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Try the Retrieve playlist metadata and items API

Test Crawlora's Retrieve playlist metadata and items API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /youtube/playlist/{id}
Platform: YouTube
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id
Common optional params: continuation_token

Retrieve playlist metadata and items API documentation YouTube platform page Crawlora API pricing Try YouTube Captions API Try YouTube Channel Playlists API Try Search within a YouTube channel API Try YouTube Channel Shorts API Try YouTube Channel Videos API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/playlist/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.playlistResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/playlist/{id}

Retrieve playlist metadata and items

Returns playlist metadata, normalized video items, and an optional continuation token for pagination.

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Path parameters

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YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns playlist metadata, normalized video items, and an optional continuation token for pagination.

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/playlist/{id}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathcontinuation_token:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.channel_iddata.channel_titledata.continuation_tokendata.itemsdata.items[].badgesdata.items[].channel_iddata.items[].channel_thumbnaildata.items[].channel_titledata.items[].description_snippetdata.items[].duration

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/playlist/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef", "title": "OpenAI Podcast", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef", "channel_title": "OpenAI", "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A", "video_count": "12 videos", "items": [ { "type": "video", "position": 1, "title": "Episode 1", "video_id": "abc123xyz89", "duration": "12:34" } ], "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN" } }

Endpoint details

Returns playlist metadata, normalized video items, and an optional continuation token for pagination.

Method: GET
Path: /youtube/playlist/{id}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: YouTube
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathcontinuation_token:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/playlist/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"