---
title: "Quickstart"
description: "Make your first NexLev API call in under 5 minutes."
source: "https://dashboard.nexlev.io/docs/api/quickstart"
---

# Quickstart

Make your first NexLev API call in under 5 minutes.

## Base URL

All endpoints are relative to:

```
https://prod.dashboard.nexlev.io
```

## Prerequisites

- A [NexLev account](https://dashboard.nexlev.io)
- An [API key](https://dashboard.nexlev.io/nexlev-api/create-api-key) — see [Authentication](/docs/api/authentication) for details

## Your First Request

Fetch metadata for any YouTube channel with a single request:

```bash
curl "https://prod.dashboard.nexlev.io/api/external/channels/about?id=UC9XrHBgOxsNFEBXkLtEqCwA" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "channelId": "UC9XrHBgOxsNFEBXkLtEqCwA",
  "title": "NexLev",
  "description": "Discover profitable YouTube niches and grow your channel with data-driven insights.",
  "channelHandle": "@NexLevApp",
  "subscriberText": "5.2K",
  "avatar": [
    {
      "url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AIdro_m...",
      "width": 160,
      "height": 160
    }
  ],
  "banner": [
    {
      "url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/...",
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 351
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    { "title": "Website", "url": "https://nexlev.io" },
    { "title": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/nexlevapp" }
  ],
  "viewCountText": "245,820",
  "joinedDateText": "Jan 15, 2023",
  "videosCountText": "42"
}
```

This request cost 🥞 1 quota — see [Rate Limits & Quota](/docs/api/rate-limits).

## Explore the Reference

- [Channel Analytics](/docs/api/channel-analytics) — subscriber/view stats, revenue, geography
- [Channel Content](/docs/api/channel-content) — videos, shorts, playlists, outliers
- [Video Content](/docs/api/video-content) — details, transcripts, comments, RPM
- [Similar Channels](/docs/api/search-similar-channel) — competitor and niche discovery
- [YouTube Search](/docs/api/youtube-search) — live YouTube search for videos, channels, playlists, shorts

> **Info**
>
> Prefer building in n8n instead of raw HTTP? See the [N8N for YouTube
> docs](/docs/n8n/quickstart) — same API, packaged as an n8n node.