InsightSocial API
YouTube

Channel › Playlists

GET
/v1/youtube/channel/playlists

Returns the playlists on a channel's Playlists tab, each with playlist id, title, thumbnail, video count, channel info, and playlist URL.

Use it to discover a channel's playlists, then pass a returned playlist id to playlist or playlist/items to read the videos inside one.

20 credits per call.

Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free.

Paginates by cursor — see Pagination.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

channelId?string

YouTube channel ID. Provide at least one of: channelId, handle.

handle?string

YouTube channel handle (with or without @). Provide at least one of: channelId, handle.

continuationToken?string

Continuation token from a previous response: fetches the next page.

Response Body

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curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/youtube/channel/playlists"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "instagram",  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/profile/posts",  "data": {    "items": [      "…"    ],    "dropped": 0  },  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "is2.eyJwIjoyfQ",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 12  },  "credits_used": 20,  "credits_remaining": 9980,  "request_id": "req_1a2b3c4d5e6f",  "cached": false,  "idempotent_replay": false,  "charge_reason": "miss",  "free_call": false}

Channel › Lives GET

Returns the live and past streams on a channel's Live tab, each with title, URL, thumbnail, view count, publish time, and duration. Use it to track a channel's streaming output; channel/videos returns regular uploads and leaves the Live tab out. **Metered: 20–140 credits.** We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes. Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).

Channel › Shorts GET

Returns the Shorts published by a channel, each with title, view count, like count, and thumbnail. Use it when you want only a channel's Shorts; channel/videos returns its regular uploads instead. **Metered: 20–40 credits.** We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes. Re-running the exact same call within 6h is free. Paginates by `cursor` — see [Pagination](/docs/pagination).