# BlackBobs.ai YouTube API

> BlackBobs.ai YouTube API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.128443/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches YouTube video or channel data via a pay-per-call API endpoint on the Base blockchain using x402 payments

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/yt-api
- Price: $0.128443/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-youtube-api-81741950
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bVooY4F6lEAdhBVRLzSqr

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability blackbobs-ai-youtube-api-81741950 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the metadata for this YouTube video — title, description, view count, and channel info — using the BlackBobs.ai YouTube API?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, pay-per-call access to YouTube video or channel metadata without managing your own YouTube API credentials or quota. Ideal for agents that need on-demand YouTube data lookups billed via USDC on Base chain with no subscription required.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent YouTube video/channel ID returns empty or error result
- Payment failure on Base chain (x402) causes request rejection before API call
- Rate limiting by underlying YouTube Data API quota exhaustion
- Malformed input object results in undefined behavior due to loose schema
- Network timeout connecting to YouTube API backend

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing YouTube video or channel data such as title, description, view count, like count, subscriber count, thumbnails, and other metadata fields available through the YouTube Data API.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-youtube-api-81741950/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)