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YouTube Video Details

GET /v1/youtube/video

Get detailed information about a YouTube video by URL or video ID. Returns title, full description, channel name and ID, publish date, duration, view count, category, keywords, thumbnail, and YouTube's AI disclosure label (Made with AI or Auto-dubbed).

Cost

$0.005 per request

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

url *

YouTube video URL (watch?v=, youtu.be/, /shorts/, /embed/ or /live/ forms) or 11-character video ID

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/youtube/video?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/youtube/video",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "video": {
    "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
    "description": "The official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley...",
    "author": "Rick Astley",
    "channel_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "date": "2009-10-25 06:57:33",
    "duration": 213,
    "views": 1788679598,
    "category": "Music",
    "type": "NORMAL",
    "is_live": false,
    "keywords": ["rick astley", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "rick roll"],
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.webp",
    "ai_label": {"label": null, "text": null, "is_altered_or_synthetic": false, "is_auto_dubbed": false}
  }
}

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