Youtube Downloader API

Get Youtube video info, subtitles and download links to MP4 or MP3 file with multiple media options.

API Overview

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Empower your app with our YouTube Video Downloader API. Download videos in MP4 format with multiple quality options, from standard to 4K. Extract audio as MP3 files for offline listening. Retrieve high-quality thumbnails to enhance visual appeal.

Key features: • Versatile format support (MP4, MP3) • Multiple video quality options • Video trimmer • Video watermark adder • Subtitle downloader • Thumbnail retrieval • Fast processing • Easy integration

Perfect for content creators, music enthusiasts, and developers building media management tools or educational platforms. Our API offers seamless YouTube content extraction, enabling you to deliver enhanced user experiences across various applications.

Get Youtube video info, subtitles and download links to MP4 or MP3 file with multiple media options.

Youtube Downloader REST API

The Youtube Downloader API is constructed around REST. The API offers resource-oriented URLs, returns JSON-encoded responses, accepts multiple parameters, and uses standard HTTP response codes and authentication.

To access the Youtube Downloader API, you will need an API key from RapidAPI. The same API key will be used for testing purposes and when the integration is live. The API key is used to authenticate the requests.

Periodically, we will add fields to our API. In order to prevent errors once you are integrated with our API, we recommend ignoring unknown fields.

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Endpoints:

Googlevideo.com download links

GET | /download - Grabs deciphered Youtube download links directly from Google Video server.

Video/audio streams muxer

GET | /mux - Media converter generating directly downloadable subtitles and high quality links with merged audio and video.

Video meta info

GET | /info - Returns metainfo object of a video.

GET | /info/{data} - Returns specific data of a video (like title, description, thumbnails, ...)

Grabs Youtube download links directly from Google Video server valid for 6 hours. Includes additional formats, and ready to download deciphered URL.

Note that high quality videos are muted. You can use our muxer available at the /mux endpoint to merge audio and video.

Attributes

Query parameters to pass data when making a request to this endpoint

GET | /download

Field	Notes
`id` REQUIRED	string Youtube video ID in expected format `(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{11}$/)`
`filter` OPTIONAL	string Used to filter the list of formats to choose from. Can be: `audioandvideo` or `videoandaudio` to filter formats that contain both video and audio, `video` to filter for formats that contain video, `videoonly` for formats that contain video and no additional audio track, `audio` to filter for formats that contain audio. `audioonly` for formats that contain audio and no additional video track.
`quality` OPTIONAL	string Video quality to download. Can be an itag value, a list of itag values, or one of these strings: `highest`/`lowest`/`highestaudio`/`lowestaudio`/`highestvideo`/`lowestvideo`. `highestaudio`/`lowestaudio` try to minimize video bitrate for equally good audio formats while `highestvideo`/`lowestvideo` try to minimize audio respectively. Defaults to `highest`, which prefers formats with both video and audio.

Example Response

[
   {
      "mimeType":"video/mp4; codecs=\"avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2\"",
      "qualityLabel":"360p",
      "bitrate":631710,
      "audioBitrate":96,
      "itag":18,
      "url":"https://rr2---sn-25glene6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1731449538&ei=Yn4zZ-iMG5T6xN8Pz4ivyAY&ip=...",
      "width":640,
      "height":360,
      "lastModified":"1709283156036389",
      "contentLength":"2413136",
      "quality":"medium",
      "fps":25,
      "projectionType":"RECTANGULAR",
      "averageBitrate":630329,
      "audioQuality":"AUDIO_QUALITY_LOW",
      "approxDurationMs":"30627",
      "audioSampleRate":"44100",
      "audioChannels":2,
      "hasVideo":true,
      "hasAudio":true,
      "container":"mp4",
      "codecs":"avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2",
      "videoCodec":"avc1.42001E",
      "audioCodec":"mp4a.40.2",
      "isLive":false,
      "isHLS":false,
      "isDashMPD":false
   },
   {
      "mimeType":"audio/webm; codecs=\"opus\"",
      "qualityLabel":null,
      "bitrate":134460,
      "audioBitrate":160,
      "itag":251,
      "url":"https://rr2---sn-25glene6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1731449538&ei=Yn4zZ-iMG5T6xN8Pz4ivyAY&ip=...",
      "initRange":{
         "start":"0",
         "end":"265"
      },
      "indexRange":{
         "start":"266",
         "end":"332"
      },
      "lastModified":"1709283155567051",
      "contentLength":"488409",
      "quality":"tiny",
      "projectionType":"RECTANGULAR",
      "averageBitrate":127767,
      "audioQuality":"AUDIO_QUALITY_MEDIUM",
      "approxDurationMs":"30581",
      "audioSampleRate":"48000",
      "audioChannels":2,
      "loudnessDb":3.6499996,
      "hasVideo":false,
      "hasAudio":true,
      "container":"webm",
      "codecs":"opus",
      "videoCodec":null,
      "audioCodec":"opus",
      "isLive":false,
      "isHLS":false,
      "isDashMPD":false
   },
   ...
]

