> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scraperize.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Channel > Fetches a YouTube channel's details and stats by channel id, handle or URL: id, handle, name, URLs, description (and an official artist channel's bio), verified and official-artist badges, profile picture and banner, subscriber count (YouTube shows it rounded), exact video and lifetime view counts, join date, country, keywords, external links, whether the channel lists a business email, its tabs (Videos, Shorts, Live, Playlists…), family-safe flag and RSS feed URL. Pass exactly one of `channelId`, `handle` or `url`. Videos are not included. Only publicly available data is returned. > [!NOTE] > > **Cost: 1 credit** per successful request. Errors and cache hits (`cache_max_age`) are free. > [accordion] Copy for AI assistant > > Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or your coding assistant to generate working code for this endpoint (use the copy button). > > ```text Prompt > I want to make an API call to /v1/youtube/channel. Here are the details: > > Endpoint: GET https://api.scraperize.com/v1/youtube/channel > Description: Fetches a YouTube channel's details and stats by channel id, handle or URL: id, handle, name, URLs, description (and an official artist channel's bio), verified and official-artist badges, profile picture and banner, subscriber count (YouTube shows it rounded), exact video and lifetime view counts, join date, country, keywords, external links, whether the channel lists a business email, its tabs (Videos, Shorts, Live, Playlists…), family-safe flag and RSS feed URL. Pass exactly one of `channelId`, `handle` or `url`. Videos are not included. Only publicly available data is returned. > > Required Headers: > - x-api-key: Your API key > > Parameters: > - channelId (string): The channel id: `UC` followed by 22 characters, e.g. `UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA`. > - handle (string): The channel handle, with or without `@`, e.g. `MrBeast`. > - url (string): A YouTube channel URL: `/@handle`, `/channel/`, `/c/` or `/user/`, e.g. `https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast`. > - cache_max_age (select): Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for **0 credits** with `meta.cached=true` and `meta.cachedAt`. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (**1 credit**) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh. > > Example Response: > { > "data": { > "channel": { > "id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", > "handle": "MrBeast", > "name": "MrBeast", > "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast", > "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", > "description": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!\nAccomplishments:\n- Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,00…", > "artistBio": null, > "isVerified": true, > "isOfficialArtist": false, > "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", > "bannerUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsDPD3JHhd5y5Mg9GrP=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-…", > "subscriberCount": 525000000, > "subscriberCountText": "525M", > "videoCount": 1011, > "videoCountApproximate": false, > "viewCount": 145642371073, > "joinedAt": "2012-02-19", > "country": "United States", > "keywords": [ > "mrbeast6000" > ], > "links": [ > { > "title": "Follow", > "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/", > "displayUrl": "instagram.com/mrbeast" > } > ], > "hasBusinessEmail": true, > "tabs": [ > "Home" > ], > "isFamilySafe": true, > "availableCountryCount": 249, > "rssUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA" > }, > "fetchedAt": "2026-11-03T11:25:33.058Z" > }, > "meta": { > "requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f", > "creditsCharged": 1, > "creditsRemaining": 4999, > "cached": false > } > } > > Please help me write code in my preferred programming language to make this API call and handle the response appropriately. Include error handling and best practices. > ``` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/youtube/channel openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Scraperize API version: 1.0.0 description: >- Extract public data from social media platforms as clean JSON. Endpoints are split by platform and by what they return, e.g. `GET /v1/twitter/tweet`. ## Authentication Send your API key in the `x-api-key` header (or `Authorization: Bearer `). Create keys in your dashboard. ## Credits Each successful live scrape costs **1 credit**. Credits are prepaid and never expire. ## Caching Every endpoint accepts an optional `cache_max_age` (`1d`|`3d`|`7d`|`14d`|`30d`). A cache hit within that window is returned for **0 credits**. ## Responses Success returns `{ "data": …, "meta": { "requestId", … } }`. Errors return `{ "error": { "code", "message", "requestId" } }` with a matching HTTP status. `meta` on a scrape carries `creditsCharged`, `creditsRemaining`, `cached`, and (on a hit) `cachedAt`. ## Rate limits Requests are limited per team per minute; over the limit returns `429` with a `Retry-After` header. servers: - url: https://api.scraperize.com description: Production security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: Twitter description: Twitter / X scraping endpoints - name: Facebook description: Facebook scraping endpoints - name: Linkme description: Linkme (link.me) scraping endpoints - name: Amazon description: Amazon (creator shop / storefront) scraping endpoints - name: Linkbio description: Linkbio (lnk.bio) scraping endpoints - name: Pillar description: Pillar (pillar.io) scraping endpoints - name: Komi description: Komi (komi.io) scraping endpoints - name: Linktree description: Linktree (linktr.ee) scraping endpoints - name: Kick description: Kick (kick.com) scraping endpoints - name: Snapchat description: Snapchat (snapchat.com) scraping endpoints - name: Telegram description: Telegram (t.me) scraping endpoints - name: LinkedIn description: LinkedIn scraping endpoints - name: Twitch description: Twitch scraping endpoints - name: TikTok description: TikTok (tiktok.com) scraping endpoints - name: Instagram description: Instagram scraping endpoints - name: Lagos Life description: Lagos Life scraping endpoints - name: Bluesky description: Bluesky (bsky.app) scraping endpoints - name: Threads description: Threads (threads.com) scraping endpoints - name: Truth Social description: Truth Social (truthsocial.com) scraping endpoints - name: YouTube description: YouTube (youtube.com) scraping endpoints paths: /v1/youtube/channel: get: tags: - YouTube summary: Channel description: >- Fetches a YouTube channel's details and stats by channel id, handle or URL: id, handle, name, URLs, description (and an official artist channel's