YouTube Post API
YouTube community post API — full post content, like count, reply count, and channel info for any public post. Engagement tracking from $0.01/call.
Fetch full details of a YouTube community post by ID including content text, like count, reply count, and channel info. Useful for monitoring and analyzing community engagement.
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{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"postId": "...",
"channelTitle": "...",
"contentText": "What video should I make next?",
"likeCount": 5432,
"replyCount": 890
}
}Features
Send a community post ID (e.g. UgkxMy8D54...) to /v1/youtube/post to get its full contentText and metadata in one call.
Returns the post's likeCount (e.g. 5432) and replyCount (e.g. 890), the two headline engagement numbers for a community post.
Includes the channelTitle of the creator who published the post, attributing it without a separate channel lookup.
Accepts the post ID of any public YouTube community post, regardless of which channel published it.
Use cases
Post Analytics
Track engagement metrics on community posts for content performance analysis.
Community Monitoring
Monitor specific community posts for new engagement and reply activity.
Content Archiving
Archive community post content and metadata for research or compliance.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"id": "UgkxMy8D54..."
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);The YouTube Post API — full detail for one community post
The YouTube Post API returns the complete record of a single community post. Send a post ID (e.g. UgkxMy8D54...) to /v1/youtube/post and get its postId, channelTitle, contentText, likeCount (5432), and replyCount (890). It's the detail-level read for an individual community post, the way Video Details is for a video.
At $0.01 per call it lets you track a specific post's engagement directly. When you have a post ID — from the Channel Community endpoint or a shared link — this is how you get its full content and reaction numbers.
What is a YouTube Post API?
A YouTube Post API returns the full detail of a single community post given its post ID. You get the postId, the publishing channel's title, the post's contentText, and its engagement numbers — likeCount and replyCount. Community posts are the text, image, and poll updates creators publish to their community tab between videos; this endpoint reads one of them in full. It's the single-item counterpart to the Channel Community endpoint (which lists many posts): when you have a specific post ID and want its complete content plus current engagement, this is the targeted call.
Build your own post-tracking tool
Track a specific community post over time by polling its likeCount and replyCount, charting how engagement accumulates after publication — useful for measuring which announcements land. Archive important posts by storing their contentText and metadata for research or compliance, capturing the post exactly as published before it can be edited or removed. Because the response includes channelTitle, you can monitor posts across multiple creators in one dashboard. Pair a post ID with the Post Comments endpoint to pull the full discussion underneath, going from the post itself to the conversation it sparked.
YouTube Post API pricing — $0.01/call
Each post lookup costs $0.01 and returns the full record with engagement counts. There's no daily quota, so tracking a set of important posts on a schedule is a few cents a day. The official Data API has no community-post endpoint at all, so this is the only way to read an individual post's content and engagement programmatically — a flat cent per call for data the official API doesn't provide.
Post vs. Channel Community vs. Post Comments
Three endpoints cover community content. Channel Community lists a channel's posts (discovery). The Post endpoint returns full detail for one post by ID (the item). Post Comments returns the comment thread under a post (the discussion). The natural flow: discover posts with Channel Community, drill into one with Post for its content and reply count, then read the conversation with Post Comments — composable on a single YepAPI key for complete community analysis.
Try the YouTube Post API free
Get $5 in free credit at signup, no card required — 500 post lookups. Pull a community post by ID and inspect its content, likes, and reply count before building your tracking tool.
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Frequently asked questions
Fetch full details of a YouTube community post by ID including content text, like count, reply count, and channel info. Useful for monitoring and analyzing community engagement.
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/post. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.
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