YouTube — audience locations
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"username": "squeezie"
}
'import requests
url = "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience"
payload = { "username": "squeezie" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({username: 'squeezie'})
};
fetch('https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'username' => 'squeezie'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"audienceLocations": [
{
"country": "France",
"countryCode": "FR",
"percentage": "56.26%"
},
{
"country": "Algeria",
"countryCode": "DZ",
"percentage": "5.85%"
}
]
},
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70",
"upstream_calls": 1,
"meta": {
"credits_charged": 25,
"credits_remaining": 9974
}
}{
"error": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid username: must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"field": "username",
"reason": "must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Scraper routes require an independent scraper key from the Scraper API dashboard.",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "INSUFFICIENT_SCRAPER_CREDITS",
"message": "Insufficient scraper credits",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PROFILE_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Profile not found or unavailable.",
"platform": "instagram",
"identifier": "someuser",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
"message": "Request body must be 32KB or smaller",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Scraper API rate limit exceeded",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_USAGE_FINALIZE_FAILED",
"message": "Request could not be finalized. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_ERROR",
"message": "Data source failed. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "youtube",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT",
"message": "Data source timed out. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "facebook",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}YouTube — audience locations
25 credits per request
Returns country estimates from public YouTube comment signals, not connected YouTube Analytics. Only username is accepted. Country counts and sample size are not reported. Every estimate carries confidence (high, medium or low); a low estimate is a rough guide. A confirmed missing channel returns a billed 404 PROFILE_NOT_FOUND. When public signals cannot produce an estimate, the response is 404 AUDIENCE_UNAVAILABLE: billed like a successful lookup when the channel has too little engagement, refunded when its signals are inconclusive (the message says so). Transport failures are refunded.
POST
/
scrape
/
youtube
/
audience
YouTube — audience locations
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"username": "squeezie"
}
'import requests
url = "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience"
payload = { "username": "squeezie" }
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({username: 'squeezie'})
};
fetch('https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'username' => 'squeezie'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/audience")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"username\": \"squeezie\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"audienceLocations": [
{
"country": "France",
"countryCode": "FR",
"percentage": "56.26%"
},
{
"country": "Algeria",
"countryCode": "DZ",
"percentage": "5.85%"
}
]
},
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70",
"upstream_calls": 1,
"meta": {
"credits_charged": 25,
"credits_remaining": 9974
}
}{
"error": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid username: must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"field": "username",
"reason": "must match @?[a-zA-Z0-9._-]{1,100}",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Scraper routes require an independent scraper key from the Scraper API dashboard.",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "INSUFFICIENT_SCRAPER_CREDITS",
"message": "Insufficient scraper credits",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PROFILE_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Profile not found or unavailable.",
"platform": "instagram",
"identifier": "someuser",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
"message": "Request body must be 32KB or smaller",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Scraper API rate limit exceeded",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "SCRAPER_USAGE_FINALIZE_FAILED",
"message": "Request could not be finalized. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "tiktok",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_ERROR",
"message": "Data source failed. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "youtube",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}{
"error": "UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT",
"message": "Data source timed out. Your credits were refunded.",
"platform": "facebook",
"request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70"
}Authorizations
Independent Scraper API key (scrape_live_*). Generate one in the Scraper dashboard.
Body
application/json
YouTube creator handle, with or without a leading @.
Example:
"squeezie"