# StableSocial YouTube Channel Lives Scraper

> StableSocial YouTube Channel Lives Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from stablesocial.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.06/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scrapes live stream data from a YouTube channel, returning details about current or recent live broadcasts.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablesocial.dev/api/sc/youtube/channel/lives
- Price: $0.06/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-youtube-channel-lives-scraper-4d5475d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_T_Cfw3KdPnCB65K21fQCA

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 stablesocial-youtube-channel-lives-scraper-4d5475d1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the current live stream data for the YouTube channel MrBeast — I want to see if they're live right now, the stream title, and viewer count.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time or recent live stream data from a specific YouTube channel without managing YouTube API quotas or OAuth credentials. Ideal for monitoring creator live activity, building fan alert systems, or aggregating multi-platform creator data alongside other StableSocial endpoints for Instagram, TikTok, and more.

## Known failure modes

- Channel not found or invalid channel identifier returns error
- Channel has no active or recent live streams returns empty result
- YouTube rate limiting or access restrictions may cause scrape failure
- Private or restricted channels may not return data
- Temporary YouTube DOM changes may break scraper and cause incomplete data

## How this service works

Scrape Creators · YouTube — Channel Lives

## Output

Returns structured data about the YouTube channel's live streams, including stream title, live status, viewer count, stream URL, broadcast start time, and other available broadcast metadata scraped from YouTube.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "handle": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "YouTube channel handle"
  },
  "channelId": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "YouTube channel ID"
  },
  "continuationToken": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Continuation token to get more lives. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablesocial-youtube-channel-lives-scraper-4d5475d1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stablesocial.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stablesocial.dev/llms.txt)