YouTube Channel Livestreams API
YouTube channel livestreams API — past and active streams with live status indicators. Live stream monitoring and archiving from $0.01/call.
Fetch all livestream videos from a specific YouTube channel, including currently live streams. Returns livestream metadata and supports pagination.
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{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"meta": {
"channelId": "..."
},
"data": [
{
"videoId": "...",
"title": "...",
"isLive": true
}
],
"continuation": "..."
}
}Features
Send a channel ID to /v1/youtube/channel-livestreams to list a creator's livestream videos, including past and currently active streams.
Each entry carries an isLive boolean (e.g. true), so you can detect in real time when a channel is broadcasting.
Pass sort_by=newest to order livestreams chronologically, surfacing the most recent and any active broadcasts first.
Use the continuation token to page through a channel's full archive of past livestreams.
Use cases
Live Stream Monitoring
Monitor channels for active livestreams and get notified when a creator goes live.
Stream Archive
Build an archive of past livestreams from a channel for replay or analysis.
Live Content Aggregation
Aggregate live content across multiple channels for a live-streaming platform.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-livestreams', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"id": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug",
"sort_by": "newest"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);The YouTube Channel Livestreams API — past and active streams
The YouTube Channel Livestreams API lists a channel's livestream videos — both archived past streams and any broadcast happening right now. Send a channel ID with sort_by=newest to /v1/youtube/channel-livestreams and get a data array of streams, each with videoId, title, and an isLive flag, plus a continuation token to walk the full archive.
At $0.01 per call the isLive flag makes it a real-time go-live detector: poll a channel and you'll know the moment a creator starts broadcasting. It also builds a complete, replayable archive of every stream they've done.
What is a YouTube Channel Livestreams API?
A YouTube Channel Livestreams API lists the livestream videos belonging to a channel — past broadcasts and any stream that's live at the moment of the call — as structured JSON. You pass a channel ID and sort_by=newest and receive a data array where each stream carries videoId, title, and an isLive boolean, with a continuation token for the archive. The isLive flag is the defining feature: it distinguishes a currently active broadcast from a recording, which is what makes the endpoint useful for real-time go-live detection as well as historical stream archiving.
Build your own go-live notification tool
Poll a set of channels every minute and watch the isLive flag — the moment it flips to true on a stream, fire a notification that the creator has gone live. That's a go-live alert service built on one field. For archival, page the full list to capture every past stream's videoId for a replay library, then attach transcripts via the Transcript endpoint to make hours of live content searchable. Aggregating active streams across many channels also lets you build a live-now directory for a streaming-focused platform.
YouTube Channel Livestreams API pricing — $0.01/call
Each call costs $0.01 and returns the channel's livestreams with live status. There's no daily quota, which is what makes minute-by-minute go-live polling affordable — watching one channel all day is roughly $14, and most use cases poll less aggressively. The official Data API can surface live broadcasts via search filters against your unit budget; this endpoint reads a channel's streams directly with an explicit isLive flag, at a flat per-call rate.
Livestreams vs. regular Channel Videos
Channel Videos lists a creator's standard uploads; Channel Livestreams isolates their live broadcasts and adds the isLive status that uploads don't have. That separation matters for two jobs the uploads list can't do: detecting that a stream is happening right now, and building a clean archive of streams without on-demand videos mixed in. Use Livestreams for real-time and replay scenarios, Channel Videos for the regular catalog — both on the same YepAPI key.
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Sign up for $5 in free credit, no card required — 500 calls. Poll a channel that streams regularly and watch the isLive flag to test go-live detection before you build your notification service.
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Frequently asked questions
Fetch all livestream videos from a specific YouTube channel, including currently live streams. Returns livestream metadata and supports pagination.
Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.
Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/youtube/channel-livestreams. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.
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