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GET
Node.js

Authorizations

x-api-key
string
header
required

Query Parameters

id
string
required

YouTube channel URL, handle or ID. See supported URL formats.

Examples:

"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"

"https://youtube.com/c/rickastley"

"UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"

"@rickastley"

"rickastley"

Response

Successfully fetched channel metadata

id
string
required

YouTube channel ID

Example:

"UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"

name
string
required

Channel name

Example:

"Rick Astley"

description
string

Channel description

Example:

"The official Rick Astley YouTube channel"

subscriberCount
number

Number of subscribers

Example:

2000000

videoCount
number

Number of videos on the channel

Example:

100

viewCount
number

Total number of views across all channel videos

Example:

100

thumbnail
string

URL to channel thumbnail

Example:

"https://yt3.ggpht.com/..."

banner
string

URL to channel banner

Example:

"https://yt3.ggpht.com/..."