liquid/clipskade.com

Getting started

Sourced from the LiquidClips dataset · 4,700,802 creatorsBy Daniel Diyepriye, Founder, LiquidClipsUpdated Jul 2026· 5 min read

The LiquidClips API turns a YouTube link into the thing that matters: the clippable moments inside it, the real numbers behind them, and what a clip is worth. One call, real data, no key required to start.

01What the API does

Paste a channel URL, an @handle, or a channel name and the resolver reads that channel straight from the YouTube Data API. You get the live subscriber count, total views, video count, a sample of recent uploads with their durations and views, and a conservative estimate of how many clips sit inside the catalogue. It is the same engine behind every creator page on this site.

◱ Honest by design

Every number the API returns is pulled live from YouTube. A channel that cannot be resolved returns ok: false with a reason, never a fabricated channel. The clip estimate is labelled and conservative, not a promise.

02Base URL

GEThttps://liquidclips.app/api/resolvelive

The versioned platform API (cross-creator clip search, CPM lookup, campaign data) will live at https://api.liquidclips.app/v1. See authentication for the key model that ships with it.

03Your first call

Resolve a channel. The only required parameter is url, which accepts a full YouTube URL, an @handle, a UC... channel id, or a plain channel name.

resolve a channel
curl "https://liquidclips.app/api/resolve?url=@mkbhd"

04The response

A resolved channel returns its identity, live stats, a recent-uploads sample, and the conservative clip estimate.

200 OK
{
  "ok": true,
  "channel": "Marques Brownlee",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "subs": 20100000,
  "totalViews": 4200000000,
  "videoCount": 1800,
  "estClips": 42,
  "estClipsBasis": "recent long-form uploads x6 clips (conservative floor)",
  "videos": [ { "videoId": "...", "title": "...", "views": 3400000, "durationSec": 1120 } ]
}
FieldTypeWhat it is
channelstringThe channel title, live from YouTube.
subsnumberSubscriber count at request time.
videosarrayRecent uploads with title, views, and durationSec.
estClipsnumberConservative clip estimate. See estClipsBasis for the model.

05What is coming

The resolve endpoint is live today. Next on the path: API keys, a versioned REST surface, cross-creator clip search, a CPM lookup endpoint, the Kade MCP server, and official SDKs and a CLI. Each ships with a waitlist so you hear the day it lands.

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