video-data

1# Oxylabs Video Data
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3YouTube data extraction via API and high-bandwidth proxies for video/audio downloading.
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5## Two Approaches
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7| Method | Use Case |
8|--------|----------|
9| **Video Data API** | Metadata, subtitles, search results (structured data) |
10| **High-Bandwidth Proxies** | Video/audio downloads with yt-dlp |
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14## Video Data API
15 
16Uses the same endpoint as Web Scraper API with YouTube-specific sources.
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18### Endpoint
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20```
21POST https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries   # immediate metadata/search/subtitle responses
22POST https://data.oxylabs.io/v1/queries       # Push-Pull downloads, callbacks, storage
23Content-Type: application/json
24```
25 
26### Authentication
27 
28```bash
29curl -u "$OXY_WSA_USERNAME:$OXY_WSA_PASSWORD" ...
30```
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32### Available Sources
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34| Source | Description |
35|--------|-------------|
36| `youtube_search` | Search results up to 20 items (videos, channels, playlists) |
37| `youtube_search_max` | Search results up to 700 items |
38| `youtube_metadata` | Video metadata (title, views, likes, description) |
39| `youtube_subtitles` | Closed captions/subtitles |
40| `youtube_channel` | Channel data and video lists |
41| `youtube_autocomplete` | Keyword suggestions |
42| `youtube_video_trainability` | AI training permission status |
43| `youtube_download` | Push-Pull video/audio download to cloud storage |
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45### Source Parameters
46 
47| Source | Required | Common optional parameters |
48|--------|----------|----------------------------|
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