Youtube

ToolByIronHubVersion0.2.0

YouTube Data API v3 integration and video transcript extraction for video metadata, comment sentiment analysis, channel analytics, channel uploads tracking, keyword search, and text transcripts.

YouTubeVideoTranscriptSentimentCommentsAnalyticsResearch

Use Cases

Fetch video statistics (views, likes, comments, duration) and metadata
Extract top-level comment threads and replies for sentiment mining and FAQ extraction
Retrieve full text transcript for any video ID via youtube-transcript.ai
Retrieve channel metrics (subscribers, total views, video count) and uploads playlist ID
Track recent channel video uploads using low-quota 1-unit playlist endpoints
Search YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists by query string

Install

$ironclaw ironhub install youtube

Description

YouTube Tool

Install and configure

Install the tool from IronHub. For a manual package import, open Extensions → Registry → Import, select the tool archive, and click Install.

Open Configure and store a Google API key with YouTube Data API v3 enabled. IronClaw injects it as key only for www.googleapis.com; youtube.get_transcript does not use the key.

Each operation is exposed as a named capability with its own input schema. Use only the parameters shown for that capability in the examples below.

Credentials are stored by IronClaw and injected only at the declared HTTP boundary; they are not included in model input or exposed to the WASM component.

A sandboxed WASM tool for Ironclaw interfacing with YouTube Data API v3 (https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3) and youtube-transcript.ai.

YouTube tool

Features & Supported Actions

Capability	Description	Base Endpoint	Quota / Rate Limit
`get_video_details`	Fetch metadata, duration, views, likes, comment count for video IDs	`/youtube/v3/videos`	1 unit
`list_comments`	Extract comment threads & replies for video or channel sentiment mining	`/youtube/v3/commentThreads`	1 unit
`get_channel_stats`	Retrieve channel stats (subs, total views) & Uploads playlist ID	`/youtube/v3/channels`	1 unit
`get_channel_videos`	Retrieve recent videos from channel Uploads playlist	`/youtube/v3/playlistItems`	1 unit
`search_videos`	Search videos/channels by keyword query	`/youtube/v3/search`	⚠️ 100 units
`get_transcript`	Fetch full plain-text script transcript for a video ID	`youtube-transcript.ai/transcript/<ID>.txt`	Fair use (~2 req/s)

Access & Credentials

Credential method

Query parameter

Credential accounts

YoutubeOptional

Query parameter

youtube_api_key

Network & Permissions

Network destinations

www.googleapis.com

Effects

Uses network accessUses credentials

Default permissions

Allowed by defaultApproval required

Implementation

WIT Interface0.3.0

Source Pathtools/youtube

Technical tags

WASM toolHTTP allowlist

Resources

Review implementation and setup instructions before installing.

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