video-data

# Oxylabs Video Data YouTube data extraction via API and high-bandwidth proxies for video/audio downloading. ## Two Approaches | Method | Use Case | |--------|----------| | **Video Data API** | Metadata, subtitles, search results (structured data) | | **High-Bandwidth Proxies** | Video/audio downloads with yt-dlp | --- ## Video Data API Uses the same endpoint as Web Scraper API with YouTube-specific sources. ### Endpoint ``` POST https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries # immediate metadata/search/subtitle responses POST https://data.oxylabs.io/v1/queries # Push-Pull downloads, callbacks, storage Content-Type: application/json ``` ### Authentication ```bash curl -u "$OXY_WSA_USERNAME:$OXY_WSA_PASSWORD" ... ``` ### Available Sources | Source | Description | |--------|-------------| | `youtube_search` | Search results up to 20 items (videos, channels, playlists) | | `youtube_search_max` | Search results up to 700 items | | `youtube_metadata` | Video metadata (title, views, likes, description) | | `youtube_subtitles` | Closed captions/subtitles | | `youtube_channel` | Channel data and video lists | | `youtube_autocomplete` | Keyword suggestions | | `youtube_video_trainability` | AI training permission status | | `youtube_download` | Push-Pull video/audio download to cloud storage | ### Source Parameters | Source | Required | Common optional parameters | |--------|----------|----------------------------| | `youtube_search`, `youtube_search_max` | `query` | `up...