POST/v1/data/youtube/channel

YouTube Channel

Get detailed channel metadata including subscriber count, video count, verification status, avatar, banner, country, and keywords. Accepts @handle or UC... channel ID.

Target Latency

1.2s - 4.5s

Credits

1 cr/req

Parameters

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
identifier	string	REQUIRED	Channel ID (UC...), @handle, or username. 1-100 characters.

cURL Example

curl -X POST "https://api.datablue.dev/v1/data/youtube/channel" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "identifier": "@mkbhd"
}'

System Responses

200 OK

Request processed successfully.

401 UNAUTHORIZED

Missing or invalid API key.

429 RATE LIMIT

System capacity exceeded.

500 SYSTEM FAILURE

Internal core exception.

EXAMPLE RESPONSE

{
  "success": true,
  "time_taken": 2.31,
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "title": "MKBHD",
    "description": "Quality Tech Videos | Updated weekly.",
    "subscriber_count": 19800000,
    "video_count": 1847,
    "verified": true,
    "avatar_url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/lkBjk_ZQ...",
    "banner_url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/banner_ZQ...",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "country": "US",
    "keywords": "tech reviews gadgets smartphones MKBHD Marques Brownlee"
  }
}