GET /api/v1/youtube/video

YouTube single video scraper API

Turn any public YouTube video or Short id into engagement JSON. Ideal when an agent already has an id and needs stats in one call.

YouTube video scraper API · 100 free credits / mo

What this endpoint returns

  • Like count when available
  • View count text when present

Built for products and agents

  • Link unfurling and preview cards
  • One-shot engagement snapshots
  • Agent tools that inspect a shared YouTube URL or id

Example request

curl -s 'https://trysocify.com/api/v1/youtube/video?id=9lhtFHpNfms' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIFY_KEY"

Same envelope as every Socify call: ok, platform, resource, data, meta.

Video FAQ

Video or Short ids?

Both work. Pass the id from a watch URL or Shorts URL.

Video vs videos?

video is one item by id. videos pages a channel’s recent uploads.

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Ship YouTube video scraper API today

One API key. Public YouTube data. No credit card to start.