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YouTube Trending

GET https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US

Get trending videos from YouTube by category and region.

YouTube Trending 1 credit / request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit / request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "results": [
        {
            "type": "video",
            "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
            "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video)",
            "description": "The official video for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.",
            "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
            "duration": "3:33",
            "viewCount": "1.7B views",
            "publishedTime": "16 years ago",
            "channel": {
                "id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
                "name": "Rick Astley",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

4 optional filters available.

type string Optional

Trending category: now, music, gaming, movies

Example value music
gl string Optional

Country code (e.g., US, DE)

Example value US
hl string Optional

Language code (e.g., en)

Example value en
continuation string Optional

Continuation token from a previous response, used to fetch the next page.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US",
    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
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US', 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));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US',
    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);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US")
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
Python
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/trending?type=music&gl=US", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
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/trending?type=music&gl=US")
        .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());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US", 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))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US"
C#
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/trending?type=music&gl=US"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/trending?type=music&gl=US',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
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/trending?type=music&gl=US")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

results pagination filters type source locale

Common results fields

type id title description
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "results": [
        {
            "type": "video",
            "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
            "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video)",
            "description": "The official video for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.",
            "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
            "duration": "3:33",
            "viewCount": "1.7B views",
            "publishedTime": "16 years ago",
            "channel": {
                "id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
                "name": "Rick Astley",
                "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/example.jpg",
                "verified": false,
                "isVerifiedArtist": true,
                "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT"
            },
            "badges": [
                "New"
            ],
            "isLive": false,
            "isShort": false,
            "isPremium": false
        }
    ],
    "pagination": {
        "hasMore": true
    },
    "filters": {
        "type": "music",
        "sort": "view_count",
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "US"
    },
    "type": "music",
    "source": "trending",
    "locale": {
        "hl": "en",
        "gl": "US"
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

400

HTTP 400

Validation failed - type must be one of: now, music, gaming, movies; gl must be a 2-letter country code; hl must be a 2-letter language code

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