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YouTube API for makers

Use a simple and performant API to get YouTube video, channel and playlist data.

✔️ Instantly fetch information from a library of billions of YouTube videos

✔️ Extract accurate data for content analysis and research

✔️ High performance and high availability API for bulk requests

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Usage
curl 'https://api.supadata.ai/v1/youtube/video?id=dQw4w9WgXcQ' \
  -H 'x-api-key: {your_api_key}'
{
  "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)",
  "description": "The official music video for \"Never Gonna Give You Up\"...",
  "duration": 213,
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "name": "Rick Astley"
  },
  "tags": [
    "Rick Astley",
    "Official Video",
    "Music"
  ],
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
  "uploadDate": "2009-10-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "viewCount": 1234567890,
  "likeCount": 12345678,
  "transcriptLanguages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "fr"
  ]
}

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FAQs

How often is the data updated?

The data is fetched in real-time, ensuring that you always get the most current data whenever you make a request.

What about rate limits?

We handle proxying and rate limiting intelligently to ensure your requests succeed without overwhelming source servers.

I need an SDK or integration

You can connect to Supadata using SDKs in Python, JavaScript, or no-code integrations (Zapier, Make, n8n, Active Pieces). See here for more information.

Is this legal?

Yes! We comply with YouTube’s terms of service and web scraping best practices. If you scrape public websites (not your own), we ask you to respect the website’s terms of service and robots.txt file.

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