YouTube Channel Videos
YouTube channel uploads API
Fetch YouTube channel videos as structured JSON
This page documents the Scrappa endpoint for developers searching for a YouTube channel videos API, channel uploads API, or YouTube videos by channel endpoint. Use it to collect upload lists, sort channel videos, and paginate through large channels without building your own YouTube scraper.
Use the YouTube Channel Videos API when you need a channel upload feed in structured JSON. Send a channel ID and Scrappa returns video IDs, titles, thumbnails, duration, view counts, publish timing, short/live flags, the selected sort order, and pagination metadata.
YouTube channel uploads API
This endpoint is built for developers who need to collect videos from a specific YouTube channel without maintaining browser automation or reverse-engineering YouTube page markup. It fits creator monitoring, competitive content research, media databases, video discovery tools, sponsorship workflows, and analytics jobs that need repeatable channel-level video lists.
What the channel videos response includes
Each response includes a videos array with upload-level fields such as id, title, thumbnail, duration, viewCount, and publishedTime. The pagination object exposes page, pageSize, hasMore, and a continuationToken when more results are available, so you can crawl large channels incrementally instead of relying on a single oversized request.
Sorting and pagination
Use sort=newest for monitoring fresh uploads, sort=popular for finding the channel's top-performing videos, and sort=oldest when you need a historical crawl from the beginning of a channel. Set limit to control page size, then pass the returned continuation token or page through your next request when hasMore is true.
Related YouTube API workflow
Start with YouTube Channel Info when you need the channel name, handle, subscriber count, and profile metadata before collecting uploads. Use YouTube Video Info to enrich individual video IDs, YouTube Comments for audience response, and YouTube Playlist when videos are organized by playlist instead of the channel uploads tab.
Run this endpoint
Endpoint
https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
x-api-key
channel_id
= UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
channelId
= example
{
"channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
"sort": "newest",
"videos": [
{
"id": "pAnGwRiQ4-4",
"title": "$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech!"
}
],
"pagination": {
"continuationToken": "eyJjaGFubmVsSWQiOiJVQ1g2T1EzRGtjc2JZTkU2SDh1UVF1VkEiLCJzb3J0IjoibmV3ZXN0IiwicGFnZSI6MX0.6ce89d9d",
"hasMore": true,
"page": 1,
"pageSize": 10
...
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
2 required parameters needed before sending a request.
4 optional filters available.
string
Required
YouTube channel ID (alias: channelId)
UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
string
Required
YouTube channel ID (alias: channel_id)
example
integer
Optional
Number of videos (default: 10, max: 30)
10
integer
Optional
Page number (default: 1, max: 10)
1
string
Optional
Sort order: newest, popular, oldest (default: newest)
relevance
string
Optional
Token for pagination from previous response
example
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
{
"channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
"sort": "newest",
"videos": [
{
"id": "pAnGwRiQ4-4",
"title": "$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech!"
}
],
"pagination": {
"continuationToken": "eyJjaGFubmVsSWQiOiJVQ1g2T1EzRGtjc2JZTkU2SDh1UVF1VkEiLCJzb3J0IjoibmV3ZXN0IiwicGFnZSI6MX0.6ce89d9d",
"hasMore": true,
"page": 1,
"pageSize": 10
}
}
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Related Endpoints
Fetch channel profile, subscriber count, handle, links, and video-count metadata before listing uploads.
Enrich returned video IDs with full video metadata, captions, chapters, and embed details.
Collect top or newest comments for videos discovered from a channel upload crawl.
Fetch videos from a specific playlist when channel content is organized into series.
YouTube API FAQ
Answers for developers collecting YouTube channel uploads, sorting channel video lists, and paginating large creator libraries.
What does the YouTube Channel Videos API return?
It returns the videos uploaded by a channel as JSON, including video IDs, titles, thumbnails, durations, view counts, publish timing, short/live flags when available, the requested sort order, and pagination metadata.
How do I paginate through all videos from a YouTube channel?
Start with channel_id and a limit. When the response includes pagination.hasMore=true, send the returned pagination.continuationToken as the continuation parameter on the next request.
Can I sort channel videos by newest, popular, or oldest?
Yes. Use the sort parameter with newest, popular, or oldest. Newest is useful for upload monitoring, popular helps identify top-performing videos, and oldest supports historical channel crawls.
What channel identifier should I use?
Use a YouTube channel ID such as UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA. The endpoint accepts channel_id and the camel-case alias channelId.
When should I use this endpoint instead of YouTube Search?
Use YouTube Channel Videos when you already know the channel and need its upload list. Use YouTube Search when you need to discover videos, channels, or playlists by keyword first.