YouTube Channel API

What is the YouTube Channel API?

Our YouTube Channel API provides developers with comprehensive access to channel statistics, video data, and engagement metrics. Integrate YouTube data seamlessly into your applications with a RESTful API interface.

Key Features

Channel statistics and metadata retrieval
Video listing and detailed content information
Engagement metrics (views, likes, comments)
Channel growth and trend analysis

Example Request

const axios = require("axios");

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://youtube-channel-api.p.rapidapi.com/channel',
  params: {
    channelId: 'UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw'  // Google Developers channel
  },
  headers: {
    'X-RapidAPI-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'youtube-channel-api.p.rapidapi.com'
  }
};

try {
  const response = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "channelInfo": {
    "id": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw",
    "title": "Google Developers",
    "description": "The Google Developers channel features talks from events, educational series, best practices, tips, and the latest updates across our products and platforms.",
    "customUrl": "@googledevelopers",
    "publishedAt": "2007-08-23T00:34:43Z",
    "thumbnails": {
      "default": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
      "medium": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
      "high": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/..."
    },
    "statistics": {
      "viewCount": "198503298",
      "subscriberCount": "2370000",
      "videoCount": "5728"
    },
    "country": "US"
  },
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "video_id_1",
      "title": "Recent Video Title",
      "publishedAt": "2023-09-20T15:00:15Z",
      "thumbnails": { "default": "..." },
      "stats": {
        "viewCount": "12043",
        "likeCount": "428",
        "commentCount": "31"
      }
    }
    // More videos...
  ]
}

API Use Cases

Analytics Dashboards

Build comprehensive analytics dashboards to track channel performance and content engagement metrics.

Content Aggregation

Aggregate and display YouTube content from multiple channels in custom applications and websites.

Competitive Analysis