📺 Youtube Video & Audio Downloader API

A lightweight and production-ready API that lets you extract direct video and audio URLs from public Youtube video links, along with rich metadata — built for developers, data teams, and AI agents.

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📌 Overview

The Youtube Video & Audio Downloader API allows you to submit one or multiple Youtube video URLs and receive:

• 🎥 Direct downloadable video URL
• 🎧 High-quality audio-only URL
• 📊 Structured metadata (title, duration, engagement metrics, creator info, etc.)

This API is designed with stability, clarity, and automation in mind, making it easy to integrate into data pipelines, media tools, and AI-driven systems.

⚠️ This API supports public Youtube videos only.

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🎁 What You Can Get From This API

For each video URL, the API returns:

• ✅ Direct video playback URL
• ✅ Video title
• ✅ Video duration (seconds)
• ✅ Engagement metrics (likes, views)
• ✅ Creator nickname & avatar
• ✅ Creation timestamp
• ✅ Per-URL error message (safe for batch jobs)

All responses are returned in clean, structured JSON, optimized for programmatic use.

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🧩 Typical Use Cases

💡 This API is ideal for:

• 📥 Video & audio downloading tools
• 📊 Train audio classification systems
• 🧠 Create multimodal datasets
• 🔁 Batch processing of Youtube video URLs

Suitable for both experimentation and production workloads.

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📥 Input Parameters

(1) Input Format

Field	Type	Required	Description
videoUrls	Array<string>	Yes	A list of public Youtube video URLs

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(2) Input Example

{
  "videoUrls": ["https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC-WvSwm1I"]
}

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📤 Output Parameters

(1) Output Format Description

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Normalized Youtube video URL
videoId	string	Video Id
title	string	Video title
videoUrl	string	Direct video playback URL
audioUrl	string	Direct audio-only file URL
shortDescription	string	Video description
thumbnail	string	Video thumbnail
duration	number	Video duration (seconds)
viewCount	number	Number of views
likeCount	number	Number of likes
author	string	Creator nickname
avatarUri	string	Creator avatar image URL
createTime	number	Video creation timestamp
publishDate	string	API response timestamp (ISO format)
category	string	Video category
errMsg	string	Error message (empty if success)

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(2) Output Example

[
  {
    "url": "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC-WvSwm1I",
    "videoId": "iwC-WvSwm1I",
    "title": "📲Vantage App -  обзор нового суперприложения!",
    "channelId": "UCeQpv1_gx2b80rnqxp8eaYQ",
    "shortDescription": "Что если трейдинг, пассивный доход, Copy Trading и карта для расходов будут в одном приложении?\n\nВ этом видео разбираю новый Vantage App — платформу, которая может серьёзно изменить рынок в 2026.\n\nРазберём:\n✅ CFD трейдинг\n✅ Earn\n✅ Copy Trading\n✅ Сравнение с конкурентами\n\nVantage  - https://vantagemarkets.onelink.me/eGEJ/kp8f7ec7\nLinkedin: @Vantage https://www.linkedin.com/company/vantagemarkets/\nINS: @vantagemarkets https://www.instagram.com/vantagemarkets\nFacebook: @Vantage https://www.facebook.com/vantagemarkets.glb\nTikTok: @vantagemarkets_global https://www.tiktok.com/@vantagemarkets_global\nYoutube: @vantagemarkets https://www.youtube.com/@vantagemarkets\nX: @vantagemkts https://x.com/vantagemkts\n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬\n ✅Please  Subscribe   📲 Telegram channel ▶  https://t.me/+m8fVhCrOEDcwZTUy\n                                         📲 TikTok ▶ https://bit.ly/3syAq8G\n                                         📲 X ( TWITTER ) ▶ https://x.com/7RWcrypto\n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬\n ✅For cooperation     🔊 Рlease contact us directly at email : maximus71999@gmail.com\n                                        🔊 Telegram : https://t.me/RW719 или @RW719 \n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬        \n  ⛔ Видео создано для ознакомления и не является призывом к каким-либо действиям. Автор не  несет ответственности за любые убытки или потери, связанные с любыми продуктами или услугами, упомянутыми в видео.\n\n#RWcrypto\n#VantageAllinOne #VantageApp #TradingSimplified #VantageTrader #VantageFollower #VantageEarner #VantageSpender",
    "videoUrl": "https://rr4---sn-hp57kn6y.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1778336574&ei=3u7-abLPDJb4sfIP-_ap2AM&ip=23.150.36.122&id=o-AP0BJHoGdGu1nnFjHn8eSRpzCQpIHVHwb7hq07DpDG9e&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&xpc=EgVo2aDSNQ%3D%3D&cps=377&met=1778314974%2C&mh=hj&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-hp57kn6y%2Csn-hp57yne7&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=24&rms=au%2Cau&bui=AbKmrwpqt-l-Dp07ignUwGJ_KO_GoPF_Ite4gU-zcyF7SsSBgEng_fX3t1Yva3F4TOaUrmvlW9zhjfNv&spc=96Xrv1jHUtKuIKWe-8BHuhoYuJshWr-Ipnz9AH46KXoByoFDWhY1t0kDJV0OmMcx&vprv=1&svpuc=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&rqh=1&gir=yes&clen=8581569&ratebypass=yes&dur=142.779&lmt=1777754096748740&mt=1778314622&fvip=2&fexp=51565116%2C51565681&c=ANDROID&txp=5319224&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cxpc%2Cbui%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Csvpuc%2Cmime%2Crqh%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AHEqNM4wRAIgImncPUmRQZfdZPNWcev6NpLtFtfO-43t2Ud_bZsdrrMCIApjtEt0_KlXKWZJff7w43rMTjUCGb0YBH95bCSBtt5x&lsparams=cps%2Cmet%2Cmh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Crms&lsig=APaTxxMwRgIhAKX-PrniuHdHvReSFbSb2py0_9ArD4alWcdRlYVKWFVwAiEAwPHKiJfucHr9ZPTwIcAfx33GFZfG77jo7qFcUOQy2zQ%3D",
    "publishDate": 1777719143000,
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwC-WvSwm1I/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLA7ZeI6tQdGa8jfKYGEH9KVTSMgmA",
    "author": "RW Crypto Insights | Trading, Analysis, Web3",
    "viewCount": 15947,
    "likeCount": 595,
    "duration": 143,
    "category": "Entertainment",
    "avatarUri": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/M30-wuVKwcZta2TRrioAllsk1xYSxvkWc5cXMDcEYZFEsPU27i5Dl_hs_s5EtZoOYPPTSQX0=s176-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "errMsg": "",
    "timestamp": "2026-05-09T08:22:55.259Z"
  }
]

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⭐ Why This API Is Different

🚀 Built for automation, not manual scraping

• 🤖 AI Agent Friendly
  Stable fields, predictable structure, and batch-safe responses.

• 🎯 URL-only, no noise
  Focused on one thing: extracting media from Youtube video URLs — no search, no ambiguity.

• 📦 Batch-first design
  Each URL is processed independently with its own error status.

• 🛠️ Production-grade reliability
  Built by a data-focused team experienced in large-scale video data extraction.

• 🌏 Deep understanding of Chinese platforms
  Optimized specifically for Youtube’s media delivery and metadata structure.

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📝 Notes

• Only public Youtube videos are supported
• Private, deleted, or restricted videos may fail
• Returned media URLs are intended for programmatic access
• Please ensure compliance with Youtube’s terms and local regulations when using downloaded content

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🆘 Support

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📧 Email: support@apismith.online