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YouTube API Video/Short Downloader

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YouTube API Video/Short Downloader

YouTube API Video/Short Downloader

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MrWhite

MrWhite

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Download YouTube videos/audio in high quality. 720p HD, 1080p FullHD, 4k,

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YouTube Downloader API — Apify Actor

Start a YouTube download (video or audio). Poll processing status until final links are ready.

How it works

  1. download: send a YouTube ID or URL and a format. Returns a processing id.
  2. getVideo: query by processingId. When status=completed, read the downloads array.

No extra auth beyond your Apify token for Executions API calls.


Input

FieldTypeRequiredNotes
actionstringyes"download" or "getVideo"
videoIdstringwhen action=downloadYouTube ID or full URL (watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, shorts/…)
formatstringwhen action=downloadOne of 144,240,360,480,720,1080,1440,4k,mp3,wav,ogg,webm
processingIdstringwhen action=getVideoID returned by download

Examples the actor accepts:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZK9aQiAN1Y
  • https://youtu.be/XZK9aQiAN1Y
  • https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XZK9aQiAN1Y
  • XZK9aQiAN1Y

Output

Success (download)

{
"success": true,
"id": "cxbmlzn0zzU5s6pkBnK2asR",
"title": "Matte Black Sheepey Twin Turbo Audi R8 hits Downtown",
"thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XZK9aQiAN1Y/hqdefault.jpg"
}