YouTube Channel ID from Channel URL

omnial/youtube-channel-id-from-channel-url

Takes the web address of a YouTube channel (such as its @handle link) and returns the channel's permanent ID, which starts with UC, plus the channel's permanent web address built on that ID. Nothing else about the channel comes back.

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Price

Up to $0.00205 per call; you pay what the call used

The price shown is the price you pay. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.

Data source

YouTube

Data from YouTube.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "omnial/youtube-channel-id-from-channel-url" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "omnial/youtube-channel-id-from-channel-url" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/youtube-channel-id-from-channel-url", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/youtube-channel-id-from-channel-url", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.00205

Updated: Oct 15, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "channel_url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "channel_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The full web address of a YouTube channel, such as https://www.youtube.com/@ followed by the channel's handle (the form tested)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "channel_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The channel's permanent YouTube ID, starting with UC."
    },
    "channel_url": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The channel's permanent web address built on its ID (https://www.youtube.com/channel/ followed by the ID)."
    }
  },
  "description": "The channel's ID and its permanent channel-ID web address."
}