Endpoint
GET/v1/youtube/channellive · proven1 creditParameters
Query parameters
| Name | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
channelId | no | Channel id (UC…). One of channelId, handle, forUsername or url is required | UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw |
handle | no | Channel @handle (with or without the @) | @googledevelopers |
forUsername | no | Legacy channel username | GoogleDevelopers |
url | no | Any channel URL (/channel/UC…, /@handle, /user/…, /c/…) | https://www.youtube.com/@googledevelopers |
hl | no | BCP-47 language for localized snippet text | en |
Examples
Make the request
curl
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/channel" \ -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
TypeScript
typescript
const key = process.env.MONOCRAWL_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error('Set MONOCRAWL_API_KEY on your server.');
const res = await fetch(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/channel",
{ headers: { "x-api-key": key } },
);
const body = await res.json();
if (!body.success) {
// one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message}`);
}
console.log(body.data, "credits left:", body.credits_remaining);Python
python
import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/channel",
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["MONOCRAWL_API_KEY"]},
timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()
if not body["success"]:
# one error shape for every endpoint — see /docs/errors
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['type']}: {body['error']['message']}")
print(body["data"], "credits left:", body["credits_remaining"])Response
One envelope across every endpoint
This illustrative envelope is not a live response or a payload schema. Variable-cost operations may settle a charge different from the list price below. A successful response puts the platform payload in data and reports the exact credits used, remaining balance, request id and cache status beside it.
200 · application/json
{
"success": true,
"platform": "youtube",
"endpoint": "/v1/youtube/channel",
"data": { "…": "platform-specific fields" },
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99,
"request_id": "req_…",
"cached": false
}Failures return the shared typed error envelope and cost nothing. Response contract · Error reference