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YouTube Video Metadata

Get YouTube video metadata.

post/youtube/video/metadata

Request body

video_urlstring required

The YouTube video URL

channel'apify' | 'rapid' | 'memories.ai' required

The channel name. Supported values: apify, rapid, memories.ai

Example request

{
  "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2y4OpzKIK4",
  "channel": "apify"
}

Response

Video metadata information

codestring

Response code indicating the result status

msgstring

Response message describing the operation result

successboolean

Indicates whether the operation was successful

failedboolean

Indicates whether the operation failed

Example response

{
  "msg": "success",
  "data": [
    {
      "original_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2y4OpzKIK4",
      "requested_resolution": "720p",
      "title": "Close Encounter with a Siamese Crocodile | Saving Planet Earth: Crocodiles | BBC Earth",
      "channel": "BBC Earth",
      "duration": "2m 39s",
      "provided_resolution": "360p",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y2y4OpzKIK4/maxresdefault.jpg",
      "downloadable_video_link": "https://rr8---sn-bvvbaxivnuxq5uu-vgql.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?...",
      "downloadable_audio_link": "https://rr8---sn-bvvbaxivnuxq5uu-vgql.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?...",
      "merged_downloadable_link": "https://rr8---sn-bvvbaxivnuxq5uu-vgql.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?...",
      "view_count": "48.4K",
      "categories": [
        "Pets & Animals"
      ],
      "description": "Radio DJ Edith Bowman has a close encounter with a young crocodile...",
      "availability": "public",
      "live_status": "not_live",
      "channel_subscribers": "14.2M",
      "video_filesize": "8.50MB",
      "audio_filesize": "950.39KB",
      "additional_metadata": {
        "view_count": "48.4K",
        "like_count": "223",
        "comment_count": "7",
        "video_type": "long",
        "keywords": [
          "Close encounter with a Siamese Crocodile",
          "saving siamese crocodile"
        ],
        "categories": [
          "Pets & Animals"
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "channel_name": "BBC Earth",
        "channel_id": "UCwmZiChSryoWQCZMIQezgTg",
        "source_platform": "youtube",
        "webpage_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2y4OpzKIK4"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}