## youtube/channels

`GET /v1/youtube/channels`

Batch channel lookup — one normalized record per id; unknown/terminated ids are reported in `missing`.

*YouTube channels (batch)*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `ids` | yes | Comma-separated (or JSON array of) channel ids; up to 250, chunked 50 per upstream call — e.g. `UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw,UCrDkAvwZum-UTjHmzDI2iIw` |
| `hl` | no | BCP-47 language for localized snippet text — e.g. `en` |
| `dry_run` | no | Read a zero-credit estimate without fetching sources, running AI, or reserving credits. Cache status is a snapshot, not a guarantee at execution. — e.g. `1` |

**Cost:** 2 credits at list price per successful uncached response; variable-cost operations may quote or settle a different charge. Confirmed uncharged or refunded failures report zero. Pending reconciliation can report credits_used:null; retain request_id and the original idempotency key.

```bash
curl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/channels?ids=UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw%2CUCrDkAvwZum-UTjHmzDI2iIw" \
  -H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
```

### Response data

Illustrative abbreviated data; documented core fields are optional and may be null. Additional source fields are allowed.

```json
{
  "_warnings": [
    "example"
  ],
  "count": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "_warnings": [
        "example"
      ],
      "avatar_url": "https://example.com/example",
      "banner_url": "https://example.com/example",
      "country": "example",
      "description": "example",
      "handle": "example",
      "id": "example",
      "keywords": "example",
      "name": "example",
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
      "subscribers": 0,
      "subscribers_hidden": false,
      "thumbnails": {
        "default": {},
        "high": {},
        "medium": {}
      },
      "uploads_playlist_id": "example",
      "url": "https://example.com/example",
      "video_count": 0,
      "views": 0
    }
  ],
  "missing": [],
  "requested": 0
}
```

[Field reference](https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/youtube/channels#response) · [JSON Schema for response.data](https://www.monocrawl.com/schemas/youtube/channels.json)