# channelId on GET /youtube/v3/commentThreads stops working

Calls to GET /youtube/v3/commentThreads, query parameter channelId on YouTube Data API stopped working on April 30, 2024.

- API: YouTube Data API (youtube.googleapis.com)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: April 30, 2024
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /youtube/v3/commentThreads`, `query parameter channelId`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/revision_history)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/youtube-data-api/breaking-changes/channelid-on-get-youtube-v3-commentthreads-stops-working/

## What to use instead

Read comments on the channel's videos with allThreadsRelatedToChannelId; channel discussions themselves have no replacement.

YouTube removed channel discussions; nothing replaces reading them.

## YouTube Data API's words

> The API no longer supports the ability to insert or retrieve channel discussions.