# YouTube Video Comments Fetcher (fetcher.sh)

> YouTube Video Comments 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 comments for a specific YouTube video by its video ID, returning comment data without requiring OAuth or a Google account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://youtube.fetcher.sh/api/video/%7Bid%7D/comments?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-video-comments-fetcher-fetcher-sh-72f0c06a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Lxt28vGpgLbMZl6ny3m3H

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-video-comments-fetcher-fetcher-sh-72f0c06a
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the comments from this YouTube video — video ID dQw4w9WgXcQ — so I can see what people are saying about it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need YouTube comment data without setting up a Google API account, managing OAuth tokens, or paying for a Google Cloud quota. It is ideal for agents that need quick, pay-per-call access to YouTube comment threads using USDC micropayments via the x402 protocol, especially useful for one-off analyses or lightweight integrations where a full YouTube Data API setup is overkill.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent video ID returns an error or empty result
- Video with comments disabled returns empty or error response
- Rate limiting or payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request
- Private or age-restricted videos may not return comments
- Network timeout if YouTube scraping is slow

## 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 comment objects for the specified YouTube video, each including the commenter's name, comment text, timestamp, like count, and possibly reply threads — all without needing a Google OAuth token or YouTube Data API key.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/youtube-video-comments-fetcher-fetcher-sh-72f0c06a/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)