# YouTube Channel Scraper by Orthogonal

> YouTube Channel Scraper by Orthogonal is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Fetches public metadata and statistics for a YouTube channel given its URL, handle, or channel ID

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/youtube/channel?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-scraper-by-orthogonal-7b374da3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RozHoKqGVJjZe9NBxTQwW

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-scraper-by-orthogonal-7b374da3
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the public stats and info for the YouTube channel with handle @mkbhd — I want to see their subscriber count, description, and other metadata?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve public YouTube channel metadata—such as subscriber counts, descriptions, or video counts—without YouTube's official Data API quota restrictions. It accepts flexible input (URL, handle, or channel ID), making it easy to integrate into creator research, competitor analysis, or influencer vetting workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent channel URL/handle/ID returns an error or empty result
- Private or terminated YouTube channels may return no data
- Rate limiting or YouTube blocking may cause scrape failures
- Ambiguous input (multiple channels with similar handles) may return unexpected results
- Missing required query parameter returns a validation error

## How this service works

YouTube

## Output

Returns structured public metadata for the specified YouTube channel, including channel name, subscriber count, video count, description, profile image, and other available public statistics scraped from the channel page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "YouTube channel URL. Can pass a channelId, handle or url"
      },
      "handle": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "YouTube channel handle. Can pass a channelId, handle or url"
      },
      "channelId": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "YouTube channel ID. Can pass a channelId, handle or url"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-scraper-by-orthogonal-7b374da3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)