# YouTube Channel Videos API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube/channel-videos)

> Returns a list of recent videos published by a YouTube channel. Each video includes title, view count, like count, comment count, duration, thumbnail URL, and publish date. SHORTS: this reads the channel's Videos tab, which is long-form only. Shorts are a separate shelf on YouTube and never appear here (measured 0 of 30 items on 2 channels, 2026-08-11). For a channel's Shorts call `/v1/youtube/channel/shorts` (1 credit, same `channelId`/`handle`); the two sets are disjoint, so calling both and concatenating gives the channel's full catalogue for 2 credits. Every item on both endpoints carries `post.ext.content_type` (`video` or `short`) so the merged list stays separable. Send `include=channel` to add the channel's subscriber count to every row in the same call (1 credit). DATES: `post.published_at` is the exact publish time. A row that ever arrives with only a date derived from a relative label such as "4 months ago" is joined to the per-video lookup for the exact second, free; send `exact_dates=false` to keep the supplier's estimate instead, marked by `post.ext.published_precision`. TITLES: the free per-video lookup swaps YouTube's English machine-translated listing title for the creator's own (and description); a title not swapped carries `post.ext.title_maybe_translated: true` (`exact_dates=false` skips the lookup).

TL;DR: `GET /v1/youtube/channel/videos` costs 1 credit for the page. include=channel adds 1 credit for the single channel lookup the page shares, refunded if the channel could not be read and free when it was looked up recently. With `max_pages`, `max_items` or `max_credits`, each page walked is billed at this price (a cached page is free), and `max_credits` caps the total. and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `since` | no | Only videos published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Older videos are left off the page, and the page that reaches one ends the walk: `next_cursor` is not returned and `pagination.stopped_at` is `since`. Pinned videos sit out of date order and never end the walk. The page still costs what a page costs, so a daily poll pays for the pages it walks and no more. |
| `stop_at_id` | no | The id (`post.id`) or URL (`post.url`) of the newest video you already hold. The page stops just before it: that video and everything after it are left off, `next_cursor` is not returned, and `pagination.stopped_at` is `known_id`. A pinned video never counts as the stop point. If it is not on this page the page is returned in full with its cursor, so keep walking. `pagination.stopped_at` is `end` when the list ran out first and `null` while there is more to walk. |
| `channelId` | no | YouTube channel ID |
| `handle` | no | YouTube channel handle without the @ symbol |
| `sort` | no | Sort by latest or popular (latest \| popular) |
| `continuationToken` | no | Continuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response. |
| `includeExtras` | no | Set to `true` to add the like count and comment count (`post.engagement.likes` / `.comments`) and the video description (`post.ext.description`). For the full per-video detail use /v1/youtube/video. Slows the response slightly. |
| `is_paid_promotions` | no | Set to 'true' to search YouTube's public paid product placement / sponsorship / endorsement surface: returns normal videos where the creator disclosed a paid promotion. |
| `include` | no | Set to `channel` (one token only) to add the channel's subscriber count to every row (`post.ext.author_followers`, YouTube's own figure, rounded to three significant figures above 1,000) plus `post.author.display_name`, `.avatar_url` and `post.ext.channel_id` where missing, and the country the channel's owner set as an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code on `post.ext.author_country` (null when the channel sets none). Every row is the same channel, so this is one channel lookup for the whole page: 1 credit, refunded if the channel could not be read, and free when the channel was looked up recently. Adds well under a second (never more than 8). Read `data.hydration` for what it did. (channel) |
| `exact_dates` | no | Exact publish dates are on by default and free. A row whose date the upstream derived from a relative label such as "4 months ago" (measured up to four months off) is joined to the per-video lookup for its exact publish second, at no extra credit: one lookup per page (two on a page past 50 rows, side by side), adding about 0.2 to 0.7 seconds (never more than 3). The same lookup swaps the listing title, often YouTube's English machine translation, for the creator's own, and `computed.language` follows it; a title not swapped carries `post.ext.title_maybe_translated: true`. Set to `false` to skip the lookup: rows then carry the supplier's date estimate (a day-granular or coarser label truncated to midnight UTC), marked by `post.ext.published_precision` and `post.ext.published_label`, and the listing title, marked by `post.ext.title_maybe_translated`. A row the lookup could not resolve keeps those values and markers, and `_warnings` carries `exact_dates_partial` (some rows) or `exact_dates_unavailable` (none); on `channel/videos`, whose dates are already exact, the warnings are `original_titles_partial` and `original_titles_unavailable`. (true \| false) |
| `until` | no | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/videos" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=MrBeast" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I list all videos from a YouTube channel?

Send a GET request to /v1/youtube/channel/videos with a handle or channelId. Pass continuationToken from the response to page through every upload, no 500-video cap like the official API.

### Can I sort channel videos by latest or popular?

Yes. Pass sort=latest for reverse-chronological order, or sort=popular for the most-viewed videos. Default is latest if you omit the parameter.

### What fields come back for each video in the list?

videoId, title, viewCount, duration, thumbnail URL, and publishDate. Add includeExtras=true to also pull likeCount, commentCount, and the video description, at the cost of slightly slower responses. Add include=channel for the channel's subscriber count on every row, which costs 1 more credit for the page.

### How do I paginate through every video?

The first response includes a continuationToken. Pass it back as continuationToken=... on the next request to get the next page, and repeat until the token is empty. Each page is 1 credit, or 2 with include=channel.

### Does this endpoint include Shorts?

Long-form videos only. Use /v1/youtube/channel/shorts to fetch the Shorts feed separately. The official site treats them as two distinct tabs, and SocialCrawl mirrors that split.

See the full YouTube API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to list all uploads from a YouTube channel without API quota
- What fields does SocialCrawl YouTube channel videos endpoint return?