SocialScrape
Get early access
Docs menu

Get started

Guides

API reference

Resources

YouTube channel playlists

Beta GET /v1/youtube/channel/playlists

GET /v1/youtube/channel/playlists

Playlists from a channel's Playlists tab: id, title, thumbnail, video count and URL.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringone ofChannel handle, with or without @. Also accepted as username.
idstringone ofChannel id (UC...). Also accepted as channelId, channel_id.
urlURLone ofAny channel URL (/@handle, /channel/UC..., /c/name). Accepted hosts: youtube.com, youtu.be.

Send at least one of handle, id, url. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

  • cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/playlists" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=NASA"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "NASA",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/playlists",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/playlists");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "handle": "NASA"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape YouTube channel playlists",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/youtube/channel/playlists",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "NASA"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_9828d9a8e516e6c3a87a4e07",
  "data": {
    "object": "list",
    "items": [
      {
        "object": "collection",
        "platform": "youtube",
        "id": "PLF98rxtslw6s",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF98rxtslw6s",
        "kind": "playlist",
        "title": "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope",
        "description": null,
        "owner": {
          "id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
          "handle": "NASA",
          "name": "NASA",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": null
        },
        "item_count": 3,
        "cover_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9wq3VHsL_bE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCOADEI4CSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLCC7609JJdE1ic8h5PLtaCFmDRDYg",
        "updated_at": null,
        "extra": null
      },
      {
        "object": "collection",
        "platform": "youtube",
        "id": "PLB29CbKaE2OY",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB29CbKaE2OY",
        "kind": "playlist",
        "title": "NASA Moon Base",
        "description": null,
        "owner": {
          "id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
          "handle": "NASA",
          "name": "NASA",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
          "avatar_url": null,
          "verified": null
        },
        "item_count": 9,
        "cover_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/pl_c/PLB29CbKaE2OY/studio_square_thumbnail.jpg?sqp=COf4j9cG-oaymwEICIAKENAFSFqi85f_AwYIqMLO0wY=&rs=AOn4CLBCTs47CUQAUcwD04UtDVoekixpbw",
        "updated_at": null,
        "extra": null
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "o30",
    "has_more": true,
    "parent": null
  },
  "cursor": "o30",
  "has_more": true
}

Response#

A list of Collection objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.