List channel playlists

listChannelPlaylists(id, query?, options?): ChannelPlaylistsPage

GET/v1/channels/{id}/playlists1 Credit

Returns public playlists for the channel. Pass next_cursor as cursor to continue.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for the YouTube Transcript API. Create a key with transcripts:read in the developer dashboard.

Example: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

See Authentication for scopes and rate limits.

Accepted permissions (at least one required)

transcripts:read

ParametersExpand Collapse

id:string

Path param:

Channel handle or canonical channel ID.

cursor?:string

Query param:

Continuation cursor from the previous response.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

playlists:ChannelPlaylist[]

Playlist cards with playlist_id, title, video_count, and thumbnails.

has_more:boolean

Whether another page is available.

next_cursor?:string

Cursor for the next page.

List channel playlists

const id = "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ";
const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/${id}/playlists`,
  {
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.YT_API_KEY}`,
    },
  },
);

const page = await response.json();
console.log(page.playlists[0]?.title, page.next_cursor);

import os
import requests

channel_id = "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ"
response = requests.get(
    f"https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/{channel_id}/playlists",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['YT_API_KEY']}"},
)

print(response.json())

curl -X GET "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ/playlists" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YT_API_KEY"

package main

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

func main() {
	url := "https://api.ytapi.dev/v1/channels/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ/playlists"
	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()
	fmt.Println(resp.Status)
}

200 example

{
  "playlists": [
    {
      "playlist_id": "PL2aBZuCeDwlSTqO83s67bXvSDEq_gB1PZ",
      "title": "Artemis: Back to the Moon",
      "video_count": 48,
      "video_count_text": "48 videos",
      "thumbnails": [
        { "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6gMEMYh5HL8/hqdefault.jpg", "width": 480, "height": 360 }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "has_more": true,
  "next_cursor": "yt_7c0e86b240fe81347072"
}