POST/v1/youtube/related

YouTube Related Videos API

YouTube related videos API — discover recommended videos for any video ID. Content suggestion and competitor video research from $0.01/call.

Retrieve the list of related/recommended videos that appear alongside a given video. Includes full video metadata and pagination support.

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POST /v1/youtube/related$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Video ID*

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "meta": {
      "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
      "viewCount": "1756095483"
    },
    "data": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "videoId": "abc123",
        "title": "Related Video Title",
        "channelTitle": "Channel Name",
        "viewCount": "5000000"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Features

✓Related video recommendations for any video

✓Full metadata: title, channel, views, duration

✓Pagination with continuation tokens

✓Same rich data as search results

Use cases

Recommendation Engine

Build your own video recommendation system using YouTube's related video graph.

Content Discovery

Explore the content landscape around any topic by following chains of related videos.

Competitor Mapping

Discover which channels and videos YouTube associates with your content.

Playlist Curation

Automatically suggest related videos when building curated playlists for your platform.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/related', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
YouTube Data API v3	$0.00	10K units/day free

Frequently asked questions

Retrieve the list of related/recommended videos that appear alongside a given video. Includes full video metadata and pagination support.

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/related. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.

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$0.01

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POST /v1/youtube/search

Video Details

$0.02

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POST /v1/youtube/video

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