Extract YouTube comments at scale.
Pass a video ID and get back structured comment data. No quota management or complex OAuth flows required.
Live demo
Try it live.
Change the parameters and run a real request against the endpoint. No account, no key.
Free to try, no account. Costs 15 credits on your own key.
Run the request to see a live response.
curl -X POST https://automatio.ai/api/v1/query \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTOMATIO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"tool":"youtube_comments","params":{"videoId":"dQw4w9WgXcQ","limit":5}}'How it works
One request, one response.
- 1
Send video ID
Provide the 11-character YouTube video identifier in your POST request body.
- 2
Data retrieval
The endpoint fetches the comment threads and author metadata from the public video page.
- 3
Receive JSON
A structured list of comments and pagination tokens is returned for your application to process.
Capabilities
What you get.
Everything this endpoint does, without running the infrastructure yourself.
Pagination support
Fetch thousands of comments by using continuation tokens to step through long threads.
Author metadata
Retrieve profile names and channel identifiers alongside the comment text.
Deep thread access
Access nested replies and sub-conversations beyond the top-level comments.
Engagement metrics
Get like counts and reply counts for each comment to identify high-impact feedback.
Cost of ownership
Build it yourself, or call this.
Both are real options. Here is what each one actually costs you.
Build it yourself
- Manage Google Cloud projects
- Handle strict API quota limits
- Implement OAuth 2.0 flows
- Parse complex nested response objects
Call the API
- Single POST request
- No quota overhead
- Standardized schema
- Immediate integration into any stack
Integrate
Built for the language you use.
One HTTP endpoint. Copy the call in your language and go.
curl -X POST https://automatio.ai/api/v1/query \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTOMATIO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "tool": "youtube_comments", "params": { "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "limit": 10 } }'In production
What people build with it.
Sentiment analysis
Feed comment text into an LLM or NLP model to gauge audience reaction to a product launch. This allows marketing teams to identify specific pain points or praise mentioned in the video feedback.
Community moderation
Identify spam or toxic behavior across multiple channels by aggregating comments into a central dashboard. Developers can build automated flagging systems that trigger based on specific keywords or patterns.
Competitive research
Analyze engagement quality on competitor videos to understand which topics resonate with a specific niche. Use the data to map out content trends and common viewer questions within a category.
Choosing parameters
Which options matter.
The table below lists what exists. These are the calls worth making deliberately.
- videoId
- limit
- continuationToken
Alternatives
When to use something else.
A page that pretends it has no alternatives reads as an advert. These are the other real options.
YouTube Data API v3
Better for authorized write access or channel management, but requires complex OAuth setup and has strict daily quotas.
Manual browser scraping
Free for one-off tasks, but fragile and difficult to scale as YouTube frequently changes its internal DOM structure.
Before you integrate
What it does not do.
The boundaries are as useful as the features. These are the ones worth knowing up front.
Private videos
The endpoint cannot access comments on videos that are private, unlisted, or have comments explicitly disabled by the uploader.
Live chat exclusion
This tool retrieves static video comments only; it does not capture real-time live chat messages from active broadcasts.
Custom sorting
Results are returned in the order provided by the platform default. Sorting by 'newest' or 'top' must be managed via your own post-processing logic.
Reference
15 credits per call- Endpoint
- POST https://automatio.ai/api/v1/query
- Tool ID
- youtube_comments
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| videoId | string | YouTube video ID or URL | |
| limit | number | Max comments to return from this page (API limit ~20/page) | |
| continuationToken | string | — | Continuation token from previous response to get next page (optional) |
The same endpoints are available over MCP, and the full machine-readable catalogue lives in the API documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about YouTube Comments API
Same data source
Every YouTube endpoint.
One key, one endpoint shape. These all bill per successful call the same way.
YouTube Video Data API
Retrieve comprehensive YouTube video metadata including titles, view counts, descriptions, and channel details via a single POST request for your application.
15 creditsYouTube Search API
Retrieve YouTube video metadata and search results programmatically via JSON. Filter by date, country, and language to build monitoring tools or content...
15 creditsYouTube Transcript API
Retrieve structured YouTube transcripts with timestamps for LLM summarization and RAG indexing. Access text from public videos via JSON without OAuth or...
15 creditsOther endpoints
Browse all APIs →Supercharge your workflow with AI Automation
Automatio combines the power of AI agents, web automation, and smart integrations to help you accomplish more in less time.