The Video API automatically extracts detailed video information—including most metadata, thumbnail images, direct video URL and embed code from nearly any video page or video platform on the web.

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Response

The Video API returns data in JSON format.

Each response includes a request object (which returns request-specific metadata), and an objects array, which will include the extracted information for all objects on a submitted page.

Objects in the Video API's objects array will include the following fields:

Field	Description
`type`	Type of object (always `video`).
`pageUrl`	URL of submitted page / page from which the video is extracted.
`resolvedPageUrl`	Returned if the `pageUrl` redirects to another URL.
`title`	Title of the video.
`text`	Text description, if available, of the video.
`url`	Direct link to source video file, if available.
`html`	Embeddable HTML of the video (if available), typically an `IFRAME` or `VIDEO` object.
`embedUrl`	Embeddable URL, if available.
`author`	Video uploader or creator, if available.
`date`	Date of extracted video, normalized in most cases to RFC 1123 (HTTP/1.1).
`duration`	Duration in seconds of the Video.
`viewCount`	Number of Video views, if available on the page.
`naturalHeight`	Raw video height, if available, in pixels.
`naturalWidth`	Raw video width, if available, in pixels.
`images`	Array of images, if present within the video.
↳`url`	Fully resolved link to image. If the image `SRC` is encoded as base64 data, the complete data URI will be returned.
↳`title`	Description or caption of the image.
`mime`	MIME type, if available, as specified by the Video's "Content-Type."
`humanLanguage`	Returns the (spoken/human) language of the submitted page, using two-letter ISO 639-1 nomenclature.
`diffbotUri`	Unique object ID. The `diffbotUri` is generated from the values of various Video fields and uniquely identifies the object. This can be used for deduplication.	Optional fields, available using`fields=` argument
`links`	Returns a top-level object (`links`) containing all hyperlinks found on the page.
`meta`	Returns a top-level object (`meta`) containing the full contents of page `meta` tags, including sub-arrays for OpenGraph tags, Twitter Card metadata, schema.org microdata, and -- if available -- oEmbed metadata.
`querystring`	Returns any key/value pairs present in the URL querystring. Items without a discrete value will be returned as `true`.
`breadcrumb`	Returns a top-level array (`breadcrumb`) of URLs and link text from page breadcrumbs.

The following is an example response for a successfully extracted Youtube video.

{
  "request": {
    "pageUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg",
    "api": "video",
    "version": 3
  },
  "objects": [
    {
      "date": "Sun, 24 May 2020 07:00:00 GMT",
      "images": [
        {
          "diffbotUri": "image|3|231854607",
          "title": "Backyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior Course",
          "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hFZFjoX2cGg/maxresdefault.jpg",
          "primary": true
        }
      ],
      "author": "Mark Rober",
      "mime": "video/mp4",
      "naturalHeight": 720,
      "diffbotUri": "video|3|1870173316",
      "type": "video",
      "title": "Backyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior Course",
      "url": "https://rr6---sn-5uaeznks.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1649742262&ei=Vr1UYoLhFpDm8wTUt76wAQ&ip=23.229.39.25&id=o-AOUTPxsk0l8eAnvqC6G9PtYnkFK4S-lYoQ1G-mt8W40U&itag=399&aitags=133%2C134%2C135%2C136%2C137%2C160%2C242%2C243%2C244%2C247%2C248%2C278%2C394%2C395%2C396%2C397%2C398%2C399&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=s4&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5uaeznks%2Csn-5ualdnl7&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=u&mvi=6&pl=23&spc=4ocVC0JfKoZvX0FSPklAcHZ7LBTF&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=ZSXKPHKFPvaGHi2sm3qErYcG&gir=yes&clen=246339629&dur=1220.093&lmt=1637823031873234&mt=1649720229&fvip=3&keepalive=yes&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=5531432&n=b2VCd9pxXsFyoV_m&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Caitags%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cspc%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRgIhAKiKoHk2DfvaKA3Adu0CkNNF_lOavT4Mk0CYkQvbG0wpAiEAgiAc4h_1GqjzjGXgdiKdgdWZXWM0M9ubY-ns1qhGyns%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl&lsig=AG3C_xAwRQIhAM5DsCeq2RzEblNQ3qRq-3xEydeAidszCKAg8PvahEK1AiAzkjRXQQmDItpKWMxLq1TTb_32NWjPxiTDIVeOrBvxLw%3D%3D",
      "naturalWidth": 1280,
      "duration": 1220,
      "provider": "YouTube",
      "humanLanguage": "en",
      "html": "<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/hFZFjoX2cGg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>",
      "pageUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg",
      "text": "Squirrels were stealing my bird seed so I solved the problem with mechanical engineering :)\n\nHere is an explanation of the illusion dish thing!- https://demos.smu.ca/index.php/demos/optics/69-mirage-mirror\n\nHere is a link to the illusion dish (not sponsored :) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718XCG7F/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_D9PYEbC85X14F\n\n*MUSIC*\n0:02 - Arrow (Instrumental) - Andrew Applepie http://andrewapplepie.com/\n0:27 - Kalimba Jam - Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/\n3:21 - Zambo - Devil in Disguise https://danijel-zambo.bandcamp.com/track/devil-in-disguise-2 \n3:47 - Cereal Killa - Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/\n5:28 - J. Thompson - Real Quick Lovin' https://www.amazon.com/Real-Quick-Lovin/dp/B0010YGE3W\n5:39 - New Shoes - Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/\n7:51- Chi- Ponder- https://www.prodbyponder.com/5-free-beats32029775\n8:31 - Marimba Idea - Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/ \n9:25 - Josef Falkenskold - Tiny Tumble https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/josef-falkenskold\n19:07 - Nik- Ponder- https://www.prodbyponder.com/5-free-beats32029775",
      "viewCount": 92199455
    }
  ]
}

Optional Fields

Video API may also return some optional fields if specified. (comma delimited) in the &fields= argument.

Already have the source HTML? POST it to Video API.

Video API supports a POST option that allows you to upload HTML or plain text for extraction. See Extract Content Not Available Online.