Endpoint Playground
Returns the metadata of a YouTube video by its 11-character `id`: title, description, channel id and title, publication time, duration in seconds, and view, like and comment counts. Some fields are best-effort.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 10 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2025-06-18; duration_seconds: 2,423; description: 610 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/youtube/video/YbJOTdZBX1g' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id (path) | string | Yes | YbJOTdZBX1g | YouTube video ID (11-char code) |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"id": "YbJOTdZBX1g",
"title": "Sam Altman on AGI, GPT-5, and what’s next — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 1",
"description": "On the first episode of the OpenAI Podcast, Sam Altman joins host Andrew Mayne to talk about the future of AI: from GPT-5 and AGI to Proj...",
"duration_seconds": 2423,
"published_at": "2025-06-18T00:00:00Z",
"channel_title": "OpenAI",
"channel_id": "UCXZCJLdBC09xxGZ6gcdrc6A",
"views_count": 460176,
"likes_count": 11000,
"comments_count": 1400
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.