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YouTube APIs

YouTube channel email

Reveal the protected public business email from a YouTube channel's about panel using a managed signed-in browser.

POST/v1/youtube/channel/email
Authenticate every request

Send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY. Get an API key →

Connected website account required

Requires a connected youtube.com account. Browsable automatically uses a saved connection on your team when one is available.

If none is available, HTTP 428 includes a hosted_url. Complete sign-in there, then retry. Connect an account →

Parameters

Send these fields in a flat JSON body. Add _run to choose execution options.

Provide at least one of: channel_url; handle; channel_id.

urlstringOptional

YouTube channel URL or tab URL. Handles like https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast and channel IDs are normalized to the requested tab. Preferred name; channel_url remains supported.

channel_idstringOptional

YouTube channel ID (for example UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA).

handlestringOptional

YouTube channel handle, with or without the leading @.

Advanced & compatibility inputs 2
captcha_timeout_msnumberOptional

Milliseconds to wait for YouTube's captcha and email reveal flow (0-300000). Defaults to 180000. Default: 180000. Minimum: 0. Maximum: 300000.

channel_urlstringOptional

YouTube channel URL or tab URL. Handles like https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast and channel IDs are normalized to the requested tab. You can also use url.

Response

Every response describes a run. Read result once run_status is succeeded.

run_id
The run to track. Keep it when contacting support.
run_status
Queued, running, waiting for sign-in, succeeded, or failed. Check this even after an HTTP 200.
status_url
Poll this URL while the run is pending. Keep the same run instead of starting another request.
result
The endpoint’s returned data. The example is illustrative; actual fields may be empty or unavailable.
error
On failure, inspect its code, message, retryable and action fields.
View the complete output schema
JSON
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "success",
    "channel",
    "source_url",
    "status",
    "email",
    "requires_sign_in",
    "captcha_required",
    "captcha_solved",
    "access_limited",
    "view_email_clicked",
    "sign_in_recovery_attempted"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "email": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "status": {
      "enum": [
        "found",
        "requires_sign_in",
        "captcha_required",
        "access_limited",
        "not_available"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The protected email reveal result. access_limited means YouTube has throttled the managed account and callers should stop retrying it."
    },
    "channel": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "url"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "handle": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "rss_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "avatar_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "channel_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "shorts_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "videos_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "email_href": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "source_url": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access_limited": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "captcha_solved": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "captcha_required": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "requires_sign_in": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "view_email_clicked": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "sign_in_recovery_attempted": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}
View a polled run response
JSON
{
  "run_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "task_key": "youtube-channel-email",
  "task_name": "YouTube channel email",
  "run_status": "succeeded",
  "status_url": "/v1/runs/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "result": {
    "email": "user1@example.com",
    "status": "found",
    "channel": {
      "url": "https://example.com/item-1",
      "title": "Stylish Shoreditch Loft with Balcony",
      "handle": "sample",
      "rss_url": "https://example.com/item-1",
      "avatar_url": "https://images.example.com/avatar_url-1.jpg",
      "channel_id": "id-1",
      "shorts_url": "https://example.com/item-1",
      "videos_url": "https://example.com/item-1",
      "description": "Sample description 1"
    },
    "message": "sample",
    "success": true,
    "email_href": "https://example.com/item-1",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/item-1",
    "access_limited": true,
    "captcha_solved": true,
    "captcha_required": true,
    "requires_sign_in": true,
    "view_email_clicked": true,
    "sign_in_recovery_attempted": true
  },
  "error": null
}

Errors & retries

  • 400Fix the fields listed in errors before retrying.
  • 428Connect the requested website account using the returned sign-in link.
  • 429Wait for the duration in Retry-After.
  • 5xxRetry transient failures with backoff. Keep the request ID.

A failed run has its own error inside the response. Retry it only when error.retryable is true.

Validation, pagination and recovery →

More examples

Async request with polling
RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api-ingress-worker-staging.browsable-staging.workers.dev/v1/youtube/channel/email" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_url":"https://example.com/item-1"}')

RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -er '.run_id // empty') || { echo "$RUN" >&2; exit 1; }
POLL_DELAY=3

while true; do
  RESULT=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://api-ingress-worker-staging.browsable-staging.workers.dev/v1/runs/$RUN_ID")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESULT" | jq -r '.run_status')
  if [[ "$STATUS" =~ ^(succeeded|failed|errored|cancelled|canceled|expired)$ ]]; then
    echo "$RESULT"
    break
  fi
  sleep "$(awk "BEGIN { print $POLL_DELAY * (0.9 + ($RANDOM % 21) / 100) }")"
  POLL_DELAY=$((POLL_DELAY < 30 ? POLL_DELAY * 2 : 30))
  [ "$POLL_DELAY" -gt 30 ] && POLL_DELAY=30
done
Wait-for-results request
curl -X POST "https://api-ingress-worker-staging.browsable-staging.workers.dev/v1/youtube/channel/email" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_url":"https://example.com/item-1","_run":{"async":false}}'
Canonical & compatibility routes

You can also send the same JSON body to /v1/tasks/youtube-channel-email/runs.