YouTube
Public YouTube video metadata (title, channel, thumbnail) through oEmbed; no transcripts.
- Provider id:
youtube - Tools: 1, at $0.001 per call
- Categories: Content Extraction
- Homepage: www.youtube.com
- Provider docs: oembed.com
- Attribution: YouTube
| Tool | Price | What it does |
|---|---|---|
youtube/video | $0.001 | Title, channel and thumbnail of a public YouTube video from its link or id (oEmbed). |
Inputs are JSON bodies, and unknown fields are rejected with 422 invalid_input (not charged). POST /v1/inspect with a tool's id returns the same input schema, plus the output schema.
YouTube Video Info
youtube/video · $0.001 per call (local) · Content Extraction
Title, channel and thumbnail of a public YouTube video from its link or id (oEmbed).
Resolves any YouTube link (watch, youtu.be, shorts, embed, live) or bare video id to the video's title, channel name and URL, thumbnail and embed link, via YouTube's public oEmbed endpoint. Metadata only: it does not return transcripts, descriptions, view counts or comments (transcripts are not offered by Akashi). Private, removed and embedding-disabled videos answer not found. To find videos about a topic use serper/search.
Related: serper/search, firecrawl/scrape.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
video | string | yes | A YouTube link (watch, youtu.be, shorts, embed, live) or the 11-character id. 11–500 characters. |
Example
{
"video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
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