Unif API DocsSearch YouTube channels by keyword
Search YouTube channels by keyword, returning matching channels with handle, description, and subscriber count. Useful for discovering creators in a niche and building competitor sets.
Pricing — $ · min $0.001
Billed per record at 1 credit ($0.001) each, with a 1-credit ($0.001) minimum per call.
Authorization
bearerAuth UnifAPI API key. Provider credentials are managed by UnifAPI.
In: header
Query Parameters
Search keyword.
Response Body
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curl -X GET "https://example.com/youtube/search/channels?q=string"{ "request_id": "string", "data": [ { "id": "string", "title": "string", "handle": "string", "description": "string", "thumbnail_url": "string", "subscriber_count": 0, "video_count": 0 } ], "pagination": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "string" }, "billing": { "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}{ "error": { "type": "validation_error", "message": "string", "request_id": "string", "issues": [ null ], "billing": { "credits_required": 0, "credits_charged": 0, "records_charged": 0, "balance_remaining": 0, "truncated_due_to_balance": true } }}Resolve a YouTube channel URL to its UC… channel id GET
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.
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