# fetcher.sh YouTube Video Comments API

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

Fetches comments for a specific YouTube video by video ID, paid per call in USDC via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/youtube/video/%7Bid%7D/comments
- 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-video-comments-api-36fd295e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gdH69vkcVJ9iGqiuUm7fT

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-video-comments-api-36fd295e
```

Example prompt: Pull all the comments from YouTube video dQw4w9WgXcQ so I can see what viewers are saying about it.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, no-OAuth access to YouTube video comments without managing Google API quotas or developer credentials. Ideal for AI agents that need to pay per call in USDC with no subscription setup, and when you need comments for sentiment analysis, audience research, or content monitoring.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent video ID returns an error or empty result
- Video with comments disabled returns no comments
- Private or deleted video returns an access error
- Insufficient USDC balance or payment failure blocks the request
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in quick succession

## 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

A list of comments on the specified YouTube video, typically including commenter username, comment text, like count, reply count, and timestamp for each comment.

## 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-video-comments-api-36fd295e/health.json
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- [Other services from fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/fetcher.sh/llms.txt)