API reference · YouTube

youtube/bulk/comments

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POSThttps://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run

Model IDyoutube/bulk/comments

Input Schema

4 parameters · 1 required · 3 optional

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`startUrls`	array	Required	Enter a link to a specific Youtube video YouTube video. You can also import a CSV file or Google Sheet with a list of URLs.
`maxComments`	integer	Optional	Limit the number of comments you want to scrape per video. · Min: 1 · Max: 9007199254740991 · Default: 1
`sortCommentsBy`	string	Optional	Select Youtube sorting parameter for comments · Options: TOP_COMMENTS, NEWEST_FIRST · Default: "NEWEST_FIRST" TOP_COMMENTSNEWEST_FIRST
`oldestCommentDate`	string	Optional	Only comments published after or on this date will be scraped. Alternatively, specify how old the scraped comments should be. Putting 1 day will get you only today's comments, 2 days - yesterday's and today's, and so on. Note, that if you select this, sorting parameter will be auto-reset to newest first

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Unique identifier for the generation task
`status`	string	Task status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout
`model`	string	Model used for the generation
`outputs`	array	Array of output items
`outputs[].url`	string	URL of the generated artifact
`outputs[].content_type`	string	MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4)
`error`	object \| null	Error details if failed, null on success
`error.type`	string	Machine-readable error type code
`error.message`	string	Human-readable error description

Async Workflow

This model uses asynchronous execution. Submit a request and poll for the result.

Submit — POST to /v1/run, receive an id
Poll — GET /v1/run/{id} until status is completed, failed, or timeout
Retrieve — Read outputs from the completed response

Code Examples

Ready-to-run snippets

# Step 1: Submit
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "youtube/bulk/comments",
  "maxComments": 1,
  "sortCommentsBy": "NEWEST_FIRST",
  "prompt": "a beautiful sunset over mountains"
}'

# Step 2: Poll result (replace <id>)
curl https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/<id> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

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