YouTube video or short by URL — views, chapters, captions

scrapecreators.youtube.video.detail

Fetches full details for a YouTube video or short, including title, description, thumbnail, view/like/comment counts, publish date, duration, chapters and caption tracks.

Price: $0.00188/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 99.7%Last 30 days · 14,249 calls
Latency p50: 1.7 sp95 4.5 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.youtube.video.detail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ

Preview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`url`	string	Required	YouTube video or short URL	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ`

Query parameters
urlstringRequired
YouTube video or short URL
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.youtube.video.detail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.youtube.video.detail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/scrapecreators.youtube.video.detail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdQw4w9WgXcQ", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.00188/call, including the service fee.