# fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Info by Handle

> fetcher.sh YouTube Channel Info by Handle 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 public profile and metadata for a YouTube channel identified by its @handle

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/channel/handle/%7Bhandle%7D
- 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-info-by-handle-702602ee
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7Wy399VG1pR1Chd3vNmjo

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-by-handle-702602ee
```

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

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, no-auth access to YouTube channel metadata by handle without setting up a Google API key or OAuth credentials. Ideal for AI agents performing one-off or per-call channel lookups paid in USDC micro-transactions, especially when building enrichment pipelines, influencer research tools, or creator analytics without managing API quotas.

## Known failure modes

- Handle does not exist or is misspelled — returns 404 or empty result
- Channel is terminated or suspended — no data returned
- YouTube rate limiting on scraper backend — transient 5xx error
- Handle format incorrect (e.g. missing @ or extra characters) — may return no match
- Payment failure in USDC — 402 response, request not processed

## 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 public metadata for the specified YouTube channel, including the channel's display name, unique channel ID, subscriber count, total video count, and channel description — drawn directly from the YouTube public profile associated with the given @handle.

## 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-by-handle-702602ee/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)