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Crawlora's YouTube coverage: 13 live API endpoints and 2 guides on scraping YouTube data. See the endpoint table and the YouTube scraping API hub below for parameters, pricing, and comparisons.
API endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Summary | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
GET | /youtube/video/{id} | Retrieve video metadata & captions | |
GET | /youtube/transcript/{id} | Retrieve transcript for a YouTube video | |
GET | /youtube/comments/{id} | Retrieve video comments (top-level & replies) | |
GET | /youtube/search | Search YouTube | |
GET | /youtube/profile/{id} | Retrieve channel profile | |
GET | /youtube/playlist/{id} | Retrieve playlist metadata and items | |
GET | /youtube/channel/{id}/videos | Retrieve the videos tab for a YouTube channel | |
GET | /youtube/channel/{id}/search | Search within a YouTube channel | |
GET | /youtube/channel/{id}/shorts | Retrieve the shorts tab for a YouTube channel | |
GET | /youtube/channel/{id}/playlists | Retrieve the playlists tab for a YouTube channel | |
GET | /youtube/transcript/{id}/languages | List transcript languages for a YouTube video | |
GET | /youtube/captions/{id} | Retrieve auto-generated or human captions | |
GET | /youtube/tag/{tag} | Retrieve YouTube videos by tag |
API hub
Collect YouTube video, channel, playlist, search, transcript, and comments data through documented Crawlora API endpoints.
Explore the YouTube scraping APIGuides
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