Get YouTube Video Metadata API

This API allows you to fetch metadata for YouTube videos, including information such as title, thumbnails, likes, views count, upload date, video category, description, and creator details.

Request Payload:

• url: Send this as a query param this is a required parameter, this could contain the video share link or video watch link.

Sample Request:

 {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://youtube-metadata-extractor.p.rapidapi.com/get_youtube_video_title_description',
  params: {
    url: 'https://youtu.be/YCaipV5Brmw'
  },
  headers: {
    'X-RapidAPI-Key': 'f49735865emshbf9c9e79b8f1df4p106a71jsn3a5d8ba885fc',
    'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'youtube-metadata-extractor.p.rapidapi.com'
  }
};

Response Format:

Returns a JSON object containing detailed metadata:

1. title: Title of the YouTube video.
2. thumbnails: An array of thumbnail objects containing URL, width, and height.
   likes: Number of likes for the video (null if not available).
3. viewsCount: Total views count for the video.
4. uploadDate: Date and time when the video was uploaded.
5. videoCategory: Category of the video (e.g., “Comedy”).
6. description: Full description of the video.
7. dislikes: Number of dislikes for the video (null if not available).
8. isShort: Boolean indicating if the video is short.
9. creatorDetails: Information about the video creator, including name, channel link, subscribers count, and profile picture URL.

Sample Response:

{
  "status": true,
  "data": {
    "title": "Narcotics | Stand-up Comedy | Aakash Gupta",
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/inLh-UAWu_g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDH6zp31VXsG_acUUojEk0Uu6yE0A",
        "width": 168,
        "height": 94
      },
      {
        "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/inLh-UAWu_g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCMQBEG5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLAghOitcls6Tfuurgn-4KS7UMLQDA",
        "width": 196,
        "height": 110
      },
      // ... other thumbnail objects
    ],
    "likes": null,
    "viewsCount": "3894744",
    "uploadDate": "2024-01-06T21:33:25-08:00",
    "videoCategory": "Comedy",
    "description": "Watch my Full Special on Insider here: https://bit.ly/3TjN8XI :)\n... [full description]",
    "dislikes": null,
    "isShort": false,
    "creatorDetails": {
      "name": "Aakash Gupta",
      "channelLink": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYum5hCyfkSH5T3vSD_kwQ",
      "subscribersCount": 4010000,
      "profilePic": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIf8zZQuvCKHL9nBBN95DOXWn0d8eB913BDNLU3dvFgUNQ=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
    }
  },
  "message": null
}

Error codes:

• 400: Speficies that your are url not sent | Invalid youtube video link is sent.