Comments

GET /v1/youtube/video/comments

Fetches comments and replies from a YouTube video, including each comment's text content, author details, like count, reply count, and publish date. Supports ordering by top or newest, and paginating with continuationToken. Limited to approximately 1,000 top comments or 7,000 newest comments.

Authentication

All requests require the x-api-key header. Get your key at scrapecreators.com.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
url	string	yes	YouTube video URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
continuationToken	string	no	Continuation token to get more comments. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.	4qmFsgKrCBIYVUNkRkpXVWE0M3NtUm00SXBIQnB
order	enum(top, newest)	no	Order of comments	top

Example Request

curl

curl 'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/video/comments?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' \
  -H 'x-api-key: $SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY'

Node / TypeScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ' });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/video/comments?${params}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/video/comments',
    headers={'x-api-key': os.environ['SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY']},
    params={'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

CLI

scrapecreators youtube video-comments --help

Example Response

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "UgwVfRopfS2F-WB3aF14AaABAg",
      "content": "I love how in the middle he said \"I've been able to work with 2 great coaches... Pete and Coach Tomlin\"... Side shade to Coach Sean Payton, love it :)",
      "publishedTimeText": "9 days ago",
      "publishedTime": "2025-01-23T23:14:02.948Z",
      "replyLevel": 0,
      "author": {
        "name": "@SimonT80",
        "channelId": "UC8JC3uSUmmXTCTKl-bgr1DA",
        "isVerified": false,
        "isCreator": false,
        "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_lQ_2v9lDqwRrmdvEBfDNyFOvgQICl68X6WFkwZ5KI=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
        "channelUrl": "https://youtube.com/@SimonT80"
      },
      "engagement": {
        "likes": 110,
        "replies": 5
      },
      "repliesContinuationToken": "Eg0SC2RRdzR3OVdnWGNRGAYy1AEK..."
    }
  ],
  "continuationToken": "Eg0SCzVFV2F4bVd...."
}

Credits

Most ScrapeCreators endpoints consume 1 credit per successful response. Some heavier endpoints (transcripts, AI-driven enrichment, ad detail lookups) may cost more. Check GET /v1/credit-balance for your remaining balance.

Errors

Status	Meaning	Action
200	Success.	Use the JSON payload.
400	Invalid or missing parameter.	Verify required parameters and value format.
401	Missing or invalid x-api-key.	Pass a valid API key in the header.
402	Out of credits.	Top up at scrapecreators.com or wait for plan reset.
404	Resource not found or private.	Confirm the handle, URL, or id and that the resource is public.
429	Rate limited.	Backoff and retry with exponential delay.
500	Server error or upstream platform failure.	Retry with backoff; report persistent errors to support.