YouTube Video Detail

Get detailed metadata for a single YouTube video including view count, likes, comment count, duration, keywords, live status, and full description.

Execution model

Live request

Runtime depends on endpoint, target, pagination, rendering mode, and active plan limits.

Credit weight

Live catalog

Current weights are managed from the Data API Weights admin table and shown on pricing before use.

Parameters

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
video_id	string	Required	YouTube video ID (e.g. 'dQw4w9WgXcQ'). 1-20 characters.

Request and response

curl -X POST "https://api.datablue.dev/v1/data/youtube/video" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}'

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "time_taken": 1.94,
  "video": {
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "description": "The official video for \"Never Gonna Give You Up\" by Rick Astley...",
    "channel": "Rick Astley",
    "channel_id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
    "views": 1500000000,
    "likes": 16000000,
    "comment_count": 3200000,
    "duration_seconds": 212,
    "published": "Oct 25, 2009",
    "is_live": false,
    "keywords": [
      "rick astley",
      "never gonna give you up",
      "rickroll",
      "music video",
      "80s",
      "pop"
    ],
    "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg"
  }
}