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How do I give Claude or ChatGPT access to YouTube?

Add https://posttodata.com/mcp as a remote MCP server with an Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header. The model can search_posts, get_post, get_comments, get_user and get_user_posts with platform youtube. No Google API key or quota setup is needed.

YouTube · search posts · $0.006 a call · one verified website trial · updated 2026-11-13

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From code

curl

curl "https://posttodata.com/v1/youtube/search?query=pour+over+coffee&limit=5" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://posttodata.com/v1/youtube/search",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"query": "pour over coffee", "limit": 5},
)
for item in r.json()["data"]["items"]:
    print(item["url"], item.get("text") or item.get("title"))

From your AI

Claude and ChatGPT clients that support OAuth can sign in without pasting a key. Follow the client setup guide. The command below is the API-key option for Claude Code.

Add the MCP server once

claude mcp add --transport http posttodata https://posttodata.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Then ask

“Find the most-watched YouTube videos on pour-over coffee and summarize the comments under the top one.”

The model calls search_posts with platform youtube.

Good to know

Video detail and comments list at $0.003 a call; search and channel lookups at $0.006.
Search results carry only a relative date; post detail has the exact publish time.
Counts such as 108K are returned as numbers.

Full reference in the docs. All YouTube endpoints are on the YouTube API page.