---
title: "Groups"
description: "List a YouTube channel's playlists."
---

```http
GET | POST /v1/youtube/groups
```

Send parameters as a query string with `GET`, or as a JSON body with `POST`. Both are equivalent.

## What to Pass

| Pass | Reads | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `username` or `userId` | The channel's playlists |  |

Pass one source per call. Every identifier also takes the page URL.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `cursor` | string |  | Opaque cursor from the previous page's `cursor`. Pass it alone for the next page. |
| `type` | enum |  | playlists (a channel's playlists). `playlists` |
| `userId` | string |  | Channel id (UC…). |
| `username` | string |  | Channel @handle (with or without @), or the channel URL (/@handle, /channel/UC…, /c/…, /user/…). |

## Request

```bash tab="cURL"
curl "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/youtube/groups?username=%40mkbhd" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APINOA_API_KEY"
```

```js tab="JavaScript"
const params = new URLSearchParams({ username: "@mkbhd" });
const res = await fetch(`https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/youtube/groups?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APINOA_API_KEY },
});
const { success, data, error } = await res.json();
```

```python tab="Python"
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://gateway.apinoa.com/v1/youtube/groups",
    params={"username": "@mkbhd"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APINOA_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
```

## Response

Returns [`Page`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#page) of [`Group`](/docs/api-reference/sns/response-schema#group) in `data`. A real response, shortened: arrays keep their first entries and long text is cut.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "youtube",
    "items": [
      {
        "platform": "youtube",
        "kind": "list",
        "id": "PLBsP89CPrMeMV1oP42Zn2DrWpnFoSaufA",
        "name": "Retro Tech",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBsP89CPrMeMV1oP42Zn2DrWpnFoSaufA",
        "avatarUrl": "https://i9.ytimg.com/s_p/PLBsP89CPrMeMV1oP42Zn2DrWpnFoSaufA/landscape_maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=CLS889YGir7X7AMICI_G--4FEAE…",
        "counts": {
          "posts": 6
        }
      },
      {
        "platform": "youtube",
        "kind": "list",
        "id": "PLBsP89CPrMeP1Xi1zQX87mq3mhkvFHWZ4",
        "name": "Retro Tech",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBsP89CPrMeP1Xi1zQX87mq3mhkvFHWZ4",
        "avatarUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oy8zSYKkczI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEXCOADEI4CSFryq4qpAwkIARUAAIhCGAE=&rs=AOn4CLCg6EpaTY_KSrK57S…",
        "counts": {
          "posts": 1
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `INVALID_CURSOR` | The `cursor` is not one this operation returned. Start again without it. |
| 400 | `INVALID_PARAMS` | A parameter is missing, unknown or out of range. The message names it. |
| 401 | `UNAUTHORIZED` | The `x-api-key` header is missing, or the key is revoked or unknown. |
| 402 | `INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE` | The balance does not cover this call. Top up in the dashboard. |
| 404 | `NOT_FOUND` | The account, post or group does not exist, or is private, deleted or age-restricted. |
| 429 | `MARKETPLACE_SATURATED` | Too many concurrent calls. Retry after the `Retry-After` seconds. |
| 502 | `UPSTREAM_ERROR` | The platform answered with something unusable. Retry with backoff. |

Every code is listed in [Errors](/docs/errors). Failed calls are not billed.

## Pricing

**Price** $0.001 per call, plus $0.001 for each extra call it makes — at most 1 more, so $0.002 in total. [List price](https://apinoa.com/en/pricing); the rate steps down above 1,000 calls a day.