YouTubeYouTubeSocial

List comments on a YouTube video by video id

youtube.youtube.video.comments

List the comments on a YouTube video (any public video, not just your own)

Price: freeAt provider cost
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Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.video.comments?part=snippet&videoId=dQw4w9WgXcQ&maxResults=2Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

returns top-level threads; each carries up to 5 replies — fetch the rest via comments.list with parentId. Videos with comments disabled answer 403 commentsDisabled

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`part`	string	Required		`snippet,replies`
`order`	string	Optional	time (default) \| relevance	`relevance`
`videoId`	string	Required		`dQw4w9WgXcQ`
`pageToken`	string	Optional
`maxResults`	integer	Optional	1–100, default 20	`20`
`textFormat`	string	Optional	html (default) \| plainText	`plainText`

Query parameters
partstringRequired
Example: snippet,replies
orderstringOptional
time (default) | relevance
Example: relevance
videoIdstringRequired
Example: dQw4w9WgXcQ
pageTokenstringOptional
maxResultsintegerOptional
1–100, default 20
Example: 20
textFormatstringOptional
html (default) | plainText
Example: plainText

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.video.comments?part=snippet&videoId=dQw4w9WgXcQ&maxResults=2' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.video.comments?part=snippet&videoId=dQw4w9WgXcQ&maxResults=2",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/youtube.youtube.video.comments?part=snippet&videoId=dQw4w9WgXcQ&maxResults=2", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at free, including the service fee.