Get YouTube Creator Profile (Realtime)

Collects a YouTube creator's profile directly from the platform at request time instead of reading the persisted database. Use it when freshness matters more than throughput; realtime calls consume more quota than database reads.

GET/api/v1/youtube/realtime/user/info

Quota usage: Each successful request to this endpoint deducts 100 quota units from your plan.

Platform Path Family

/api/v1/{platform}/realtime/user/info

Available Platforms

Request Parameters

Required Parameters

This endpoint has no required parameters.

Optional Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`channel_id`	query	string	channel_id example: UCUFgkRb0ZHc4Rpq15VRCICA
`username`	query	string	username example: nike

Response Fields

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Success
`code`	integer	Code
`message`	string	Message
`data`	object	-
`data.channel_id`	string	Channel ID
`data.username`	string	Channel handle
`data.title`	string	Channel name
`data.profile_url`	string	Channel URL
`data.description`	string	Channel description
`data.subscriber_count`	integer	Subscriber count
`data.video_count`	integer	Video count
`data.country`	string	Country

Try It

Request URL

https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/youtube/realtime/user/info

Authorization

Select an API key from Dashboard

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Query Params

channel_id

username

cURL Example

bash

curl -X GET "https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/youtube/realtime/user/info" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response Example (200 application/json)

json

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Request successful",
  "data": {
    "channel_id": "string",
    "username": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "profile_url": "string",
    "avatar": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "subscriber_count": 0,
    "video_count": 0,
    "country": "string"
  }
}

Use Cases

Pre-campaign refresh — Refresh a shortlisted creator's numbers right before signing a deal so the contract reflects today's audience size.
Filling database gaps — When the database lookup returns nothing for a creator, trigger a live collection to obtain the profile.