YouTube Comment API

The YouTube Comment API lets you scrape comments from any YouTube video. Returns comment text, likes, reply counts, author details, and pagination tokens for fetching additional pages. Each successful request costs 5 API credits.

Endpoint: https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube

API Parameters

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Scrapingdog Parameters

api_key Required
Your personal API key. Available on your dashboard.

Type: String

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Video

v Required
Video ID of the YouTube video whose comments you want to scrape. Found in the video URL after ?v=.

Type: String

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Geographic Location and Localization

country Optional
Two-letter country code specifying search location (e.g., us, uk, fr). Default: us

Type: String
language Optional
Language of the results. Possible Values — en, es, fr, de, etc. Default: en

Type: String

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Pagination

next_page_token Optional
The parameter defines the next page token for retrieving the next page of comments or replies. Use the next_page_token value from the previous response.

Type: String

API Examples

Code to Integrate

curl "https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube?api_key=APIKEY&v=0e3GPea1Tyg"

import requests

params = {
    "api_key": "APIKEY",
    "v": "0e3GPea1Tyg",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en"
}

response = requests.get("https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube", params=params)
data = response.json()
for comment in data["comments"]:
    print(comment["text"], "-", comment["likes"])

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  api_key: "APIKEY",
  v: "0e3GPea1Tyg",
  country: "us",
  language: "en"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube?${params}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(`Total comments: ${data.total_comments}`);

<?php
$url = 'https://api.scrapingdog.com/youtube?' . http_build_query([
    'api_key'  => 'APIKEY',
    'v'        => '0e3GPea1Tyg',
    'country'  => 'us',
    'language' => 'en',
]);
echo file_get_contents($url);

API Response

{
  "total_comments": 1883,
  "comments": [
    {
      "comment_id": "Ugx56MInixKwhy9HpRt4AaABAg",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj7Sd7fs6JQ&lc=Ugx56MInixKwhy9HpRt4AaABAg",
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCc6OUZOla4qMvYKGjqahb2A",
        "handle": "@matthewp1682",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@matthewp1682",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_k0PVo4Ayjzf9FlRcdjZA..."
      },
      "published_date": "1 month ago",
      "text": "I have a 2015 model s with the original battery and dual motors with 287k miles. Nothing really has ever broke and it has been amazing the whole time",
      "likes": "234",
      "replies": "16",
      "replies_next_page_token": "Eg0SC3RqN1NkN2ZzNkpRGAYy..."
    },
    {
      "comment_id": "UgyjySf56LStJfgyjz94AaABAg",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj7Sd7fs6JQ&lc=UgyjySf56LStJfgyjz94AaABAg",
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCMsJq6M10YcLaHPMm3U1sBw",
        "handle": "@Manufacturergr",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@Manufacturergr",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/NFv6zJ1-O2mKjUJmef..."
      },
      "published_date": "1 month ago",
      "text": "S and then X was the vehicles that changed automotive industry.",
      "likes": "292",
      "replies": "9",
      "replies_next_page_token": "Eg0SC3RqN1NkN2ZzNkpRGAYy..."
    },
    {
      "comment_id": "UgycL9ktl7Jl4E4x1S14AaABAg",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj7Sd7fs6JQ&lc=UgycL9ktl7Jl4E4x1S14AaABAg",
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCpjK8Q9bu7Iwe4QHYvoLUtQ",
        "handle": "@Majortrader8",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@Majortrader8",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/74iOdZU6EC_AExlfTIbmcK..."
      },
      "published_date": "1 month ago",
      "text": "The EVs that changed everything ⚡",
      "likes": "319",
      "replies": "5",
      "replies_next_page_token": "Eg0SC3RqN1NkN2ZzNkpRGAYy..."
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next_page_token": "Eg0SC3RqN1NkN2ZzNkpRGAYy6AIKvgJnZXRfcmFua2VkX3N0cmVhbXMt..."
  }
}