YouTube channel profile API
A channel by ID or handle: name, description, avatar, verification, subscribers and video count (rounded as YouTube shows them), and under ext its total views, the day it joined, the links in its About section, country and banner. The handle comes back when you ask by handle.
GEThttps://api.okdata.online/v1/youtube/channels/get
Also calledyoutube channel infoyoutube subscriber countyoutube channel stats
- Price
- $0.002
- per call · failed calls are free
- Returns
- One Account
- as data.item
- If a call fails
- Not charged
- When a data source fails, the next one is tried; errors and timeouts cost nothing.
- Status
- preview
- It may still change; any change is announced beforehand.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | string | The channel ID, starting with UC. Give id or username. |
username | string | The channel's handle, with or without @. Give id or username. |
view | stringcompactstandardfull | How much of each object comes back. full adds platform-specific fields under ext. |
fields | string[] | Fields to keep, by path (author.name), to save tokens. In a query string: comma-separated. |
Give exactly one of id, username. cursor, view and fields work the same on every endpoint: how requests work.
Request
cURL
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/youtube/channels/get" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'id=UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ'Python
import os
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.okdata.online/v1/youtube/channels/get",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"},
params={"id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ"},
timeout=60,
)
body = resp.json()
if body["code"] != "ok":
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})")
row = body["data"]["item"]
print(row["name"], row["followers"])
print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])TypeScript
const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/youtube/channels/get');
url.searchParams.set('id', "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ");
const res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`,
},
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`);
const row = body.data.item;
console.log(row.name, row.followers);
console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);MCPtools/call
{
"name": "call",
"arguments": {
"capability": "youtube.channels.get",
"id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ"
}
}Response
{
"code": "ok",
"request_id": "0f6c2a8e-4b1d-4e0a-9a51-3c7d2b9e1f20",
"data": {
"item": {
"id": "UCa1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0kL",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/@trailkit",
"username": "@trailkit",
"name": "Trail Kit",
"bio": "Light packs, long walks.",
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/trailkit.jpg",
"verified": true,
"followers": 182300,
"following": 312,
"posts": 486,
"likes": null
}
},
"warnings": [],
"meta": {
"capability": "youtube.channels.get",
"billing": {
"amount": "0.002",
"currency": "USD",
"balance_after": "9.998"
},
"unavailable": {},
"cached": false,
"replayed": false,
"fetched_at": "2026-11-11T08:00:00Z"
}
}Try it
This sends a real call to https://api.okdata.online and is billed as usual: at most $0.002. Failed calls are free. Your key goes only to that address and is never stored on this site.
Known limits
- Give exactly one of
id,username.
Returned fields
data.item is one Account.
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | compact | Account ID on the platform. |
url | string | compact | Profile link. |
username | string | null | compact | Handle, where the platform has one. |
name | string | compact | Display name. |
bio | string | null | compact | Profile bio.Long text: view=compact may shorten it. |
avatar_url | string | null | standard | Avatar image URL. |
Show all 12 fieldsHide the other 6
| Field | Type | View | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | null | standard | Whether the platform shows a verification badge. |
followers | integer | null | compact | Followers. |
following | integer | null | compact | Accounts it follows. |
posts | integer | null | compact | Posts, videos, notes or articles published. |
likes | integer | null | compact | Total likes received, where the platform shows it. |
ext | object | full | Platform-specific extras. Only returned with view=full. |
The view column is the smallest view a field comes back in: compact returns only compact fields, standard adds the standard ones, full returns everything. The default is standard.
When it is charged
One call costs $0.002 and returns one account. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.
Data comes back$0.002 per call
Bad parameters, errors, timeoutsFree
| When | Charge |
|---|---|
| Most one call costs | $0.002 |
| An empty answer | Free |
| Not found (the platform has no such item) | Free |
| Bad parameters, errors, timeouts | Free |
| A retry with the same Idempotency-Key within 24 hours | Charged once |
A failed call is free; an empty answer is free; not found is free.
Prices from price book 1b273c48fea9634e. Every price on this platform →
Common errors
Every error has the same shape and says whether it was charged. The ones this endpoint can return:
| HTTP | Code | Meaning | Charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_params | A parameter is missing, has the wrong type or value, or the method is wrong. problems lists each one; param names the first.Retry: after a fix | no |
| 401 | unauthorized | The key is missing, malformed, revoked, disabled or expired (reason says which when known).Retry: no | no |
| 402 | insufficient_balance | The balance (available) cannot cover the most this call could cost (required).Retry: after a fix | no |
| 404 | not_found | The post, account or page does not exist or is not public. Endpoints whose charge_when_not_found is above 0 charge this answer (the source billed us for it): the body then says charged: true and amount.Retry: no | no |
| 429 | rate_limited | The account sent too many requests this minute (reason: rate) or has too many calls running (reason: concurrency).Retry: yes | no |
| 500 | settlement_unknown | The data came back, but the charge could not be confirmed.Retry: with the same Idempotency-Key | unknown until looked up |
| 502 | upstream_failed | Every data source for this endpoint failed on this request.Retry: yes | no |
| 503 | capability_paused | This endpoint is paused right now; nothing ran.Retry: yes | no |
| 504 | timeout | The data did not come back in time. The hold was released, so nothing was charged.Retry: yes | no |
Questions
How much does the YouTube channel profile API cost?
One call costs $0.002 and returns one account. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.
Do I need a YouTube account, cookies or a QR login?
No. You send only your okdata API key. The data is public data from YouTube; nothing is fetched with your own YouTube account.
Am I charged when a call fails?
No. Every error response says charged: false, except a timeout, which says charged: null until the outcome is known. Resend with the same Idempotency-Key and you are never charged twice.
What if YouTube does not show a field?
The field is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason: platform (the platform never shows it) or capability (we cannot fetch it yet).
Use it in your AI
Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent that can open a web page. It reads this endpoint’s page and calls it with your key.
Read https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/channels/get.md, then call this endpoint for me through okdata; my key is in the OKDATA_API_KEY environment variable. Use YouTube channel profile and tell me the follower count and what the account posts about.
With the MCP server connected, just ask: Use YouTube channel profile and tell me the follower count and what the account posts about.
All 10 YouTube endpoints
Main YouTube endpoints
Names and ID
- Name
- YouTube channel profile API
- Short name
- YouTube channel profile
- ID
youtube.channels.get- Endpoint
GET /v1/youtube/channels/get- Category
- Social media
- Also called
- youtube channel info, youtube subscriber count, youtube channel stats
- Returns
- Account: 12 fields