YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER API

This is a Youtube Video Downloader API, where you can fetch info regarding youtube videos and their download links

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GET /youtube-video

Parameter	Description
url	The ID of the youtube video

NodeJS example with axios

import axios from "axios";

const API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/youtube-video/";
const video_id = "jMVhxBB3l0w";

try {
  const response = await axios.get(API_URL, {
    params: { url: video_id },
  });

  console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Response:

{
  "title": "Building The Extraordinary Using Only The Ordinary",
  "description": "Watch as I show...",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMVhxBB3l0w",
  "videoId": "jMVhxBB3l0w",
  "videoLength": "397",
  "viewCount": "90853",
  "category": "Education",
  "publishDate": "2023-03-06",
  "channelName": "Hyperplexed",
  "subscriberCount": 421000,
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmEzz-dPBVrsy4ZluSsYHDg",
  "thumbnails": [
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLD1RAiJQ1_Ma2BNW60120VGVPww5g",
      "width": 168,
      "height": 94
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCMQBEG5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDYbPxjsuFdh7fXT2TAZbiJuy3L5Q",
      "width": 196,
      "height": 110
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLC9jz74o2yEIqerfgiFmXpN7mKdFw",
      "width": 246,
      "height": 138
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLBe5g7hvVYaopiWKK-jBhbffRlz8Q",
      "width": 336,
      "height": 188
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/maxresdefault.jpg",
      "width": 1920,
      "height": 1080
    }
  ],
  "videos": [
    {
      "quality": "360p",
      "width": 640,
      "height": 360,
      "url": "https://rr3---sn-g5pauxapo-jj0e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire ...",
      "contentLength": "17423524",
      "video_format": "mp4",
      "hasAudio": true
    },
    {
      "quality": "1440p60",
      "width": 2560,
      "height": 1440,
      "url": "https://rr3---sn-g5pauxapo-jj0e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire ...",
      "contentLength": "177881709",
      "video_format": "webm",
      "hasAudio": false
    }
  ],
  "audios": [
    {
      "quality": "AUDIO_QUALITY_MEDIUM",
      "url": "https://rr3---sn-g5pauxapo-jj0e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire= ...",
      "contentLength": "6416569",
      "audio_format": "mp4"
    },
    {
      "quality": "AUDIO_QUALITY_LOW",
      "url": "https://rr3---sn-g5pauxapo-jj0e.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire ..."
      "contentLength": "3717240",
      "audio_format": "webm"
    },
  ],
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Only videos in the 720p and 360p are provided with an audio. As other quality formats does not come with audio in the video. The hasAudio field is set to true on videos which contains audio by default.

GET /youtube-video/details/:videoID

NodeJS example with axios

import axios from "axios";

const API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/youtube-video/details";
const video_id = "jMVhxBB3l0w";

try {
  const response = await axios.get(API_URL, {
    params: { url: video_id },
  });

  console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Response:

{
  "title": "Building The Extraordinary Using Only The Ordinary",
  "description": "Watch as I show...",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMVhxBB3l0w",
  "videoId": "jMVhxBB3l0w",
  "videoLength": "397",
  "viewCount": "90853",
  "category": "Education",
  "publishDate": "2023-03-06",
  "channelName": "Hyperplexed",
  "subscriberCount": 421000,
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmEzz-dPBVrsy4ZluSsYHDg",
  "thumbnails": [
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCKgBEF5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLD1RAiJQ1_Ma2BNW60120VGVPww5g",
      "width": 168,
      "height": 94
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEbCMQBEG5IVfKriqkDDggBFQAAiEIYAXABwAEG&rs=AOn4CLDYbPxjsuFdh7fXT2TAZbiJuy3L5Q",
      "width": 196,
      "height": 110
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLC9jz74o2yEIqerfgiFmXpN7mKdFw",
      "width": 246,
      "height": 138
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLBe5g7hvVYaopiWKK-jBhbffRlz8Q",
      "width": 336,
      "height": 188
    },
    {
      "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMVhxBB3l0w/maxresdefault.jpg",
      "width": 1920,
      "height": 1080
    }
  ]
}

The videos and audios fields are not present in the /details endpoint.