# fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Info API

> fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Info API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-08).

Fetches public profile and metadata for a YouTube channel by channel ID, paid per call in USDC via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/channel/%7Bid%7D
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-info-api-773f05df
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ppZgXERg8s-QybNkoRs-z

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-info-api-773f05df
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the channel info for the YouTube channel with ID UCVHFbw7woebKtYADMkn1Ssg — I want to see the subscriber count, total views, and description?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need YouTube channel metadata without setting up a YouTube Data API v3 key, managing OAuth, or dealing with quota limits. Ideal for AI agents that need to fetch channel stats on demand, paid per call in USDC with no subscription or account required. Prefer this over the official YouTube API when you want frictionless, pay-per-use access from an autonomous agent context.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed channel ID returns a 404 or empty result
- Channel that has been deleted or suspended returns an error
- Private or terminated channels may return no data
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) returns HTTP 402
- Rate limiting may occur under high request volume

## 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 public YouTube channel metadata including channel name, description, subscriber count, total view count, video count, creation date, thumbnail URL, and channel URL — sourced from YouTube's public data without requiring OAuth or a YouTube API key.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-youtube-channel-info-api-773f05df/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)