Get channel latest videos

getChannelLatest(id, query?, options?): ChannelLatestResponse

GET

https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/{id}/latest

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Fetches the most recently published video as well as the latest uploaded videos for the given channel without needing to paginate through uploads.

Security

API Key

All requests require a valid API key from the developer dashboard.

Headers: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEYorX-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

See Authentication for headers and rate limits.

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`path	`string`	Yes	Channel handle (for example `@MrBeast`) or canonical channel ID (`UC...`).

Response (HTTP 200)

{
  "channel_id": string,          // Canonical 24-character channel ID (UC...)
  "channel_title": string,       // Channel display name
  "latest_video": {              // The single most recent or featured video published
    "video_id": string,          // 11-character video ID
    "title": string,             // Video title
    "length_text": string,       // Duration display text (e.g. "25:41")
    "view_count_text": string,   // Formatted view count (e.g. "600M views")
    "published_text": string     // Relative publish time (e.g. "2 days ago")
  },
  "recent_videos": [             // Array of recent video uploads from the channel feed
    {
      "video_id": string,        // 11-character video ID
      "title": string,           // Video title
      "length_text": string,     // Duration display text
      "view_count_text": string, // Formatted view count
      "published_text": string   // Relative publish time
    }
  ]
}

Get channel latest videos

const response = await fetch("https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/@MrBeast/latest", {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.YT_API_KEY}`,
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log("Latest video:", data.latest_video?.title, data.latest_video?.video_id);
console.log("Recent count:", data.recent_videos?.length);

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/@MrBeast/latest",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['YT_API_KEY']}"},
)

data = response.json()
print("Latest:", data.get("latest_video", {}).get("title"))
for v in data.get("recent_videos", []):
    print(v["video_id"], v["title"])

curl -X GET "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/@MrBeast/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YT_API_KEY"

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/@MrBeast/latest"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("YT_API_KEY"))

	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}