Powerful video data solution
Find, validate, collect, and enrich enterprise-grade multimodal data at scale
Search videos
Relevant videos, channels & playlists
Up to 700 results per query
Real-time & batch processing
Get video & audio
Video & audio in high-quality formats
Results delivered straight to your cloud storage
Fully-automated batch downloads
Download transcripts
Transcriptions in 156 languages
Clean, structured output format (TXT, JSON)
AI-compatible outputs
Get metadata
Titles, views, tags, and engagement metrics
Structured, AI-ready data
Real-time, large-scale data
Make the most of video data with our step-by-step guide
Follow the video scraping guide for building AI applications
Access video data instantly
Search for videos, playlists, movies
Provide a search query with youtube_search source for standard results (up to 20 results) or youtube_search_max for more comprehensive results (up to 700 results). Apply filters if needed, and get structured search results in JSON format.
Check the output code sample on the right for response format.
{
"results": [
{
"content":[
{
"videoId": "jqSLxWHhI_Y",
"thumbnail": {
"thumbnails": [
{
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jqSLxWHhI_Y/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCOgCEMoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLAc44Y_w0O3Hz0FD-38sUjzgGAGwg",
"width": 360,
"height": 202
}
]
},
"title": {
"runs": [
{
"text": "Why Adidas Samba lasted 74 years and sold 35,000,000 pairs"
}
]
},
"longBylineText": {
"runs": [
{
"text": "Rose Anvil"
}
]
},
"publishedTimeText": {
"simpleText": "1 year ago"
},
"lengthText": {
"simpleText": "12:59"
},
"viewCountText": {
"simpleText": "677,213 views"
}
}
],
"created_at": "2025-03-05 09:32:43",
"updated_at": "2025-03-05 09:32:44",
"page": 1,
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=adidas&ucbcb=1&sp=EgIQAQ%3D%3D",
"job_id": "7302984396917729281",
"is_render_forced": false,
"status_code": 200
}
],
"job": {
"query": "adidas",
"source": "youtube_search",
"callback_url": "https://realtime.oxylabs.io:443/api/done",
"id": "7302984396917729281",
"status": "done",
"created_at": "2025-03-05 09:32:43",
"updated_at": "2025-03-05 09:32:44",
"_links": [
{
"rel": "self",
"href": "http://data.oxylabs.io/v1/queries/7302984396917729281",
"method": "GET"
},
{
"rel": "results",
"href": "http://data.oxylabs.io/v1/queries/7302984396917729281/results",
"method": "GET"
}
]
}
}Verify AI training rights for videos
Submit video IDs using the youtube_video_trainability source to instantly check if it's eligible for AI training. The API returns clear permission levels, making this a fast, automated solution for verifying content use.
Check the output code sample on the right.
{
"videoId": "rFNDylrjn_w",
"kind": "youtube#videoTrainability",
"etag": "oXToFpOwrHWvoiN1YbOa0tkzOn0",
"permitted": ["None"]
}Download video & audio data
Provide a list of video IDs, specify the cloud storage destination, and we'll return download job status and confirmation. It's a fully automated, minimal setup requiring solution.
YouTube Downloader delivers mp4 files into preferred cloud storage destination.
Get transcripts
Provide a video ID and a language code to the youtube_transcript source to retrieve video transcripts. Choose between uploader_provided or auto_generated transcripts. Get structured transcript data in JSON format.
Check the output code sample on the right.
{
"results": [{
"content": [
{
"transcriptSectionHeaderRenderer": {
"startMs": "0",
"endMs": "47000",
"sectionHeader": {
"sectionHeaderViewModel": {
"headline": {"content": "Intro"}
}
}
}
},
{
"transcriptSegmentRenderer": {
"startMs": "0",
"endMs": "1979",
"snippet": {"runs": [{"text": "this is one of the most popular Adidas"}]},
"startTimeText": {"simpleText": "0:00"}
}
}
],
"status_code": 200
}],
"job": {
"id": "7302985416804672513",
"status": "done",
"source": "youtube_transcript"
}
}Retrieve video metadata
Provide a video ID to the youtube_metadata source to extract detailed video metadata. Ensure the parse parameter is set to true for proper data processing. Get structured video metadata in JSON format.
Check the output code sample on the right.
{
"results": [{
"content": {
"results": {
"title": "I Just Need A Programmer | Prime Reacts",
"tags": ["programming", "software engineer"],
"formats": [{
"ext": "mp4",
"resolution": "640x360",
"format_note": "360p"
}],
"duration": 1106,
"uploader": "ThePrimeTime",
"video_id": "tIgIF5lve8U",
"view_count": 182848
},
"parse_status_code": 12000
},
"status_code": 200,
"parser_type": "youtube_metadata"
}],
"job": {
"id": "7296056852205282305",
"query": "tIgIF5lve8U",
"source": "youtube_metadata",
"status": "done"
}
}
Benefit from a maintenance-free scraping infrastructure
Our AI-powered web data collection infrastructure is ready-to-use straight away.
No need to develop or maintain scrapers and browsers
Bypass anti-scraping systems
Allocate your resources towards analyzing data
Leverage advanced features
Use the power of Web Scraper API for scalable video data extraction
Proxy management
ML-driven proxy selection and rotation using our premium proxy pool from 195 countries.
AI-driven fingerprinting
Unique HTTP headers, JavaScript, and browser fingerprints ensure resilience to dynamic content.
CAPTCHA bypass
Automatic retries and CAPTCHA bypassing for uninterrupted data retrieval.
Scheduler
Automate recurring scraping jobs with desired frequency and receive data to your cloud storage.
Bulk data extraction
Extract data from several pages at the same time with up to 5,000 URLs per batch.
Get AI-ready outputs
We deliver structured, AI-compatible data, making YouTube videos, transcripts, metadata, and search results ready for seamless integration into LLMs, AI models, and analytics workflows.
Optimized for AI & ML
Seamless LLM integration
Scalable & automated
Use compliant & secure data
As an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified provider, we maintain the highest quality services data security and reliability standards, please see more here.
Using Oxylabs' products, including Video Data API, does not grant any rights to the described gathered data, videos, or images, which may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property laws.
For Video Data API pricing, please contact sales
Frequently asked questions
The legality of scraping YouTube largely depends on the specific data you're extracting and the manner in which you intend to use it. It's essential to adhere to all relevant laws and regulations, including copyright laws. Before engaging in any web scraping activities, consult legal advisors and review the respective website’s terms of service or obtain a web scraping license.
You can retrieve YouTube search results by developing your data extraction tool or using a ready-to-use solution like Oxylabs’ YouTube Scraper API, a part of the Web Scraper API. This enterprise-grade YouTube data extractor allows you to seamlessly collect structured YouTube search results, video & audio content, transcripts, and metadata, including titles, views, tags, and engagement metrics.
If you want a step-by-step explanation on how YouTube scraping works in practice, check out this in-depth guide on how to scrape YouTube.
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