List channel playlists

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

GET

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

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

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 or canonical channel ID (`UC...`).

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`cursor`query	`string`	No	Continuation cursor from the previous response.

Response (HTTP 200)

{
  "playlists": [                  // Playlist cards
    {
      "playlist_id": string,      // Canonical playlist ID (PL...)
      "title": string,            // Playlist title
      "video_count": number,      // Number of videos in the playlist
      "video_count_text": string, // Formatted count string (e.g. "48 videos")
      "thumbnails": [             // Thumbnail variants
        {
          "url": string,
          "width": number,
          "height": number
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "has_more": boolean,            // Whether another page is available
  "next_cursor": string | null    // Cursor token 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)
}