YouTube Channel Details

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YouTube Channel Details
GET /v1/youtube/channel

Retrieves comprehensive YouTube channel profile data including name, avatar images, subscriber count (subscribers), total video and view counts, join date, tags, and linked social accounts like Twitter and Instagram.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow

Parameters:
- channelId (query · string · optional) = UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ
- handle (query · string · optional) = ThePatMcAfeeShow
- url (query · string · optional) = https://www.youtube.com/@ThePatMcAfeeShow

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this YouTube endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Retrieves comprehensive YouTube channel profile data including name, avatar images, subscriber count (subscribers), total video and view counts, join date, tags, and linked social accounts like Twitter and Instagram. Accepts a channelId, handle, or full channel URL as input. Returns channel metadata such as country, email, and external store links when available.

Optional query parameters can be combined in a single request.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

channelId string

YouTube channel ID. Can pass a channelId, handle or url

Example:

UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ

handle string

YouTube channel handle. Can pass a channelId, handle or url

Example:

ThePatMcAfeeShow

url string

YouTube channel URL. Can pass a channelId, handle or url

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/@ThePatMcAfeeShow


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/youtube/channel?channelId=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ&handle=ThePatMcAfeeShow&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40ThePatMcAfeeShow"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "channelId": "UCxcTeAKWJca6XyJ37_ZoKIQ",
  "channel": "http://www.youtube.com/@ThePatMcAfeeShow",
  "name": "The Pat McAfee Show",
  "avatar": {
    "image": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "...",
          "width": "...",
          "height": "..."
        }
      ],
      "processor": {
        "borderImageProcessor": {
          "circular": "..."
        }
      }
    },
    "avatarImageSize": "AVATAR_SIZE_XL",
    "loggingDirectives": {
      "trackingParams": "CC0Q6OENIhMIkInyhaSPiwMV9wfWAB3aoR9h",
      "visibility": {
        "types": "12"
      }
    }
  },
  "description": "",
  "subscriberCount": 2750000,
  "subscriberCountText": "2.75M subscribers",
  "videoCountText": "9,221 videos",
  "viewCountText": "2,170,355,382 views",
  "joinedDateText": "Joined Aug 23, 2017",
  "tags": "pat mcafee, football, pat mcafee show, the pat mcafee show, pat mcafee podcast, pat mcafee clips, pat mcafee reacts, pat mcafee highlights, pat mcafee live, pat mcafee show live, p...",
  "email": null,
  "store": "https://store.patmcafeeshow.com",
  "twitter": "https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow",
  "instagram": "https://instagram.com/patmcafeeshow",
  "links": [
    "https://store.patmcafeeshow.com"
  ],
  "country": "United States"
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}