Live YouTube Comments Advanced
Live YouTube Comments provides real-time data on comments on the video you specify in the request. You will get the top 20 comments on the video as well as information about the author, and key comment metrics.
Live YouTube Comments provides real-time data on comments on the video you specify in the request. You will get the top 20 comments on the video as well as information about the author, and key comment metrics.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard
<?php // You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip require('RestClient.php'); $api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/'; try { // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-dashboard $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password'); } catch (RestClientException $e) { echo "n"; print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n"; print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n"; print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n"; print $e->getTraceAsString(); echo "n"; exit(); } $post_array = array(); // You can set only one task at a time $post_array[] = array( "language_code" => "en", "location_code" => 2840, "video_id" => mb_convert_encoding("vQXvyV0zIP4", "UTF-8") ); try { // POST /v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/live/advanced // in addition to 'youtube' and 'video_comments' you can also set other search engine and type parameters // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation $result = $client->post('/v3/serp/youtube/video_comments/live/advanced', $post_array); print_r($result); // do something with post result } catch (RestClientException $e) { echo "n"; print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n"; print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n"; print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n"; print $e->getTraceAsString(); echo "n"; } $client = null; ?>
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
{ "version": "0.1.20220819", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "4.1248 sec.", "cost": 0.002, "tasks_count": 1, "tasks_error": 0, "tasks": [ { "id": "11151946-4426-0139-0000-83bae32ab24e", "status_code": 20000, "status_message": "Ok.", "time": "4.0397 sec.", "cost": 0.002, "result_count": 1, "path": [ "v3", "serp", "youtube", "video_comments", "live", "advanced" ], "data": { "api": "serp", "function": "live", "se": "youtube", "se_type": "video_comments", "language_code": "en", "location_code": 2840, "video_id": "vQXvyV0zIP4", "device": "desktop", "os": "windows" }, "result": [ { "video_id": "vQXvyV0zIP4", "se_domain": "youtube.com", "location_code": 2840, "language_code": "en", "check_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXvyV0zIP4", "datetime": "2022-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "spell": null, "refinement_chips": null, "item_types": [ "youtube_comment" ], "title": "The first-ever BMW M5 CS.", "comments_count": 4080, "items_count": 20, "items": [ { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 1, "rank_absolute": 1, "author_name": "BMW M", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/mf6fcFw9Rt5jYWkkvld0rm8BMBaUtByv4vkgxl4RM5X_TBChHeWMKfc5nOy96DBu3DOLlWmtoto=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1hby9X42xkXUiAVcJS81A", "text": "To get notifications for all new exciting BMW M videos, subscribe here: http://b.mw/yt-bmwm-subscribe", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 417, "reply_count": 55 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 2, "rank_absolute": 2, "author_name": "racemonkey", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-JbekVxh3072_1hajVv847mU51S88foZygmmqJ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4-fJHOpJpGhaZ_aSAY53A", "text": "Let’s just take a minute to appreciate what BMW have achieved here. At a time where other manufacturers are starting to shy away from performance cars.", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 487, "reply_count": 24 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 3, "rank_absolute": 3, "author_name": "Leonardo Mangili", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9gYjG_zEL_8ksmQHMPFfAdZFIAo-vkLI5SxBU=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5y4sBdt_snCl9zRbl5vbQ", "text": "I think for the first time in my life I got goosebumps from a car advert. Great video, whoever directed it, needs a raise", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 315, "reply_count": 4 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 4, "rank_absolute": 4, "author_name": "Павел Багнюк", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-NCY_h-mWzqRbCIR5zToOjsyz3Usk3cSNGjmTkZQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOXOSlU-gLDbXpq4QP_IBg", "text": "Я хочу сказать что вы, люди, которые создали этот автомобиль и те которые работали над этим роликом, настоящие мастера своего дела Этим роликом вы влюбили в данный автомобиль фанатов да и не только, и подарили людям мечту, особенно парнишкам, коим я был когда вышел этот шедевр, он меня покорил Само видео это отдельная история все сделано великолепно:саундизайн, монтаж и трек. Такой тонкости я удивляюсь до сих пор (прошло уже почти 2 года)!!!!!", "publication_date": "1 month ago", "timestamp": "2022-10-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 2, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 5, "rank_absolute": 5, "author_name": "Ryan Pederson", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9gnPR_8w-B0WzEXln1FflM_SdvvW1tdROtFFinSNU=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5csH9RKphXvAa0_YykqbA", "text": "Wife: but we can’t live in an M5. Me: challenge accepted.", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 604, "reply_count": 11 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 6, "rank_absolute": 6, "author_name": "Rinascimento", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-FTlu41gv7oLt5ZcNaJqBeOxmlBR8aK1t-j1_M2Tw=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA3wc9PumrDpwnYP5GBgv6g", "text": "This is not just an ad.It's a piece of art like this car.I am so impressed!", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 129, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 7, "rank_absolute": 7, "author_name": "Alm Kcr", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu8BQ-cy-chDpE9WDnmQBYiUKV7AzYqiYCyiEOCWNA=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6JYQJohAiVRCHmLOoPy_xA", "text": "The kind of car commercial we want to