YOUTUBE API
Channel Lives
Retrieve channel lives from YouTube with a single API request.
GET
/api/data/v1/youtube/channel/lives1credit base cost
Request parameters
Up to 1 creditYouTube channel ID
YouTube channel handle
Continuation token to get more lives. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.
Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/youtube/channel/lives?handle=IShowSpeed' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'Response
Example{
"success": true,
"lives": [
{
"type": "live",
"id": "JpVtso3S9rM",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVtso3S9rM",
"title": "IShowSpeed Live Stream",
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JpVtso3S9rM/hqdefault.jpg",
"channel": {
"id": null,
"title": null,
"handle": null,
"thumbnail": null
},
"viewCountText": "1.2M views",
"viewCountInt": 1200000,
"publishedTimeText": "Streamed 2 days ago",
"lengthText": "2:14:52",
"lengthSeconds": 8092,
"badges": []
}
],
"continuationToken": "4qmFsgLlFhIYV....",
"credits_charged": 1,
"credits_remaining": 1000,
"request_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.
Response shape
This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.
View JSON Schema +
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"success": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"lives": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": "string"
},
"channel": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": [
"string",
"object",
"array",
"number",
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"title": {
"type": [
"string",
"object",
"array",
"number",
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"handle": {
"type": [
"string",
"object",
"array",
"number",
"boolean",
"null"
]
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": [
"string",
"object",
"array",
"number",
"boolean",
"null"
]
}
}
},
"viewCountText": {
"type": "string"
},
"viewCountInt": {
"type": "integer"
},
"publishedTimeText": {
"type": "string"
},
"lengthText": {
"type": "string"
},
"lengthSeconds": {
"type": "integer"
},
"badges": {
"type": "array"
}
}
}
},
"continuationToken": {
"type": "string"
},
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "FetchGoblin credits charged for this request."
},
"credits_remaining": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Your FetchGoblin credit balance after this request."
},
"request_id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "FetchGoblin request identifier."
}
}
}