Endpoint Playground

Try the Retrieve playlist metadata and items API

Returns a YouTube playlist by playlist id or full playlist URL: title, URL, owning channel, video count and thumbnail, plus its videos with position, title, video id, duration, channel and view count. Pass the returned `continuation_token` to page through longer playlists.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 16 items; 12 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /youtube/playlist/PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab
Fields with a value in every checked item: type, position, title, url, thumbnail, video_id, channel_title, channel_id

Sample value profiles: position: 1 to 16, median 8; url: youtube.com; thumbnail: i.ytimg.com.

Request: GET /youtube/playlist/{id}
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 0.65 s
Monitored request: GET /youtube/playlist/PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

Retrieve playlist metadata and items API documentation YouTube platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/playlist/PL-szjqIBRvM_aWOj-uXCVm28l-ZZFa4D2' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	PL-szjqIBRvM_aWOj-uXCVm28l-ZZFa4D2	YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

More YouTube endpoints

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.playlistResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/playlist/{id}

Retrieve playlist metadata and items

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Path parameters

requiredstring

YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Retrieve playlist metadata and items API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 16 items; 12 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /youtube/playlist/PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab
Fields with a value in every checked item: type, position, title, url, thumbnail, video_id, channel_title, channel_id

Sample value profiles: position: 1 to 16, median 8; url: youtube.com; thumbnail: i.ytimg.com.

Request: GET /youtube/playlist/{id}
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 0.65 s
Monitored request: GET /youtube/playlist/PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab

Retrieve playlist metadata and items API documentation YouTube platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/playlist/PL-szjqIBRvM_aWOj-uXCVm28l-ZZFa4D2' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes	PL-szjqIBRvM_aWOj-uXCVm28l-ZZFa4D2	YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL
continuation_token	string	No		Pagination token returned by a previous request

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}

More YouTube endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

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Endpoint

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestyoutube.playlistResponseDocYouTube

GET /youtube/playlist/{id}

Retrieve playlist metadata and items

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Path parameters

requiredstring

YouTube playlist ID or full playlist URL

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "playlist_id": "PL1234567890abcdef",
    "title": "OpenAI Podcast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890abcdef",
    "channel_title": "OpenAI",
    "channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
    "video_count": "12 videos",
    "items": [
      {
        "type": "video",
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Episode 1",
        "video_id": "abc123xyz89",
        "duration": "12:34"
      }
    ],
    "continuation_token": "NEXT_TOKEN"
  }
}