# YouTube Channel Search API (fetcher.sh)

> YouTube Channel Search API (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 2026-10-11).

Search YouTube channels by keyword or query and return matching channel results without requiring OAuth or a Google account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://youtube.fetcher.sh/api/search/channel?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-search-api-fetcher-sh-92e78740
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_a0Ksatu0lwPASVsSPlMJ_

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-search-api-fetcher-sh-92e78740
```

Example prompt: Search YouTube channels for 'machine learning tutorials' and give me a list of the top channels including their names, subscriber counts, and channel IDs.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search YouTube channels programmatically without setting up Google OAuth, managing API quotas, or maintaining a Google Cloud project. It is ideal for agents, automation scripts, or lightweight tools that need pay-per-call access to YouTube channel data with crypto micropayments and no subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing query parameter returns an error response
- YouTube rate limiting or anti-scraping measures may cause intermittent failures
- No results found for highly specific or misspelled queries
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request
- YouTube may change its internal structure causing scraping breakage

## 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 YouTube channels matching the search query, including channel names, IDs, subscriber counts, descriptions, thumbnails, and other channel-level metadata scraped from YouTube.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-channel-search-api-fetcher-sh-92e78740/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)