Youtube Video Bulk Download to Cloud storage

Download YouTube and Spotify at scale without getting blocked. Built-in bot detection bypass, you submit URLs, we handle the rest. Files are uploaded directly to your own cloud storage (S3, R2, Azure Blob, GCS, Alibaba OSS).

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Quick Start

1. POST /jobs with a video URL + your storage credentials:

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "storage": {
    "provider": "s3",
    "endpoint": "https://ACCOUNT_ID.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
    "bucket": "my-videos",
    "region": "auto",
    "access_key": "YOUR_KEY",
    "secret_key": "YOUR_SECRET"
  }
}

2. Poll GET /jobs/{id} every 2-5s. When status is Completed, s3_url has your presigned download link.

Why TornadoAPI

• No "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot" session management bypass bot detection at scale (proven at 400+TB/day)
• Bulk-ready submit hundreds of YouTube/Spotify jobs, we process them concurrently

Storage Providers

Set provider to s3 (AWS/R2/MinIO/DO Spaces), blob (Azure), gcs (Google), or oss (Alibaba). See input schema for fields.

Job Statuses

• Completed file in your bucket
• Failed technical error (retry may help)
• Warning content unavailable: private, members-only, geo-blocked, copyright

Limits

720p max, 512 MB, 30 min duration. No batch/live/clipping. Upgrade at dash.tornadoapi.io for 4K and no limits.

What Our Customers Say

"Tornado is the best product in the market that we have seen to be able to download YouTube videos, which is a critical process to our product. Not just that, the team is phenomenal and is able to help solve/streamline any issues we have in a speedy time. Tornado is a hidden gem and highly recommend them." Taja AI

"We evaluated several solutions for downloading YouTube content, and most struggled to keep up with ongoing changes. Tornado API has been the most reliable by far. The team is incredibly responsive and quick to adapt when things shift, which makes a huge difference for us. It truly feels like a partnership, not just a tool." Social media publishing platform

"Tornado is literally the only good API that does this. I tried every competitor - it's a side project for them. A feature. For Tornado, it's the whole product. It's well thought out, the API is well designed, and any issues are fixed within a day. Couldn't be happier as a customer." Podcast platform founder