2 units · needs a browser. A failed run costs 0. The same input within 1 h costs 0.

youtube-video

Q: How do I get YouTube data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/youtube-video with your key and video. You get rows with the 11 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

Q: Can I try it without paying?

Yes. Sign up with Google, GitHub or email for a free key with 1,000 credits every month. No credit card.

Q: What if the site changes?

The health check runs every 6 hours against the live site. A failing recipe shows as failing on this page until we fix it.

One YouTube video's facts from its page: title, channel and channel id, length, views, likes, publish date, category, keywords and the first 500 characters of the description. video is the watch URL, a youtu.be link or the 11-character id. The page needs a browser, so a run takes 8 to 45 seconds.

verifiedyoutube.comWASM module11 fields2 units · needs a browserfresh 1 h

Run it below API reference

‹ Recipes

…json

POST api.crawl4ai.com/recipes/…

$ crawl recipe

Live · your key · counts against your quota✓ 200 OK

# Hit Run - the rows render here as a table, with the cost

Fields

11 columns on every row. null means the site does not state it.

field	type	meaning
title	string
channel	string
channel_id	string
length_s	integer
views	integer
likes	integer
published	string
category	string
keywords	string
description	string
url	string

null means the site does not state it.

titlestring

channelstring

channel_idstring

length_sinteger

viewsinteger

likesinteger

publishedstring

categorystring

keywordsstring

descriptionstring

urlstring

How it behaves

Cost. 2 units · needs a browser. A failed run costs 0.

Freshness 1 h. The same input within 1 h is served from cache at 0 units.

Questions about this recipeQuestions

Short answers. The API reference has the long ones.

How do I get YouTube data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/youtube-video with your key and video. You get rows with the 11 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

What does it cost?

Can I try it without paying?

What if the site changes?

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