| name | youtube |
| description | Work with YouTube data via TikHub — fetch video info, downloadable stream URLs, captions/subtitles, comments and replies, channel info, and run general/shorts search. Use when the task targets YouTube. Covers the YouTube Web-V2 API. |
YouTube (via TikHub)
Deep coverage of YouTube via the Web-V2 API. Exhaustive endpoints:
tikhub-find-endpoint "<goal>" --platform youtube.
Setup gate
[ -z "${TIKHUB_API_KEY:-}" ] && echo "Set TIKHUB_API_KEY first (see tikhub-onboarding)."
Coverage: YouTube-Web-V2. (The older YouTube-Web API is de-scoped — reach it via discovery.)
Key endpoints
| Goal | Method + path | Key params |
|---|
| Video info | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_info | video_id, language_code |
| Video info by URL | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_info_v2 | video_url |
| Download streams | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_streams_v2 | video_id | video_url |
| Captions/subtitles | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_captions | video_id, language_code, format |
| Video comments | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_comments | video_id, sort_by, continuation_token |
| Comment replies | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_comment_replies | continuation_token |
| Channel id (from URL) | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_channel_id | channel_url |
| Channel info | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_channel_description | channel_id, continuation_token |
| General search | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_general_search | search_query, upload_time |
| Shorts search | GET /api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_shorts_search | search_query, upload_time |
Example
curl -s "https://api.tikhub.io/api/v1/youtube/web_v2/get_video_info?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TIKHUB_API_KEY"
Pagination
Comments, replies, channel feeds, and the *_v2 search endpoints use continuation_token — pass
the token from the previous response; stop when none is returned. Each page is billed — cap it.
Hand off to task skills
- Download videos / captions →
social-media-downloader
- Analyze a channel →
creator-analytics
- Comment mining →
comments-analysis
- Search/listening →
social-listening
- Large pulls →
bulk-data-export
Red flags
- Use
get_video_streams_v2 for downloadable media URLs; get_video_info is metadata only.
- A
video_id is the 11-char id; pass full URLs to the *_v2 variants.
