Get YouTube Video Details (Realtime)

Collects one YouTube video directly from the platform and returns its full metadata and engagement counters as of the call. Suited to tracking individual pieces of content rather than whole accounts.

GET/api/v1/youtube/realtime/video/detail

Quota usage: Each successful request to this endpoint deducts 100 quota units from your plan.

Platform Path Family

/api/v1/{platform}/realtime/video/detail

Available Platforms

Request Parameters

Required Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`video_id`	query	string	video_id example: Sv6dMFF_yts

Response Fields

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Success
`code`	integer	Code
`message`	string	Message
`data`	object	-
`data.video_id`	string	Video ID
`data.title`	string	Video title
`data.description`	string	Video description
`data.create_at`	string	Publish time
`data.duration`	string	Video duration
`data.video_url`	string	Video URL
`data.channel_title`	string	Channel name
`data.channel_id`	string	Channel ID
`data.video_type`	string	Content format (video, short)
`data.category_id`	integer	Category
`data.caption`	boolean	Captions
`data.like_count`	integer	Like count
`data.comment_count`	integer	Comment count
`data.play_count`	integer	Play count

Try It

Request URL

https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/youtube/realtime/video/detail

Authorization

Select an API key from Dashboard

Add an API key before sending a request.Go to Dashboard

Query Params

video_id*

cURL Example

bash

curl -X GET "https://openapi.scdata.cc/api/v1/youtube/realtime/video/detail?video_id=Sv6dMFF_yts" \
  -H "Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response Example (200 application/json)

json

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Request successful",
  "data": {
    "video_id": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "create_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22.123Z",
    "duration": "string",
    "video_url": "string",
    "cover_url": "string",
    "channel_title": "string",
    "channel_id": "string",
    "video_type": "string",
    "category_id": 0,
    "caption": true,
    "like_count": 0,
    "comment_count": 0,
    "play_count": 0
  }
}

Use Cases

Sponsored content reporting — Pull the final numbers of a sponsored video for a campaign wrap-up report.
Viral content monitoring — Re-check a fast-growing video at intervals to measure how quickly it spreads.