Pangolinfo - Enterprise-Grade Real-Time Data Collection API

API Description

YouTube Post API — Collect YouTube post details and available author, media and comment data.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/youtube-post

Request Headers

Parameters	Parameter value	Type	Description
Content-Type	application/json	string	Data format
Authorization	Bearer xxx	string	Authorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
target	Yes	string	Target URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.
options	No	object	Optional collection settings, described below.

options Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
includeFormats	No	boolean	Include video quality, codec and audio formats in post.formats. Default: false. Requires one extra collection request; media URLs expire and are bound to the collection IP.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

Includes one page of comments without automatically expanding replies.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
code	integer	Status code; 0 indicates success.
message	string	Response message; ok on success.
pointCost	number	Points charged for this request.
data	object	Collected data, with fields described below.
meta	object	Request identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billing	object	Charged units, unit price and billing rule version.

data Fields

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Result type.
poster	object	Poster
post	object	Post, video or business details.
comments	object[]	Root comments in comment mode.
pagination	object	Continuation cursor and whether more results are available.

`data.poster` Fields

Field	Type	Description
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
channelId	string \| null	Channel id
handle	string \| null	Handle
channelUrl	string \| null	Channel url

`data.post` Fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string \| null	Title
captionText	string \| null	Caption text
publishedAt	object \| null	Publication time.
views	number	View count.
likes	number	Like count.
commentsCount	number	Platform-reported comment total; not the number billed.
videoId	string	Video id
url	string	Content URL.
isShort	boolean	Is short
durationSec	number \| null	Duration sec
uploadDate	string \| null	Upload date
category	string \| null	Category
keywords	string[]	Keywords
thumbnails	object[]	Thumbnails
isLiveContent	boolean	Is live content
isLiveNow	boolean	Is live now
liveStartTimestamp	string \| null	Live start timestamp
liveEndTimestamp	string \| null	Live end timestamp
isPrivate	boolean	Is private
isUnlisted	boolean	Is unlisted
isFamilySafe	boolean	Is family safe
allowRatings	boolean	Allow ratings
playabilityStatus	string \| null	Playability status
availableCountriesCount	number \| null	Available countries count
chapters	object[]	Chapters
related	object[]	Related
formats	object[]	Formats

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

Field	Type	Description
text	string \| null	Text value.
value	number \| null	Parsed value.

`data.post.thumbnails[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Content URL.
width	number	Width
height	number	Height

`data.post.chapters[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string \| null	Title
startMs	number	Segment start time in milliseconds.
thumbnail	string \| null	Thumbnail

Field	Type	Description
workId	string \| null	Work id
videoId	string \| null	Video id
workType	string	Work type Values: [“video”, “short”, “playlist”, “lockup”]
kind	string	Kind Values: [“video”, “short”, “playlist”, “lockup”]
url	string \| null	Content URL.
title	string \| null	Title
thumbnail	string \| null	Thumbnail
cover	string \| null	Cover
views	number \| null	View count.
publishTime	string \| null	Publish time
durationText	string \| null	Duration text
durationSec	number \| null	Duration sec
playlistId	string \| null	Playlist id
contentId	string \| null	Content id
contentType	string \| null	Content type
channelId	string \| null	Channel id
channelHandle	string \| null	Channel handle
channelName	string \| null	Channel name
accessibilityText	string \| null	Accessibility text

`data.post.formats[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
itag	number	Itag
mimeType	string \| null	Mime type
codecs	string \| null	Codecs
hasVideo	boolean	Has video
hasAudio	boolean	Has audio
qualityLabel	string \| null	Quality label
width	number \| null	Width
height	number \| null	Height
fps	number \| null	Fps
bitrate	number \| null	Bitrate
contentLength	number \| null	Content length
audioQuality	string \| null	Audio quality
audioSampleRate	number \| null	Audio sample rate
audioChannels	number \| null	Audio channels
audioTrack	object \| null	Audio track
url	string \| null	Content URL.

`data.comments[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
timeText	object	Time text
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
likeCount	number \| null	Like count
replyCount	number \| null	Platform-reported reply count.
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
commentId	string	Parent comment identifier. Set this to collect replies instead of root comments.
parentId	string \| null	Parent post or comment identifier.
authorChannelId	string \| null	Author channel id
authorIsVerified	boolean	Author is verified
authorIsCreator	boolean	Author is creator
authorIsArtist	boolean	Author is artist
replyLevel	number \| null	Reply level
timestamps	object[]	Timestamps
replyCursor	string \| null	Cursor used to request replies to this comment.
replys	object[]	Nested replies.

`data.comments[].timeText` Fields

Field	Type	Description
text	string \| null	Text value.
timestamp	number \| null	Timestamp

`data.comments[].timestamps[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
text	string	Text value.
seconds	number	Seconds

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
timeText	object	Time text
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
likeCount	number \| null	Like count
replyCount	number \| null	Platform-reported reply count.
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
commentId	string	Parent comment identifier. Set this to collect replies instead of root comments.
parentId	string \| null	Parent post or comment identifier.
authorChannelId	string \| null	Author channel id
authorIsVerified	boolean	Author is verified
authorIsCreator	boolean	Author is creator
authorIsArtist	boolean	Author is artist
replyLevel	number \| null	Reply level
timestamps	object[]	Timestamps
replyCursor	string \| null	Cursor used to request replies to this comment.
replys	any[]	Nested replies.

`data.pagination` Fields

Field	Type	Description
comments	object	Root comments in comment mode.

