> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.konbiniapi.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get channel > Returns metadata for a public YouTube channel: name, handle, description, avatar, banner, and subscriber/video counts. Subscriber and video counts are the rounded values YouTube itself displays — YouTube stopped publishing exact subscriber counts platform-wide in 2019. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json get /v1/youtube/channels/{channel} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: KonbiniAPI version: 1.0.0 description: >- Social media API that normalizes TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, and LinkedIn data into a consistent ActivityStreams 2.0 format. Every authenticated response includes `X-Credits-Remaining` and `X-Credits-Used` headers. Each successful request costs 1 credit. Requests that fail with 400, 5xx, or upstream errors are refunded (X-Credits-Used: 0). contact: name: KonbiniAPI email: hello@konbiniapi.com url: https://konbiniapi.com servers: - url: https://api.konbiniapi.com description: Production security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: TikTok description: TikTok data endpoints - name: Instagram description: Instagram data endpoints - name: YouTube description: YouTube data endpoints - name: Reddit description: Reddit data endpoints - name: X description: X data endpoints - name: LinkedIn description: LinkedIn data endpoints paths: /v1/youtube/channels/{channel}: get: tags: - YouTube summary: Get channel description: >- Returns metadata for a public YouTube channel: name, handle, description, avatar, banner, and subscriber/video counts. Subscriber and video counts are the rounded values YouTube itself displays — YouTube stopped publishing exact subscriber counts platform-wide in 2019. operationId: youtubeGetChannel parameters: - schema: type: string description: >- Channel handle, with or without the `@` — the name in a channel URL. Resolving it costs one extra lookup; pass `channelId` to skip that. example: '@MrBeast' required: true description: >- Channel handle, with or without the `@` — the name in a channel URL. Resolving it costs one extra lookup; pass `channelId` to skip that. name: channel in: path - schema: type: string description: >- The channel’s `UC…` ID. Optional: supply it when you already have it — from a previous response, for instance — and it is used directly, skipping the handle lookup. example: UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA required: false description: >- The channel’s `UC…` ID. Optional: supply it when you already have it — from a previous response, for instance — and it is used directly, skipping the handle lookup. name: channelId in: query responses: '200': description: Returns the channel headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: '@context': type: array prefixItems: - type: string enum: - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams# - type: string enum: - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social# description: ActivityStreams JSON-LD context example: - https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams# - https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social# type: type: string enum: - Person example: Person id: type: string format: uri description: Channel URL example: >- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA url: type: string format: uri description: Channel URL example: >- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA entityId: type: string description: YouTube channel ID example: UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA preferredUsername: type: string example: '@MrBeast' description: Channel handle name: type: string description: Channel name example: MrBeast content: type: string example: >- SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE! New MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time! Accomplishments: - Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,000 Trees - Removed 30,000,000 pounds of trash from the ocean - Helped 2,000 people walk again - Helped 1,000 blind… description: Channel description followerCount: type: integer description: >- Rounded to what YouTube displays (515M becomes 515000000); no exact figure exists example: 522000000 videoCount: type: integer description: >- Rounded to what YouTube displays (515M becomes 515000000); no exact figure exists example: 1000 isFamilySafe: type: boolean example: true description: Whether the channel is marked family-safe icon: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YoutubeImage' image: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/YoutubeImage' description: Channel banner image tag: type: array items: type: object properties: type: type: string description: ActivityStreams object type example: Tag name: type: string description: Tag name example: mrbeast6000 required: - type - name description: Channel keywords availableIn: type: array items: type: string example: KI description: >- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes the channel is available in attachment: type: array items: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - Link example: Link href: type: string format: uri example: >- https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA rel: type: string example: alternate mediaType: type: string example: application/rss+xml required: - type - href description: The channel's RSS feed, as a Link attachment required: - '@context' - type - id - url - entityId - name required: - data '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError' '402': $ref: '#/components/responses/CreditsExhaustedError' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFoundError' '413': $ref: '#/components/responses/PayloadTooLargeError' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError' '502': $ref: '#/components/responses/PlatformError' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailableError' '504': $ref: '#/components/responses/PlatformTimeoutError' components: schemas: YoutubeImage: type: object properties: type: type: string description: ActivityStreams object type example: Image url: type: string format: uri description: Image URL example: >- https://i.ytimg.com/vi/plN7JMbadRg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCKgBEF5IWvKriqkDGQgBFQAAiEIYAdgBAeIBCggYEAIYBjgBQAE=&rs=AOn4CLCiT6Vj47A7NogeJusgz-_sjWhu7A width: type: integer example: 168 description: Width in pixels height: type: integer example: 94 description: Height in pixels required: - type - url description: Channel avatar ValidationError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - validation_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Validation error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data UnauthorizedError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - missing_api_key - invalid_api_key description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Invalid API key description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data CreditsExhaustedError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - credits_exhausted description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Credits exhausted. Upgrade your plan at konbiniapi.com description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data ForbiddenError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - api_key_disabled - api_key_expired description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: API key is disabled description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data NotFoundError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - not_found - route_not_found description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Not found description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PayloadTooLargeError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - validation_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Request body too large description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data InternalError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - internal_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Internal error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PlatformError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - platform_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Platform error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data ServiceUnavailableError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - service_unavailable description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Service unavailable description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data PlatformTimeoutError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - platform_error description: Machine-readable error code message: type: string example: Platform error description: Human-readable error message required: - code - message description: List of errors data: type: 'null' description: Always null for error responses required: - errors - data responses: ValidationError: description: Bad Request — Invalid parameters headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' UnauthorizedError: description: Unauthorized — Missing or invalid API key content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError' CreditsExhaustedError: description: Payment Required — Credits exhausted content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreditsExhaustedError' ForbiddenError: description: Forbidden — API key disabled or expired content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError' NotFoundError: description: Not Found headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError' PayloadTooLargeError: description: Content Too Large — Request body exceeds 1 MB content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadTooLargeError' InternalError: description: Internal Server Error headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalError' PlatformError: description: Bad Gateway — Upstream platform error headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformError' ServiceUnavailableError: description: Service Unavailable headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceUnavailableError' PlatformTimeoutError: description: Gateway Timeout — Upstream platform timed out headers: X-Credits-Remaining: schema: type: integer description: Credits remaining after this request X-Credits-Used: schema: type: integer description: Credits consumed (1 if charged, 0 if refunded on error) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformTimeoutError' securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: |- Send your API key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token. 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