## youtube/lives

`GET /v1/youtube/lives`

A channel's live tab: current and past streams with view counts and live state. Paged by cursor.

*Channel live streams*

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Channel handle without the @ (or pass channelId). — e.g. `IShowSpeed` |
| `channelId` | no | Channel id — alternative to handle. |
| `cursor` | no | continuationToken from the previous page. |
| `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. Accepted values: 1, 0, true, false. Case, spaces, hyphens and underscores are interchangeable. — e.g. `1` |

### Useful optional inputs

- `cursor`: Continue the same source traversal with the complete returned cursor. Saved-result retrieval and a new source page can have different prices; quote the next call.
- `dry_run`: Read a free estimate before fetching sources or scheduling paid work. Zero credits; cache status and availability are snapshots rather than guarantees.

**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/lives?handle=IShowSpeed" \
  -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
{
  "cursor": null,
  "dropped": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "example",
      "is_live": false,
      "platform": "example",
      "published": "example",
      "thumbnail": "example",
      "title": "example",
      "url": "https://example.com/example",
      "viewers": 0
    }
  ]
}
```

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