YouTube video details
Public metadata for a video. No stream URLs. One credit when InnerTube is consulted.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| operationId | getVideoDetails |
| Request | GET https://api.flashapi.io/youtube/v1/video/:id |
| Price | 1 credit |
| Auth | X-FlashAPI-Key |
Request#
:id is an 11-character YouTube video id (A–Z a–z 0–9 _ -). The gateway does not accept watch URLs on this path.
curl
curl -sS https://api.flashapi.io/youtube/v1/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ \ -H "X-FlashAPI-Key: flash_…"
Success body#
Envelope is
{ data, meta }. data never includes stream URLs or streamingData.| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
id | string | Video id. |
title | string | Title. |
description | string | May be empty. |
durationSeconds | number | null | Length when known. |
channel | { id, name } | Either field may be null. |
thumbnails | { url, width, height }[] | InnerTube thumbnail list. |
viewCount | number | null | When YouTube reports it. |
live | boolean | Live content flag. |
json
{
"data": {
"id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
"description": "…",
"durationSeconds": 213,
"channel": {
"id": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
"name": "Rick Astley"
},
"thumbnails": [
{ "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg", "width": 480, "height": 360 }
],
"viewCount": 1600000000,
"live": false
},
"meta": {
"service": "youtube",
"version": "v1",
"requestId": "req_01JXYZ123"
}
}Errors#
| Status | code | Bill | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | INVALID_PARAMETER | 0 | Malformed id. InnerTube is not called. |
| 404 | RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND | 1 | Unavailable or unknown after InnerTube. |
| 503 | UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE | 0 | Player fetch failed. |