see. Motorsports, enthusiasm. That's what emotional cars like M cars are all about.", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 61, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 8, "rank_absolute": 8, "author_name": "Alejandro Bonilla", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9SKrwW0P7apJRfjrIH6IDUelDYxzCAjuIB8sMp=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxg4NdoH-5ZlMiksixXtnIA", "text": "BMW and their current 5 series is proof that the company can do brilliant things", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 299, "reply_count": 9 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 9, "rank_absolute": 9, "author_name": "Ferrari Scuderia", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-TiNfmN-igsHotZ0BGg6byYkhWMC8CkzF3JQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJJCc1x3leJQL0vwlLENzA", "text": "Yes, this is the kind of BMW marketing that is needed! Great job! I feel that the M division should just take over BMW entirely. Also, that M5 CS, wow!!", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 51, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 10, "rank_absolute": 10, "author_name": "Vivid thespis", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9L0c7qFQggJxJB0Mlwf2ffmdpLRCwfPNO2IA=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtT8xfhW5b4qG55mcnaQsNA", "text": "Makes me proud to own a 5 Series. Welcome back BMW.", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 8, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 11, "rank_absolute": 11, "author_name": "taemi", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/gC8CG3xayNmgHwuV-JulcQr7RgT36xWAbiVeEa6CNnajDemM7SlRMaO5IsOxsmRWd2xs7-x6=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dUZT6MXpCiRWA8NaBI2PQ", "text": "I watched some ads for a marketing assignment but this one was amazing and I ended up watching it multiple times just out of enjoyment. It really shows that driving pleasure that BMW is all about.", "publication_date": "3 weeks ago", "timestamp": "2022-10-25 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 0, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 12, "rank_absolute": 12, "author_name": "Michal K", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9aBOfFrVykKZEQaVMdjv22gyawEly_knAqfQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB-TVr1zHI4blfBvHSORu0w", "text": "Best car commercial spot that I`ve seen for years. What a combination of music, feeling, acting, idea and camera work. And M5 CS... is just Unbelievable !", "publication_date": "1 year ago (edited)", "timestamp": null, "likes_count": 141, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 13, "rank_absolute": 13, "author_name": "George Kostician", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu8jtWQXZAkTzHXp5qr1fvNuS_arByWDPi6fa3t23A=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zWzfipkJCz40oazCP-TFQ", "text": "I see this car going up in value in the years to come it’s fast looks like a work of art flying on the track just amazing car all around I love it 😍", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 4, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 14, "rank_absolute": 14, "author_name": "Calvin Huang", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9jPy3MxeNf3Sx_CCuSyXAhPD-1IzDMHlga7ulZAQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhG6SE9C0E5nlcMS97aw2w", "text": "I got goosebumps when I’m watching this video. Just speechless, only stunning can describe this beast. BMW M, you definitely nailed it!", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 296, "reply_count": 8 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 15, "rank_absolute": 15, "author_name": "hexlgaming", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu9PajNdWw_hj2QEo8zoJ-KgrWyrfw092id2zbiP=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYB31yxp5XmnBm6gHkQGRoQ", "text": "I really like the orange accents in the headlights. The warm touch make it a whole lot nicer to look at and it's a great contrast to the usual blue. Also this car would look so damn good in britisch racing green with a brown leather Interior now..", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 1, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 16, "rank_absolute": 16, "author_name": "7UCKY", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu-YFBKWl9RcXVxtOH8s-GWQM03u-0Z1qiS9Ft3e=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBoTxpj58ua7GpHHc7r4-Hw", "text": "This video is amazing. Whoever produced this, please keep them!", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 33, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 17, "rank_absolute": 17, "author_name": "Гарри", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu8XFjKfXRL4GB2uNH0axPSXqFd3MiuEhtoa49WGLg=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_GjdvOWxEFIle1fD2v6cQ", "text": "Awesome commercial. Fantastic camera work, breathtaking sound design. And of course, an absolute beast of a car. German sedans one love.", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 3, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 18, "rank_absolute": 18, "author_name": "Hazi Pazi", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu_fgQQPBV6X65i5W0fGR6JDUU_icJtAOx3d9_nKCw=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xX7H4-89kuNEU_CysgjbQ", "text": "This was unexpected to be honest. I have no words to describe how beautiful it is 😍", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 0, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 19, "rank_absolute": 19, "author_name": "Billy Lena", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu8Ez7JkjXLf5EbV2428MAzCJSP-Y6TwMpFAcHrBNQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYCpVAZaUS8x4e6iCCwLhQ", "text": "Man I felt this 😳 ...It was experiencing every single performance aspect of the Car without being in it 🤯", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 2, "reply_count": 0 }, { "type": "youtube_comment", "rank_group": 20, "rank_absolute": 20, "author_name": "PS91195", "author_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AMLnZu_54BYGnpOvvu-HwFGQiG1mLtuMNy1w0Wmv7A49=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetfAgEm_Da-kwm2e9PnFZQ", "text": "The first proper piece of BMW Marketing since the introduction of „that grill“? Looks promising!", "publication_date": "1 year ago", "timestamp": "2021-11-15 17:46:30 +00:00", "likes_count": 0, "reply_count": 20 } ] } ] } ] }
All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.
Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.
Description of the fields for setting a task:
Field name | Type | Description |
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video_id |
string | ID of the video required field you can find video ID in the URL or ‘youtube_video’ item of YouTube Organic result example: vQXvyV0zIP4
|
location_name |
string | full name of search engine location required field if you don’t specify location_code if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locations example: United States |
location_code |
integer | search engine location code required field if you don’t specify location_name if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/locations example: 2840 |
language_name |
string | full name of search engine language required field if you don’t specify language_code if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_code you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languages example: English |
language_code |
string | search engine language code required field if you don’t specify language_name if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_name you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/youtube/languages example: en |
device |
string | device type optional field only value: desktop |
os |
string | device operating system optional field choose from the following values: windows , macos default value: windows |
depth |
integer | parsing depth optional field number of results in SERP default value: 20 max value: 700 Note: your account will be billed per each SERP containing up to 20 results; thus, setting a depth above 20 may result in additional charges if the search engine returns more than 20 results;if the specified depth is higher than the number of results in the response, the difference will be refunded automatically to your account balance |
tag |
string | user-defined task identifier optional field the character limit is 255 you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response |
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks
array with the information specific to the set tasks.
Description of the fields in the results array:
Field name | Type | Description |
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version |
string | the current version of the API |
status_code |
integer | general status code you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions |
status_message |
string | general informational message you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | total tasks cost, USD |
tasks_count |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array |
tasks_error |
integer | the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error |
tasks |
array | array of tasks |
id |
string | task identifier unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format |
status_code |
integer | status code of the task generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000 you can find the full list of the response codes here |
status_message |
string | informational message of the task you can find the full list of general informational messages here |
time |
string | execution time, seconds |
cost |
float | cost of the task, USD |
result_count |
integer | number of elements in the result array |
path |
array | URL path |
data |
object | contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request |
result |
array | array of results |
video_id |
string | ID of the video received in a POST array |
se_domain |
string | search engine domain in a POST array |
location_code |
integer | location code in a POST array |
language_code |
string | language code in a POST array |
check_url |
string | direct URL to search engine results you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results |
datetime |
string | date and time when the result was received in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00 |
spell |
object | autocorrection of the search engine if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection |
refinement_chips |
object | search refinement chips equals null |
item_types |
array | types of search results in SERP contains types of search results ( items ) found in SERP.possible item: youtube_comment |
title |
string | title of the video |
comments_count |
integer | number of comments on the video |
items_count |
integer | the number of results returned in the items array |
items |
array | elements of search results found in SERP |
type |
string | type of element = ‘youtube_comment’ |
rank_group |
integer | group rank in SERP position within a group of elements with identical type valuespositions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group |
rank_absolute |
integer | absolute rank in SERP for the target domain absolute position among all the elements in SERP |
author_name |
string | name of the author of the comment |
author_thumbnail |
string | the URL of the page where the author’s channel logo is hosted |
author_url |
string | URL of the author’s channel |
text |
string | text of the comment |
publication_date |
string | displayed publication date |
timestamp |
string | date and time when the result was published in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00” example: 2022-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
|
likes_count |
integer | number of likes on the comment |
reply_count |
integer | number of replies on the comment |