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title: "Scrape Creators API / Channel Details"
description: "ScrapeCreators tool scrapecreators-youtube-channel on looot: input fields, $0.00188 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python."
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Retrieves comprehensive YouTube channel profile data including name, avatar images, subscriber count (subscribers), total video and view counts, join date, tags, and linked social accounts like Twitter and Instagram. Accepts a channelId, handle, or full channel URL as input. Returns channel metadata such as country, email, and external store links when available. Contact fields come from the submitted public profile. To request removal of your own information from Scrape Creators results, email support@scrapecreators.com with the profile URL.

- **Tool id:** `scrapecreators-youtube-channel`
- **Provider:** [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators)
- **Job:** [Channel youtube](/reference/jobs/youtube-channel) (`youtube.channel`)
- **Price:** $0.00188 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cache_max_age` | string | no | Example: "7d" |
| `channelId` | string | no |   |
| `handle` | string | no |   |
| `url` | string | no | Example: "https://www.youtube.com/@ThePatMcAfeeShow" |

## Output

Shape of the run's `result`, checked against 1 real answer:

```txt
{ name, tags, email, links: string[], avatar: { image: { sources: { ... }[] }, avatarImageSize }, banner: { url, width, height }[], handle, tiktok, channel, country, success, keywords: string[], channelId, instagram, subscribe, viewCount, isVerified, videoCount, description, isFamilySafe, youtube_blog, viewCountText, videoCountText, credits_charged, subscriberCount, credits_remaining, subscriberCountText }
```

## Run it

Every call needs your API token in `LOOOT_TOKEN`; [Sign in](/get-started/sign-in#use-the-token-in-scripts-and-agents) shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With `wait: 30` the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll `GET /v1/runs/<runId>`.

Example input with placeholder values:

<CodeGroup>

```bash curl
curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"scrapecreators-youtube-channel","input":{"url":"jane.doe@example.com","handle":"<handle>","channelId":"<channelId>","cache_max_age":"7d"},"wait":30}'
```

```js JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "scrapecreators-youtube-channel",
    input: {
      url: "jane.doe@example.com",
      handle: "<handle>",
      channelId: "<channelId>",
      cache_max_age: "7d",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
```

```python Python
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "scrapecreators-youtube-channel",
        "input": {
            "url": "jane.doe@example.com",
            "handle": "<handle>",
            "channelId": "<channelId>",
            "cache_max_age": "7d",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

</CodeGroup>

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send `job:youtube.channel` as `endpointId`; see [the job page](/reference/jobs/youtube-channel).