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.
Try it live
Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.
{
"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
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();
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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.
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Comments
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