API Reference

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer yt_live_••••••••••••" \
  "https://www.youtubecommentdownloader.com/api/v1/quota"

import requests

API_KEY = "yt_live_••••••••••••"
BASE_URL = "https://www.youtubecommentdownloader.com/api/v1"
HEADERS  = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

# Step 1 — Get videos from a channel
channel_res = requests.get(
    f"{BASE_URL}/channel",
    headers=HEADERS,
    params={
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
        "maxVideos": 10,
    },
)
channel_data = channel_res.json()
videos = channel_data["videos"]

# Step 2 — Fetch comments for each video
all_comments = []
for video in videos:
    video_url = f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video['videoId']}"
    comments_res = requests.get(
        f"{BASE_URL}/comments",
        headers=HEADERS,
        params={
            "url": video_url,
            "maxComments": 500,
            "sortBy": "top",
        },
    )
    comments_data = comments_res.json()
    all_comments.extend(comments_data.get("comments", []))
    print(f"{video['title']}: {comments_data['totalFetched']} comments fetched")

print(f"\nTotal comments collected: {len(all_comments)}")

const API_KEY = "yt_live_••••••••••••";
const BASE_URL = "https://www.youtubecommentdownloader.com/api/v1";
const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${API_KEY}` };

async function fetchChannelComments(channelUrl, videosToFetch = 10, commentsPerVideo = 500) {
  // Step 1 — Get videos from the channel
  const channelRes = await fetch(
    `${BASE_URL}/channel?${new URLSearchParams({ url: channelUrl, maxVideos: String(videosToFetch) })}`,
    { headers }
  );
  const channelData = await channelRes.json();
  const videos = channelData.videos ?? [];

  // Step 2 — Fetch comments for each video
  const allComments = [];
  for (const video of videos) {
    const videoUrl = `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${video.videoId}`;
    const commentsRes = await fetch(
      `${BASE_URL}/comments?${new URLSearchParams({
        url: videoUrl,
        maxComments: String(commentsPerVideo),
        sortBy: "top",
      })}`,
      { headers }
    );
    const commentsData = await commentsRes.json();
    allComments.push(...(commentsData.comments ?? []));
    console.log(`${video.title}: ${commentsData.totalFetched} comments`);
  }

  return allComments;
}

fetchChannelComments("https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast")
  .then((comments) => console.log(`Total collected: ${comments.length}`))