Verify channels

https://videomentions.com/api/v1/verify-channels?ids=${ONE},${TWO},${THREE}

This endpoint can be used to check whether YouTube channels exist. This is useful for verifying that YouTube channels are still live and and have not been deleted.

Parameters

ids - string. A comma-separated list of YouTube channel IDs. A maximum of 50 IDs may be provided in each request.

Response

array. Verification results.

id - string. Channel ID.
exists - boolean. true if the channel exists, false if it does not.

Notes

If more than 50 comma-separated IDs are provided for the ids parameter, a 400 Bad Request error response will be returned.

Example

Below is an example request for checking whether the YouTube channels with IDs of UCG7J20LhUeLl6y_Emi7OJrA, UCddiUEpeqJcYeBxX1IVBKvQ, UCL8Nxsa1LB9DrMTHtt3IKiw, and ABC123 exist.

curl -X GET 
-H "API-Key: your-api-key" 
-H "API-Secret: your-api-secret" 
https://videomentions.com/api/v1/verify-channels?ids=UCG7J20LhUeLl6y_Emi7OJrA,UCddiUEpeqJcYeBxX1IVBKvQ,UCL8Nxsa1LB9DrMTHtt3IKiw,ABC123

Response

[
	{
		"id": "UCG7J20LhUeLl6y_Emi7OJrA",
		"exists": true
	},
	{
		"id": "UCddiUEpeqJcYeBxX1IVBKvQ",
		"exists": true
	},
	{
		"id": "UCL8Nxsa1LB9DrMTHtt3IKiw",
		"exists": true
	},
	{
		"id": "ABC123",
		"exists": false
	}
]