# YouTube Details API (youtube.profile)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/youtube-api/profile
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "youtube", "action": "profile", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: single object
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=youtube&action=profile

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | not declared | yes | not declared | The target URL required by YouTube actions. Use full channel URLs for profile and user_posts, or specific watch?v= and share links for video, comments, and transcript. Channel metadata is derived from published content, and comments does not return channel community board posts. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| channel_id | platform-native meaning |
| name | Name of the object itself, for account, product and business capabilities. |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| bio | Profile bio written by the account; may contain line breaks and emoji. |
| subscriber_count | platform-native meaning |
| video_count | platform-native meaning |
| view_count | Views or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| is_verified | Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined. |
| location | Location description passed through as is; the format varies by platform. |
| avatar_url | Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire. |
| banner_url | platform-native meaning |
| created_at | Creation time, same format as posted_at. |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "youtube",
  "action": "profile",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "youtube",
        "action": "profile",
        "params": {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-09-26T08:56:04Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "youtube",
  "action": "profile",
  "results": {
    "channel_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "name": "Rick Astley",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@•••",
    "subscriber_count": 4540000,
    "platform": "youtube"
  },
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=youtube
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md