RETURNS object

Video & Audio Muxer which generates directly downloadable subtitles and links from a Youtube video.

This media converter merges audio and video and returns high quality streams from a multiple list of options.

Attributes

Query parameters to pass data when making a request to this endpoint

GET | /mux

Field	Notes
`id` REQUIRED	string Youtube video ID in expected format `(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{11}$/)`
`quality` OPTIONAL	string Sets the video quality for downloads. The desired video quality (e.g., 144, 720, max). 720 quality is recommended for phones. Throws: Error if the provided quality is not valid.
`codec` OPTIONAL	string Sets the video codec for downloads. The desired video codec (e.g., h264, vp9, av1). H264 codec is set by default. Throws: Error if the provided codec is not valid.
`audioFormat` OPTIONAL	string Sets the audio format for downloads (e.g., mp3, ogg, wav). Default: mp3. Throws: Error if the provided format is not valid.
`language` OPTIONAL	string specifies the language of audio to download when a youtube video is dubbed. E.g.: en / ru / cs / ja / es-US / ...
`audioOnly` OPTIONAL	boolean Enables downloading only audio.
`videoOnly` OPTIONAL	boolean Enables downloading only video.
`startTime` OPTIONAL	datetime or unsigned integer Trims video or audio with reference to start time. Time in HH:mm:ss format or in milliseconds.
`endTime` OPTIONAL	datetime or unsigned integer Trims video or audio with reference to end time. Time in HH:mm:ss format or in milliseconds.
`watermark` OPTIONAL	array of watermark parameters Adds a watermark or logo to the Youtube video. List of values: 1. string REQUIRED URL of the watermark/logo image. 2. string OPTIONAL position on the screen among this predefined list `topLeft` / `topRight` / `bottomLeft` / `bottomRight` / `center` (with a 10px margin from the corner) or pixel coordinates in `x:y` format starting from the top left corner. Defaults to `center`. 3. unsigned decimal OPTIONAL Scale of the watermark in percent of the video widest side. Defaults to `1.0` (fits the full width for landscape). 4. unsigned decimal between 0 and 1 OPTIONAL Transparency of the logo. Defaults to `1.0` (none)
`subtitleLang` OPTIONAL	string specifies the language of the subtitle file to download in the tunnels . Language code in any valid ISO 639-1. E.g.: en / ru / cs / fr / ...

Example Response

{
"status": "tunnel",
"url": "https://api-media-downloader.api-hub.cloud/tunnel?id=UHJwtdu_bZdSnnBpsxguT&exp=1731455062657&sig=...",
"filename": "youtube_v4zTAkLKgm4_1280x720_h264.mp4"
}

Gets metainfo from a video.

This global endpoint will return all info available about a video in a big JSON object, use the endpoint /info/{data} to extract a specific data from this object. Scroll down to get a list of available sub-routes.

Attributes

Query parameters to pass data when making a request to these endpoints

GET | /info and with sub-route GET | /info/{data}

Field	Notes
`id` REQUIRED	string Youtube video ID in expected format `(/^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{11}$/)`

`/info/{data}` endpoint

Replace {data} with one of the following sub-route

{data} sub-route	Returned JSON {data} key value
`height`	unsigned integer The encoded video content's maximum height in pixels.
`width`	unsigned integer The encoded video content's maximum width in pixels.
`description`	string The localized video description.
`title`	string The localized video title.
`duration`	string The length of the video. The property value is an ISO 8601 duration.
`viewCount`	unsigned long The number of times the video has been viewed.
`category`	string The YouTube video category associated with the video.
`publishDate`	datetime The date and time that the video was published. Note that this time might be different than the time that the video was uploaded. For example, if a video is uploaded as a private video and then made public at a later time, this property will specify the time that the video was made public. The value is specified in ISO 8601 format.
`channelName`	string Channel title for the channel that the video belongs to.
`channelId`	string The ID that YouTube uses to uniquely identify the channel that the video was uploaded to.
`channelUrl`	string Channel URL for the channel that the video belongs to.
`channelSubscriberCount`	unsigned long The number of subscribers that the channel has. This value is rounded down to three significant figures.
`likes`	unsigned long The number of users who have indicated that they liked the video.
`video_url`	string The Youtube video URL.
`thumbnails`	object A map of thumbnail images associated with the video. For each object in the map, the key is the name of the thumbnail image, and the value is an object that contains other information about the thumbnail.