`data.pagination.comments` Fields

Field	Type	Description
cursor	string \| null	Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
hasMore	boolean	Whether more results are available.

Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/youtube-post \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}'

Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 0.8,
  "data": {
    "type": "post",
    "poster": {
      "nickname": "Rick Astley",
      "avatar": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDd2KtelLHaNSXrI9_5K-NvTscKNw",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT",
      "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
      "handle": "@RickAstleyYT",
      "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"
    },
    "post": {
      "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
      "captionText": "The official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. \n\nNever: The Autobiography 📚 OUT NOW! \nFollow this link to get your copy and listen to Rick’...",
      "publishedAt": {
        "text": "2009-10-24T23:57:33-07:00",
        "value": 1256453853000
      },
      "views": 1834211816,
      "likes": 19493697,
      "commentsCount": 2400000,
      "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "isShort": false,
      "durationSec": 213,
      "uploadDate": "2009-10-24T23:57:33-07:00",
      "category": "Music",
      "keywords": [
        "rick astley"
      ],
      "thumbnails": [
        {
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDd2KtelLHaNSXrI9_5K-NvTscKNw",
          "width": 168,
          "height": 94
        }
      ],
      "isLiveContent": false,
      "isLiveNow": false,
      "liveStartTimestamp": null,
      "liveEndTimestamp": null,
      "isPrivate": false,
      "isUnlisted": false,
      "isFamilySafe": true,
      "allowRatings": true,
      "playabilityStatus": "UNPLAYABLE",
      "availableCountriesCount": 249,
      "chapters": [],
      "related": [
        {
          "workId": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
          "videoId": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
          "playlistId": null,
          "contentId": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
          "contentType": "LOCKUP_CONTENT_TYPE_VIDEO",
          "workType": "video",
          "kind": "video",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA",
          "title": "Rick Astley - Together Forever (Official Video) [4K Remaster]",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yPYZpwSpKmA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLD6igKYt99JwlgbMCpf5I2GwXNVow",
          "cover": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yPYZpwSpKmA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLD6igKYt99JwlgbMCpf5I2GwXNVow",
          "views": 208000000,
          "publishTime": "17y ago",
          "durationText": "3:24",
          "durationSec": 204,
          "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
          "channelHandle": null,
          "channelName": "Rick Astley"
        }
      ]
    },
    "comments": [
      {
        "timeText": {
          "text": "6 years ago (edited)",
          "timestamp": 1604738263706
        },
        "content": "I Rick rolled my entire French class because we had to study a city in France and make a quiz about it as well as a presentation, I decided to make a Kahoot ...",
        "likeCount": 107000,
        "replyCount": 677,
        "avatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_kDD-FhIbth2qcBbI9VGxR41dJa0kE3kN9iVlGzNgRU_g=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
        "nickname": "@grustache4569",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrzgYonJnMd0Dk7zQXjYXw",
        "replys": [],
        "commentId": "UgzKYksqeQ5gA3t0g0F4AaABAg",
        "parentId": null,
        "authorChannelId": "UCKrzgYonJnMd0Dk7zQXjYXw",
        "authorIsVerified": false,
        "authorIsCreator": false,
        "authorIsArtist": false,
        "replyLevel": 0,
        "timestamps": [],
        "replyCursor": "Eg0SC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRGAYygwEaUBIaVWd6S1lrc3FlUTVnQTN0MGcwRjRBYUFCQWciAggAKhhVQ3VBWEZrZ3N3MUw3eGFDZm5kNUpKT3cyC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRQAFICoIBAggBQi9jb21tZW50LXJlcGxpZ..."
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "comments": {
        "cursor": "top:Eg0SC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRGAYyWCIxIgtkUXc0dzlXZ1hjUTAAeAKqAhpVZ3pLWWtzcWVRNWdBM3QwZzBGNEFhQUJBZ_ADATABQiFlbmdhZ2VtZW50LXBhbmVsLWNvbW1lbnRzLXNlY3Rpb24%3D",
        "hasMore": true
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-youtube-post-1793954255669594900",
    "durationMs": 6816
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 1,
    "pointCost": 0.8
  }
}

Points Usage

0.8 points per post, video or business. Included comments, replies and author details are free.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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YouTube Post API

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.poster` Fields

`data.post` Fields

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

`data.post.thumbnails[]` Fields

`data.post.chapters[]` Fields

`data.post.formats[]` Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

`data.comments[].timeText` Fields

`data.comments[].timestamps[]` Fields

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage

Getting Started

Amazon Scrapers

E-commerce Scrapers

Social Media Scrapers

Search engine scrapers

TRO Data API

Playground

​API Description

​Request URL

​Request Headers

​Request Parameters

​options Parameters

​Response Fields

​data Fields

​data.poster Fields

​data.post Fields

​data.post.publishedAt Fields

​data.post.thumbnails[] Fields

​data.post.chapters[] Fields

​data.post.related[] Fields

​data.post.formats[] Fields

​data.comments[] Fields

​data.comments[].timeText Fields

​data.comments[].timestamps[] Fields

​data.comments[].replys[] Fields

​data.pagination Fields

​data.pagination.comments Fields

​Request Example

​Response Example

​Points Usage

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.poster` Fields

`data.post` Fields

`data.post.publishedAt` Fields

`data.post.thumbnails[]` Fields

`data.post.chapters[]` Fields

`data.post.related[]` Fields

`data.post.formats[]` Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

`data.comments[].timeText` Fields

`data.comments[].timestamps[]` Fields

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

`data.pagination` Fields

`data.pagination.comments` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage