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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.

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YouTube Channel Videos 1 credit/request
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Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
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Request preview GET
https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/channel-videos?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
Auth header x-api-key
Cost 1 credit/request
channel_id = UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA channelId = example
Response preview 200 OK
{
    "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.

channel_id string Required

YouTube channel ID (alias: channelId)

Example value UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
channelId string Required

YouTube channel ID (alias: channel_id)

Example value example
limit integer Optional

Number of videos (default: 10, max: 30)

Example value 10
page integer Optional

Page number (default: 1, max: 10)

Example value 1
sort string Optional

Sort order: newest, popular, oldest (default: newest)

Example value relevance
continuation string Optional

Token for pagination from previous response

Example value 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

JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "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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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.

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