curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/post \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "include_transcript": true,
  "include_comments": true
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/post"

payload = {
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "include_transcript": True,
    "include_comments": True
}
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({
    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
    include_transcript: true,
    include_comments: true
  })
};

fetch('https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/post', 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/post",
  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([
    'url' => 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
    'include_transcript' => true,
    'include_comments' => true
  ]),
  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/post"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"url\": \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ\",\n  \"include_transcript\": true,\n  \"include_comments\": true\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/post")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"url\": \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ\",\n  \"include_transcript\": true,\n  \"include_comments\": true\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.sideshift.app/api/v1/scrape/youtube/post")

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  \"url\": \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ\",\n  \"include_transcript\": true,\n  \"include_comments\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)\n\nThe official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley.\n\nNever: The Autobiography 📚 OUT NOW!\nFoll…",
        "views": 1814545474,
        "likes": 19384206,
        "comments": 2457612,
        "shares": 0,
        "bookmarks": 0,
        "uploadedAt": 1256453853,
        "uploadedAtFormatted": "2009-10-25T06:57:33.000Z",
        "postPage": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        "creator": "Rick Astley",
        "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/…",
        "videoUrl": "https://rr5---sn-jvoxmvo-w5mz.googlevideo.com/…",
        "platform": "youtube",
        "hashtags": [
          "rickastleynever",
          "rickastley"
        ],
        "region": null,
        "transcript": "[♪♪♪] ♪ We're no strangers to love ♪ ♪ You know the rules and so do I ♪ ♪ A full commitment's what I'm thinking of ♪ ♪ You wouldn't get this from any other guy ♪ ♪ I just wanna …",
        "topComments": [
          {
            "id": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
            "author": "YouTube",
            "text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
            "likeCount": 314000,
            "replyCount": 963,
            "timestamp": 1757624744,
            "isPinned": true
          },
          {
            "id": "Ugw_ueQKh1eJhMfZF6B4AaABAg",
            "author": "dmprod06",
            "text": "They found a new way to Rick Roll in 2026 😭😭😭",
            "likeCount": 14000,
            "replyCount": 99,
            "timestamp": 1786568744,
            "isPinned": false
          }
        ],
        "pinnedComments": [
          {
            "id": "Ugzge340dBgB75hWBm54AaABAg",
            "author": "YouTube",
            "text": "can confirm: he never gave us up",
            "likeCount": 314000,
            "replyCount": 963,
            "timestamp": 1757624744,
            "isPinned": true
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "profile_pictures": {
      "Rick Astley": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/…"
    }
  },
  "request_id": "req_8f3c9a2b1d4e6f70",
  "upstream_calls": 1,
  "meta": {
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "credits_remaining": 9998
  }
}

{
  "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": "POST_NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Post not found or unavailable.",
  "platform": "instagram",
  "identifier": "https://instagram.com/reel/XXXX/",
  "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"
}