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YouTube Video Info

Get comprehensive video metadata from YouTube including views, likes, description, and channel info.

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YouTube Video Info 1 credit/request
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Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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Parameters

video_id string Required

YouTube video ID (alias: videoId)

Example value dQw4w9WgXcQ
videoId string Required

YouTube video ID (alias: video_id)

Example value example

Request Examples

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/youtube/video?video_id=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

JSON Response
200 OK 
{
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video)",
    "description": "The official video for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.",
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
    "duration": "3:33",
    "viewCount": "1,741,182,393 views",
    "shortViewCount": null,
    "likeCount": 18788542,
    "publishDate": "Oct 25, 2009",
    "uploadDate": "16 years ago",
    "channel": {
        "id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
        "name": "Rick Astley",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/example.jpg",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT",
        "subscriberCount": "4.45M subscribers",
        "isVerified": false,
        "isVerifiedArtist": true,
        "badges": [
            {
                "type": "BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_VERIFIED_ARTIST",
                "tooltip": "Official Artist Channel"
            }
        ]
    },
    "hashtags": [
        "#RickAstley",
        "#NeverGonnaGiveYouUp"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "rick astley",
        "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    ],
    "category": "Music",
    "isLiveContent": false,
    "isLive": false,
    "isUnlisted": false,
    "isFamilySafe": true,
    "isPremium": false,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "isAgeRestricted": false,
    "isCrawlable": true,
    "isUpcoming": false,
    "isPostLiveDvr": false,
    "isLiveDvrEnabled": false,
    "isLowLatencyLiveStream": false,
    "hasLivechat": false,
    "chapters": [],
    "captions": [
        {
            "language": "en",
            "name": "English",
            "isAutoGenerated": false,
            "isTranslatable": true
        }
    ],
    "embed": {
        "iframeUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ",
        "width": 1280,
        "height": 720,
        "isEmbeddable": true
    },
    "relatedVideos": [
        {
            "id": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
            "title": "Rick Astley - Together Forever",
            "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yPYZpwSpKmA/hqdefault.jpg",
            "duration": "3:24",
            "viewCount": "196M views",
            "publishedTime": "16 years ago",
            "channel": {
                "name": "Rick Astley",
                "verified": false
            },
            "badges": [],
            "isLive": false
        }
    ],
    "storyboards": [
        {
            "templateUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/sb/dQw4w9WgXcQ/storyboard3_L0/default.jpg",
            "thumbnailWidth": 48,
            "thumbnailHeight": 27,
            "thumbnailCount": 100,
            "columns": 10,
            "rows": 10
        }
    ],
    "regionInfo": {
        "availableCountries": null,
        "blockedCountries": null,
        "isPlayable": true,
        "status": "OK",
        "reason": null,
        "embeddable": true
    },
    "comments": {
        "count": "1.2M comments",
        "teaser": "Great song!"
    },
    "playabilityStatus": {
        "status": "OK",
        "reason": null,
        "embeddable": true,
        "audioOnlyPlayability": null
    },
    "annotations": [
        {
            "id": "5dad8f5d-0000-20c2-8451-883d24f8e7cc",
            "type": "PlayerAnnotationsExpanded",
            "allowSwipeDismiss": true,
            "featuredChannel": {
                "id": null,
                "name": null,
                "thumbnail": null
            }
        }
    ],
    "autoplay": {
        "countDownSecs": 5,
        "sets": 1
    },
    "cards": [
        {
            "id": null,
            "title": "",
            "subtitle": "",
            "thumbnail": null,
            "url": null,
            "type": "Card",
            "endpoint": null
        }
    ],
    "endScreen": {
        "startMs": 201451,
        "elements": [
            {
                "id": "720b1b77-5167-4d00-a42e-b8e715efaef1",
                "type": "EndscreenElement",
                "style": "CHANNEL",
                "title": "Rick Astley",
                "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/vewxKdtll-rntHAMDPY_Qa6hPac3-J2sCFFUwvGSSR0i7hB4g5rNfF39lCEcjGvsYI0RWx7V1A=s400-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
                "endpoint": {
                    "type": "NavigationEndpoint",
                    "payload": {
                        "browseId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"
                    }
                },
                "metadata": {
                    "text": "2026 UK & Ireland Reflection Tour\nTickets are on sale now.",
                    "rtl": false
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "hasStreamingData": true,
    "license": null,
    "merchandise": null,
    "playerConfig": {
        "audioConfig": {
            "loudnessDb": 0.9899998,
            "perceptualLoudnessDb": -13.01,
            "enablePerFormatLoudness": true
        },
        "maxBitrate": "0"
    },
    "playerOverlays": {
        "endScreen": {
            "title": "You may also like...",
            "results": [
                {
                    "id": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
                    "title": "Rick Astley - Together Forever (Official Video) [4K Remaster]",
                    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yPYZpwSpKmA/hqdefault.jpg",
                    "endpoint": {
                        "type": "NavigationEndpoint",
                        "name": "watchEndpoint",
                        "payload": {
                            "videoId": "yPYZpwSpKmA",
                            "playlistId": "RDyPYZpwSpKmA"
                        },
                        "metadata": {
                            "url": "/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA&list=RDyPYZpwSpKmA&start_radio=1",
                            "page_type": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_WATCH",
                            "api_url": "/player"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "autoplay": {
            "title": "Up next",
            "videoId": "VegzlNRGSvI",
            "videoTitle": "Rick Astley megamix",
            "shortViewCount": "4.8M views",
            "published": "8 years ago",
            "countDownSecsForFullscreen": 3,
            "preferImmediateRedirect": false,
            "author": {
                "id": "UCQWt05fNgL1uCvufSqXG3OQ",
                "name": "Gary Douglas",
                "thumbnail": null
            }
        },
        "shareButton": {
            "tooltip": "Share",
            "iconType": "SHARE",
            "isDisabled": false
        },
        "decoratedPlayerBar": {
            "markersMap": []
        }
    },
    "streamingDataExpires": [],
    "topComments": false
}
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