields2 unitsfresh 1 h

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

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

field	type	meaning
channel_id	string	The channel's id, 24 characters starting with UC.
handle	string	The channel's handle with its @ ("@MrBeast"); null for an old channel that has none.
title	string	The channel's name as YouTube shows it.
description	string	The channel's whole description, plain text with its line breaks.
subscribers	integer	The subscriber count as a number, from YouTube's rounded text ("520M" gives 520000000): YouTube shows no exact count. Null when the channel hides it.
subscribers_text	string	The subscriber count as YouTube shows it ("520M subscribers"); null when the channel hides it.
videos	integer	How many public videos the channel has, the exact number from the about panel.
views	integer	The channel's total views, the exact number from the about panel.
joined	string	The date the channel was made, ISO 8601 ("2012-02-19").
country	string	The country the channel names, in English ("United States"); null when it names none.
links	object[]	The channel's links, a list of {title, url}; url is the real target, not YouTube's redirect link.
avatar	string	The URL of the channel's profile picture, the largest size the page gives (900 px).
banner	string	The URL of the channel's banner image, the widest size the page gives; null when the channel has no banner.
verified	boolean	true when the name carries YouTube's verified check mark or the official artist note; false otherwise.
url	string	The channel's page by id: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC….

null means the site does not state it.

channel_idstringThe channel's id, 24 characters starting with UC.

handlestringThe channel's handle with its @ ("@MrBeast"); null for an old channel that has none.

titlestringThe channel's name as YouTube shows it.

descriptionstringThe channel's whole description, plain text with its line breaks.

subscribersintegerThe subscriber count as a number, from YouTube's rounded text ("520M" gives 520000000): YouTube shows no exact count. Null when the channel hides it.

subscribers_textstringThe subscriber count as YouTube shows it ("520M subscribers"); null when the channel hides it.

videosintegerHow many public videos the channel has, the exact number from the about panel.

viewsintegerThe channel's total views, the exact number from the about panel.

joinedstringThe date the channel was made, ISO 8601 ("2012-02-19").

countrystringThe country the channel names, in English ("United States"); null when it names none.

linksobject[]The channel's links, a list of {title, url}; url is the real target, not YouTube's redirect link.

avatarstringThe URL of the channel's profile picture, the largest size the page gives (900 px).

bannerstringThe URL of the channel's banner image, the widest size the page gives; null when the channel has no banner.

verifiedbooleantrue when the name carries YouTube's verified check mark or the official artist note; false otherwise.

urlstringThe channel's page by id: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC….

How it behaves

Cost. 2 units. A failed run costs 0.

Freshness 1 h. The same input within 1 h is served from cache at 0 units.

How it answers. Answers at once for one input; a large run goes as a job you poll.

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 with your key and channel. You get rows with the 15 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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