Example Responses

For GET | /info endpoint

{
   "embed":{
      "iframeUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/v4zTAkLKgm4",
      "width":1280,
      "height":720
   },
   "title":"Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher",
   "description":"Thank you to KiwiCo for sponsoring today's video...",
   "lengthSeconds":"909",
   "ownerProfileUrl":"http://www.youtube.com/@TomStantonEngineering",
   "externalChannelId":"UC67gfx2Fg7K2NSHqoENVgwA",
   "isFamilySafe":true,
   "availableCountries":[
      "AD",
      "AE",
      "AF",
      ...
   ],
   "isUnlisted":false,
   "hasYpcMetadata":false,
   "viewCount":"2044212",
   "category":"Science & Technology",
   "publishDate":"2024-09-04T09:00:03-07:00",
   "ownerChannelName":"Tom Stanton",
   "uploadDate":"2024-09-04T09:00:03-07:00",
   "isShortsEligible":false,
   "videoId":"v4zTAkLKgm4",
   "channelId":"UC67gfx2Fg7K2NSHqoENVgwA",
   "isOwnerViewing":false,
   "isCrawlable":true,
   "allowRatings":true,
   "author":{
      "id":"UC67gfx2Fg7K2NSHqoENVgwA",
      "name":"Tom Stanton",
      "user":"@TomStantonEngineering",
      "channel_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67gfx2Fg7K2NSHqoENVgwA",
      "external_channel_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67gfx2Fg7K2NSHqoENVgwA",
      "user_url":"http://www.youtube.com/@TomStantonEngineering",
      "thumbnails":[
         {
            "url":"https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_lN5k-a9pdJ2Mc0bpSMVcAnjhdIq9JpvZxZMwo79A7CB0A=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
            "width":48,
            "height":48
         },
         ...
      ],
      "verified":true,
      "subscriber_count":1400000
   },
   "isPrivate":false,
   "isUnpluggedCorpus":false,
   "isLiveContent":false,
   "media":{
      
   },
   "likes":76735,
   "age_restricted":false,
   "video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zTAkLKgm4",
   "storyboards":[
      {
         "templateUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/sb/v4zTAkLKgm4/storyboard3_L0/default.jpg?sqp=...",
         "thumbnailWidth":48,
         "thumbnailHeight":27,
         "thumbnailCount":100,
         "interval":0,
         "columns":10,
         "rows":10,
         "storyboardCount":1
      },
      ...
   ],
   "chapters":[
      
   ],
   "thumbnails":[
      {
         "url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4zTAkLKgm4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=...",
         "width":168,
         "height":94
      },
      {
         "url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4zTAkLKgm4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=...",
         "width":196,
         "height":110
      },
     ...
   ]
}

For GET | /info/title endpoint

{
   "title":"Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher"
}

For GET | /info/thumbnails endpoint

{
   "thumbnails":[
      {
         "url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4zTAkLKgm4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=...",
         "width":168,
         "height":94
      },
      ...
}

Youtube Downloader API

Get Youtube video info, subtitles and download links to MP4 or MP3 file with multiple media options.

API Overview

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List of endpoints

Endpoints:

/download endpoint.

Attributes

Example Response

/mux endpoint.

Attributes

Example Response

/info endpoint.

Attributes

`/info/{data}` endpoint

Example Responses

Youtube Downloader API

Get Youtube video info, subtitles and download links to MP4 or MP3 file with multiple media options.

API Overview

Click here to Test for FREE on RapidAPI!

Click here to Test for FREE on RapidAPI!

List of endpoints

Endpoints:

/download endpoint.

Attributes

Example Response

/mux endpoint.

Attributes

Example Response

/info endpoint.

Attributes

/info/{data} endpoint

Example Responses

`/info/{data}` endpoint