YouTube API: How to get the channel id by channel name?

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Is it somehow possible to get the channel ID by a channel name (www.youtube.com/somechannelname)? In my case I only have the channel name, but have to retrieve data from the channel (but for this I need the ID).

https://commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php – yeo4 Aug 06 '20 at 13:33 — yeo4, Aug 06 '20 at 13:33

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See: How can I get a channel ID from YouTube?

To obtain the channel id you can view the source code of the channel page and find either data-channel-external-id="UCjXfkj5iapKHJrhYfAF9ZGg" or "externalId":"UCjXfkj5iapKHJrhYfAF9ZGg".

UCjXfkj5iapKHJrhYfAF9ZGg will be the channel ID you are looking for.

answered Aug 06 '20 at 13:33

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Thanks, but how does it work via the YouTube API (i.e. PHP)? – dominikweber Aug 06 '20 at 13:38

YouTube API: How to get the channel id by channel name?

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