bio), verified and official-artist badges, profile picture and banner, subscriber count (YouTube shows it rounded), exact video and lifetime view counts, join date, country, keywords, external links, whether the channel lists a business email, its tabs (Videos, Shorts, Live, Playlists…), family-safe flag and RSS feed URL. Pass exactly one of `channelId`, `handle` or `url`. Videos are not included. Only publicly available data is returned. parameters: - name: channelId in: query required: false description: >- The channel id: `UC` followed by 22 characters, e.g. `UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA`. schema: type: string example: UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA - name: handle in: query required: false description: The channel handle, with or without `@`, e.g. `MrBeast`. schema: type: string example: MrBeast - name: url in: query required: false description: >- A YouTube channel URL: `/@handle`, `/channel/`, `/c/` or `/user/`, e.g. `https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast`. schema: type: string example: https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast - name: cache_max_age in: query required: false description: >- Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for **0 credits** with `meta.cached=true` and `meta.cachedAt`. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (**1 credit**) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh. schema: type: string enum: - 1d - 3d - 7d - 14d - 30d example: 7d responses: '200': description: The channel. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: channel: type: object fetchedAt: type: string format: date-time meta: type: object description: >- requestId + credit/caching metadata (creditsCharged, creditsRemaining, cached, cachedAt). required: - data - meta example: data: channel: id: UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA handle: MrBeast name: MrBeast url: https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast channelUrl: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA description: > SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE! New MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time! Accomplishments: - Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,000 Trees - Removed 30,000,000 pounds of trash from the ocean - Helped 2,000 people walk again - Helped 1,000 blind people see - Helped 1,000 deaf people hear - Built wells in Africa - Built and gave away 100 houses - Adopted every dog in a shelter (twice) - Given millions to charity - Started my own snack company Feastables - Started my own software company Viewstats - Gave away a private island (twice) - Gave away 1 million meals - I counted to 100k - Ran a marathon in the world's largest shoes - Survived 50 hours in Antarctica - Recreated Squid Game in real life - Created the largest competition show with 1000 people (Beast Games) - Gave $5,000,000 to one person - Raised $40,000,000 To Bring Clean Water To Millions Of People - Granted 100+ Dream Wishes for Kids Fighting Cancer - Gave Away Another $5,000,000 On Beast Games S2 artistBio: null isVerified: true isOfficialArtist: false avatarUrl: >- https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj bannerUrl: >- https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsDPD3JHhd5y5Mg9GrP=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-rj subscriberCount: 525000000 subscriberCountText: 525M videoCount: 1011 videoCountApproximate: false viewCount: 145642371073 joinedAt: '2012-02-19' country: United States keywords: - mrbeast6000 - beast - mrbeast links: - title: Follow url: https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/ displayUrl: instagram.com/mrbeast - title: Twitter url: https://twitter.com/MrBeast displayUrl: twitter.com/MrBeast - title: Facebook url: https://facebook.com/mrbeast/ displayUrl: facebook.com/mrbeast hasBusinessEmail: true tabs: - Home - Videos - Shorts isFamilySafe: true availableCountryCount: 249 rssUrl: >- https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA fetchedAt: '2026-11-03T11:25:33.058Z' meta: requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f creditsCharged: 1 creditsRemaining: 4999 cached: false '401': description: Missing, invalid, or revoked API key. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: API key required — pass it in the `x-api-key` header. requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f '402': description: Not enough credits for this request. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS message: >- This request costs 1 credit, but your balance is 0. Top up to continue. requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f '404': description: No YouTube channel found (it may not exist or have been removed). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: NOT_FOUND message: >- The requested content was not found (it may not exist, be deleted, or be private). requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f '422': description: >- Invalid query parameters (pass exactly one of channelId, handle or url). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: VALIDATION_ERROR message: Request validation failed requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f details: - path: url message: url is required '429': description: Over the per-minute rate limit — honour `Retry-After`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: RATE_LIMITED message: >- Rate limit exceeded — max 100 requests per 60s. Retry in ~30s. requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f '503': description: >- Temporarily unavailable — retry after `Retry-After`. `error.code` tells you why: `UPSTREAM_BLOCKED` (the source blocked this request), `EXTRACTION_FAILED` (the source returned unexpected data), `PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE` (the source is down), or `SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE` (we are at capacity). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' example: error: code: UPSTREAM_BLOCKED message: >- The source is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly. requestId: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f components: schemas: Error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: NOT_FOUND message: type: string example: The requested content was not found. requestId: type: string example: req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f details: type: array items: type: object description: Present on validation errors. required: - code - message - requestId required: - error securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: x-api-key description: >- Your API key. Send it in the `x-api-key` header (or `Authorization: Bearer `). Create and manage keys from your dashboard. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.