# YouTube 主页或对象详情 API (youtube.profile)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/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 | YouTube 频道 URL，用于读取频道资料；不接受视频 URL，也不用 since/sort 筛选频道本身。 |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| channel_id | 频道 ID（UC 开头）。 |
| name | 名称。用于账号/商品/商家类能力，指该对象本身的名字。 |
| url | 该记录在原平台上的可访问链接。 |
| bio | 个人简介，账号自己填写的文本。可能含换行和 emoji。 |
| subscriber_count | 订阅数。 |
| video_count | 视频数。 |
| view_count | 浏览/播放数。null 表示不公开，不等于 0。 |
| is_verified | 是否为平台认证账号（蓝V等）。null 表示无法判定。 |
| location | 地理位置描述，原文透传，格式随平台而异。 |
| avatar_url | 头像图片链接。部分平台给的是带尺寸参数的 CDN 链接，可能有时效。 |
| banner_url | 频道横幅。 |
| created_at | 创建时间，格式同 posted_at。 |
| platform | 数据来源平台标识，与请求里的 platform 一致（如 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