YouTube

Post

A channel's post: its text, images and likes, and the video it shares.

GET/v1/youtube/posts1 credit
x-api-key*stringrequiredheader

Your API key, made in the dashboard.

Parameters

2
post_idstringoptionalquery

A post's id: the part after /post/ in its link. Give post_id or url.

example: Ugkxvj2KoApYAXoqLWnKVr6zZe5JjeHrQeP8

urlstringoptionalquery

A post's link: youtube.com/post/<id>, or a channel's posts tab with ?lb=<id>. Give post_id or url.

max 300 chars

Response fields

22
dataobject

The result: one object, or a list for the endpoints that return several.

data.idstring

The post's id.

data.urlstring

The post's link.

data.textstringnullable

What it says.

data.channel_idstringnullable

The id of the channel that posted it.

data.channel_namestringnullable

The name of the channel that posted it.

data.channel_handlestringnullable

The handle of the channel that posted it, without the @.

data.publishedstringnullable

How long ago it was posted, as YouTube words it ("11 months ago").

data.likesintegernullable

Likes.

data.imagesstring[]nullable

Its images' links.

data.video_idstringnullable

The id of a video it shares.

pageobjectnullable

Paging, for the endpoints that page; null for the others.

page.next_cursorstringnullable

Send it as the cursor parameter, with the same other parameters, for the next page. Null on the last page.

page.has_morebooleanoptional

Whether another page follows.

default: false

metaobject

About this call.

meta.platformstring

The platform: reddit, threads, tiktok or youtube.

meta.endpointstring

The endpoint's name, such as channel_videos.

meta.paramsobject

The call's parameters, defaults included. Parameters without a value, and the cursor, are left out.

meta.request_idstring

This call's id. Quote it when you report a problem.

meta.api_versionstring

The API version that answered.

meta.fetched_atstring

When the data was fetched from the platform (UTC).

format: date-time

meta.cachedbooleanoptional

Whether it came from our cache; fetched_at says how old it is.

default: false

Code example

curl -X GET 'https://api.socialparse.dev/v1/youtube/posts?post_id=Ugkxvj2KoApYAXoqLWnKVr6zZe5JjeHrQeP8' \  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Responses

Successful Response

{  "data": {    "id": "string",    "url": "string",    "text": "string",    "channel_id": "string",    "channel_name": "string",    "channel_handle": "string",    "published": "string",    "likes": 0,    "images": [      "string"    ],    "video_id": "string"  },  "page": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": false  },  "meta": {    "platform": "string",    "endpoint": "string",    "params": {      "property1": "string",      "property2": "string"    },    "request_id": "string",    "api_version": "string",    "fetched_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",    "cached": false  }}