Get YouTube video comments
TikHub tool tikhub-api-youtube-web-v2-get-video-comments on looot: input fields, $0.001 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.
Returns top-level comments on a YouTube video. Send video_id, with optional sort_by (top or newest), language_code, country_code, need_format, and continuation_token for the next page. Returns comments with text, likes, reply count, author and a token for fetching replies.
- Tool id:
tikhub-api-youtube-web-v2-get-video-comments - Provider: TikHub
- Job: Get video comments api youtube web v2 (
api.youtube.web-v2.get-video-comments) - Price: $0.001 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
continuation_token |
string | no | Pagination token |
country_code |
string | no | Country code |
language_code |
string | no | Language code |
need_format |
boolean | no | Whether to clean and format the data |
sort_by |
string | no | Comment sort order |
video_id |
string | yes | Video ID |
Output
Shape of the run’s result, the expected shape, not yet checked against real answers:
{ code, data: { comments: { author: { ... }, content, comment_id, like_count, reply_count, reply_level, published_time, like_count_a11y, reply_count_a11y, reply_count_text, creator_thumbnail_url }[] }, docs, time, params: { video_id, language_code }, 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-v2-get-video-comments","input":{"video_id":"<video_id>"},"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-v2-get-video-comments",
input: {
video_id: "<video_id>",
},
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-v2-get-video-comments",
"input": {
"video_id": "<video_id>",
},
"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-v2.get-video-comments as endpointId; see the job page.