# YouTube Channel Live Streams Fetcher (fetcher.sh)

> YouTube Channel Live Streams Fetcher (fetcher.sh) is a paid API for AI agents from youtube.fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Fetches the live streams for a given YouTube channel by channel ID, returning stream metadata without requiring OAuth or a YouTube account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://youtube.fetcher.sh/api/channel/%7Bid%7D/live-streams?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-live-streams-fetcher-fetcher-sh-4aa1601c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3wrUd9PKWMeN33RT9r_m7

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 youtube-channel-live-streams-fetcher-fetcher-sh-4aa1601c
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the current live streams for YouTube channel UCBcRF18a7Qf58cCRy5xuWwQ and tell me what they're broadcasting right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to check or list live streams for a specific YouTube channel without setting up OAuth credentials or a Google developer account. Ideal for agents that need lightweight, pay-per-call access to YouTube live stream data using USDC micropayments on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent channel ID returns 404 or empty result
- Channel has no active live streams returns empty array
- Rate limiting or payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Malformed channel ID format returns validation error
- Channel may be private or terminated, resulting in no data

## How this service works

YouTube (yt) data and scraping API: Search videos, channels, and playlists; fetch video details, comments, shorts, live streams, and trending. 15 REST endpoints from $0.005 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

Returns a list of live stream objects for the specified YouTube channel, including stream titles, video IDs, thumbnail URLs, viewer counts, start times, and live status indicators.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-live-streams-fetcher-fetcher-sh-4aa1601c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from youtube.fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/youtube.fetcher.sh/llms.txt)