POST/v1/youtube/video-info

YouTube Video Info API

Lightweight YouTube video metadata API — title, views, likes, description, and channel info without streaming URL overhead. From $0.01/call.

Returns comprehensive video metadata including title, description, view and like counts, publish date, and channel info — without streaming URLs. A lighter alternative to the full video endpoint.

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Try it live

Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.

POST /v1/youtube/video-info$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Video ID*

Country

Optional. Two-letter country code.

Language

Optional. Two-letter language code.

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
    "channelTitle": "Rick Astley",
    "viewCount": "1758165530",
    "likeCount": 18905025,
    "publishDate": "2009-10-25"
  }
}

Features

✓Full video metadata: title, description, channel

✓View count, like count, and publish date

✓Geo and language targeting

✓Lightweight — no streaming URL overhead

Use cases

Video Analytics

Collect video metadata and engagement metrics for analytics dashboards.

Content Cataloging

Build a database of video metadata for search, filtering, and recommendation engines.

Social Listening

Monitor view and like counts over time to track video performance.

Data Enrichment

Enrich your existing video IDs with full metadata for display or analysis.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/video-info', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
    "geo": "US",
    "lang": "en"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
YouTube Data API v3	$0.00	10K units/day free

Frequently asked questions

Returns comprehensive video metadata including title, description, view and like counts, publish date, and channel info — without streaming URLs. A lighter alternative to the full video endpoint.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/youtube/video-info. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.

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