/ytdl

YouTube

Video/audio info lookup and download for YouTube links.

Some endpoints on this page stream a file rather than returning JSON. Try-it-out shows the response headers for these instead of the file itself.

Get video info

Get title, duration, and available formats for a YouTube video.

POST/ytdl/info

videoId*body

YouTube video ID or URL.

Response

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Create a one-time download token for a specific format.

POST/ytdl/token

videoId*body

YouTube video ID or URL.

formatId*body

Format ID from the info endpoint.

type*body

"video" or "audio".

filenamebody

Filename for the downloaded file.

Response

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Streams the file for a one-time token. Token expires in 5 minutes and is single-use.

GET/ytdl/dl/:token

token*path

Token returned from the token endpoint.

Response

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