# Social Scanner API – YouTube Channel Scanner

> Social Scanner API – YouTube Channel Scanner is a paid API for AI agents from socialsigcan.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-11).

Scans a YouTube channel by ID to retrieve social engagement scores and aggregated metrics for crypto-related content analysis.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://socialsigcan.vercel.app/social/youtube/channel/%7BchannelId%7D
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/social-scanner-api-youtube-channel-scanner-642ee141
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_imUz9zhBoTbKZFUfbuiRh

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 social-scanner-api-youtube-channel-scanner-642ee141 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scan the YouTube channel UCrp_UI8XtuYfpiqluWLD98A and give me its crypto engagement score and aggregated social metrics?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need YouTube channel-level engagement and crypto social signal data, rather than a per-video or cross-platform search. Ideal when you already have a YouTube channel ID and want a quick engagement score without scraping raw YouTube data yourself.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent channel ID returns an error or empty result
- Channel has no indexable crypto-related content, resulting in a zero or null engagement score
- Payment not fulfilled (x402) causes a 402 Payment Required response before data is returned
- Rate limiting or service unavailability on the Vercel-hosted endpoint returns 5xx errors
- Malformed channel ID format causes a 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

Multi-platform social media scanner for crypto. Search Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. Get engagement scores and aggregated results.

## Output

Returns engagement scores and aggregated metrics for the specified YouTube channel, including content signals relevant to crypto discussions and audience interaction data.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/social-scanner-api-youtube-channel-scanner-642ee141/health.json
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