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Resolve a YouTube channel URL to its UC… channel id

Resolve any YouTube channel URL form (`@handle`, `/c/`, or `/channel/`) into its canonical `UC…` channel ID. A lookup helper — useful for normalizing links before calling channel-level endpoints.

Pricing — $ · min $0.001

Billed per record at 1 credit ($0.001) each, with a 1-credit ($0.001) minimum per call.

GET
/youtube/resolve/channel-id

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

UnifAPI API key. Provider credentials are managed by UnifAPI.

In: header

Query Parameters

url*string

Full channel URL — supports youtube.com/@handle, /channel/UC…, /c/name.

Match^https?:\/\/(?:www\.|m\.)?youtube\.com\/.+/i

Header Parameters

Unifapi-Version?"2026-07-01"

Pin the API version an integration was built against (date-based, e.g. 2026-07-01). Omit to use the current version. Public URL paths stay stable and unversioned; breaking changes ship under a new dated version and are announced with Deprecation and Sunset response headers. The served version is echoed in every response's Unifapi-Version header. Policy: https://unifapi.com/versioning.md

Default"2026-07-01"

Value in

  • "2026-07-01"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/youtube/resolve/channel-id?url=string"
{  "request_id": "string",  "data": {    "url": "string",    "channel_id": "string"  },  "billing": {    "credits_charged": 0,    "records_charged": 0,    "balance_remaining": 0,    "truncated_due_to_balance": true  }}