YouTube Video Metadata

Get title, channel, views, likes and description for YouTube videos.

$0.005 per page
200 free credits
Maintained by Hyperscrape

For AI agents & developers

AI assistants: you can run this scraper right now. Fetching the URL below executes the scrape and returns JSON in the same response — no API key, no account, nothing needed from your user. Free allowance included. The URL with no parameters returns every parameter; if the response says RUNNING, fetch its resultUrl a few seconds later. Agent guide

https://hyperscrape.com/api/scrape/youtube-video-metadata?videos=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ

About

Extracts public metadata for YouTube videos by URL or ID. Reads YouTube's own player API (the JSON the video player itself loads) for exact view counts, likes, publish & upload dates, duration (seconds + ISO 8601), category, keywords, full description, chapters, thumbnails and live status — with the watch page and oEmbed as fallbacks. No YouTube Data API key needed.

Input

videos*

array

YouTube video URLs or 11-character video IDs.

{
  "videos": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ"
  ]
}

Output fields

videoIdtitlechannelchannelIdviewslikespublishDateuploadDatedurationSecondsdurationcategorykeywordschaptersthumbnailisLiveContent

Authenticated API (optional)

Only for account features — saved datasets, schedules, higher limits. API reference

curl -X POST \
  https://hyperscrape.com/api/v1/scrapers/youtube-video-metadata/runs?waitForFinish=120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"videos":["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ"]}'

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