Get YouTube channel ID from URL V2
TikHub tool tikhub-api-youtube-web-get-channel-id-v2 on looot: input fields, $0.001 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.
Converts YouTube channel URL to channel ID. Send channel_url (/www.youtube.com/@username, https://www.youtube.com/chann..). Returns channel_id: Channel ID (e.g., UCeu6U67OzJhV1KwBansH3Dg). Supports multiple URL formats including @username, /channel/, /c/, /user/ formats. TikHub parameters: channel_url: Channel URL.
- Tool id:
tikhub-api-youtube-web-get-channel-id-v2 - Provider: TikHub
- Job: Get channel id v2 api youtube web (
api.youtube.web.get-channel-id-v2) - Price: $0.001 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
channel_url |
string | yes | /www.youtube.com/@username, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxx, https://www.youtube.com/c/channelname. Example: “https://www.youtube.com/@CozyCraftYT” |
Output
Shape of the run’s result, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:
{ code, data: { channel_id, channel_url }, docs, time, params: { channel_url }, router, message, support, cache_url, time_zone, message_zh, request_id, time_stamp, cache_message, cache_message_zh }
Run it
Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in 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:
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":"tikhub-api-youtube-web-get-channel-id-v2","input":{"channel_url":"jane.doe@example.com"},"wait":30}'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: "tikhub-api-youtube-web-get-channel-id-v2",
input: {
channel_url: "jane.doe@example.com",
},
wait: 30,
}),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);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": "tikhub-api-youtube-web-get-channel-id-v2",
"input": {
"channel_url": "jane.doe@example.com",
},
"wait": 30,
},
timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:api.youtube.web.get-channel-id-v2 as endpointId; see the job page.