# fetcher.sh YouTube Channel by Path Lookup

> fetcher.sh YouTube Channel by Path Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches YouTube channel data by channel path (e.g. handle or vanity URL segment), paid per call in USDC via x402.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/channel/path
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-by-path-lookup-082fe6fc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_woTL2vJ0qk7adYHfEVp3D

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 fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-by-path-lookup-082fe6fc
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the YouTube channel info for @mkbhd — I want their subscriber count, total views, and channel description?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need YouTube channel metadata by handle or vanity path without setting up YouTube Data API credentials or OAuth. Ideal for AI agents that need frictionless, pay-per-call access to channel stats (subscriber count, view count, description) without managing API keys or quotas. Prefer this over the official YouTube API when building lightweight pipelines or when the YouTube API quota is a concern.

## Known failure modes

- Channel path not found or invalid — returns 404 or empty result
- Channel has been deleted or suspended — endpoint returns error
- Rate limiting or upstream YouTube blocking — transient 5xx error
- Payment not processed (insufficient USDC balance) — 402 Payment Required
- Malformed channel path input — may return null or error response

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns structured data about a YouTube channel identified by its path/handle, including channel name, description, subscriber count, total view count, video count, channel ID, and other profile metadata available from the public YouTube channel page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-by-path-lookup-082fe6fc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)