# Influship YouTube Channel Transcript Fetcher

> Influship YouTube Channel Transcript Fetcher is a paid API for AI agents from api.influship.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches raw transcripts from a YouTube channel by handle, enabling content analysis and influencer evaluation

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.influship.com/v1/raw/youtube/channel-transcripts/%7Bhandle%7D
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/influship-youtube-channel-transcript-fetcher-95f6c8f4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BflVYn_fReNOiouglehqr

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 influship-youtube-channel-transcript-fetcher-95f6c8f4
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the raw transcripts from the YouTube channel @mkbhd so I can analyze what topics and language he uses most often?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need raw transcript text from a specific YouTube channel by handle for influencer research, content auditing, or brand fit analysis. Prefer this over general YouTube APIs when you need transcript-level detail rather than metadata, and when you are working within the Influship influencer discovery ecosystem.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent YouTube handle returns empty or error response
- Channel with no transcripts or disabled captions returns no data
- Rate limiting or payment failure (402) if USDC payment is not properly attached
- Malformed handle format causes request failure
- Private or age-restricted channels may return no transcript data

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON object containing raw transcript data from the specified YouTube channel, including spoken content extracted from the creator's videos, suitable for content analysis and brand fit evaluation.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {}
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/influship-youtube-channel-transcript-fetcher-95f6c8f4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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