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Language
All endpoints that return a JSON body support &hl=LANGUAGE
for translating fields into the desired language. A list of languages are provided in List of URL parameters.
Pretty
All endpoints that return a JSON body support &pretty=1
for printing the response as formatted JSON.
Fields
All endpoints that return a JSON body support the fields API for specifying desired fields to reduce bandwidth consumption. This can be used by adding &fields=FIELDS
with the desired fields, for example /api/v1/videos/aqz-KE-bpKQ?fields=videoId,title,description&pretty=1
.
GET /api/v1/stats
Schema:
{
"version": String,
"software": {
"name": "invidious",
"version": String,
"branch": String
},
"openRegistrations": Bool,
"usage": {
"users": {
"total": Int32,
"activeHalfyear": Int32,
"activeMonth": Int32
}
},
"metadata": {
"updatedAt": Int64,
"lastChannelRefreshedAt": Int64
}
}
GET /api/v1/videos/:id
Schema:
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
},
],
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"keywords": Array(String),
"viewCount": Int64,
"likeCount": Int32,
"dislikeCount": Int32,
"paid": Bool,
"premium": Bool,
"isFamilyFriendly": Bool,
"allowedRegions": Array(String),
"genre": String,
"genreUrl": String,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"authorThumbnails": [
{
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"subCountText": String,
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"allowRatings": Bool,
"rating": Float32,
"isListed": Bool,
"liveNow": Bool,
"isUpcoming": Bool,
"premiereTimestamp": Int64?,
"hlsUrl": String?,
"adaptiveFormats": [
{
"index": String,
"bitrate": String,
"init": String,
"url": String,
"itag": String,
"type": String,
"clen": String,
"lmt": String,
"projectionType": Int32,
"container": String,
"encoding": String,
"qualityLabel": String?,
"resolution": String?
},
],
"formatStreams": [
{
"url": String,
"itag": String,
"type": String,
"quality": String,
"container": String,
"encoding": String,
"qualityLabel": String,
"resolution": String,
"size": String
},
],
"captions": [
{
"label": String,
"languageCode": String,
"url": String,
},
],
"recommendedVideos": [
{
"videoId": String,
"title": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
},
],
"author": String,
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"viewCountText": String
}
]
}
Parameters:
region: ISO 3166 country code (default: "US")
GET /api/v1/annotations/:id
Parameters:
source: "archive", "youtube" (default: "archive")
Returns annotation XML from YouTube's /annotations_invideo
endpoint. Alternatively it provides access to legacy annotation data using this collection on archive.org.
GET /api/v1/comments/:id
Schema:
{
"commentCount": Int32?,
"videoId": String,
"comments": [
{
"author": String,
"authorThumbnails": [
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
],
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"isEdited": Bool,
"content": String,
"contentHtml": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"likeCount": Int32,
"commentId": String,
"authorIsChannelOwner": Bool,
"creatorHeart": {
"creatorThumbnail": String,
"creatorName": String
}?,
"replies": {
"replyCount": Int32,
"continuation": String
}?
}
],
"continuation": String?
}
Parameters:
sort_by: "top", "new" (default: top)
source: "youtube", "reddit" (default: youtube)
continuation: String
GET /api/v1/insights/:id
Will always return 510: YouTube has removed publicly-available analytics
*
Schema:
{
"viewCount": Int64,
"timeWatchedText": String,
"subscriptionsDriven": Int32,
"shares": Int32,
"avgViewDurationSeconds": Int32,
"graphData": {
// ...
}
}
GET /api/v1/captions/:id
Schema:
{
"captions": [
{
"label": String,
"languageCode": String,
"url": String
}
]
}
Parameters:
label: String
lang: String
tlang: String
region: ISO 3166 country code (default: "US")
A request with label
will return the selected captions in WebVTT format.
Captions can also be selected with an ISO lang
, e.g. &lang=en, tlang
will auto-translate from English into the requested language (if English captions are available).
GET /api/v1/trending
Schema:
[
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"viewCount": Int64,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String,
"liveNow": Bool,
"paid": Bool,
"premium": Bool
}
]
Parameters:
type: "music", "gaming", "news", "movies"
region: ISO 3166 country code (default: "US")
GET /api/v1/top
Schema:
[
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height" Int32
}
],
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"viewCount": Int64,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String
}
]
GET /api/v1/popular
Schema:
[
{
"type": "shortVideo",
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height" Int32
}
],
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"viewCount": Int64
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
}
]
GET /api/v1/channels/:ucid
Schema:
{
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"authorBanners": [
{
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"authorThumbnails": [
{
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"subCount": Int32,
"totalViews": Int64,
"joined": Int64,
"paid": Bool,
"autoGenerated": Bool,
"isFamilyFriendly": Bool,
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String,
"allowedRegions": Array(String),
"latestVideos": [
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String,
"viewCount": Int64,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"paid": Bool,
"premium": Bool
}
],
"relatedChannels": [
{
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"authorThumbnails": [
{
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
]
}
]
}
Parameters:
sort_by: "newest", "oldest", "popular" (default: newest)
Note that a channel's username (if it doesn't include spaces) is also valid in place of ucid
, e.g. /api/v1/channels/BlenderFoundation
.
GET /api/v1/channels/:ucid/videos
, /api/v1/channels/videos/:ucid
Schema:
[
{
title: String,
videoId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String,
viewCount: Int64,
published: Int64,
publishedText: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32
paid: Bool,
premium: Bool
}
]
Parameters:
page: Int32
sort_by: "newest", "oldest", "popular" (default: newest)
GET /api/v1/channels/:ucid/latest
, /api/v1/channels/latest/:ucid
[
{
title: String,
videoId: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String,
viewCount: Int64,
published: Int64,
publishedText: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32
paid: Bool,
premium: Bool
}
]
GET /api/v1/channels/playlists/:ucid
, /api/v1/channels/:ucid/playlists
{
"playlists": [
{
"title": String,
"playlistId": String,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"videoCount": Int32,
"videos": [
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
]
}
]
],
"continuation": String?
}
Parameters:
continuation: String
sort_by: "oldest", "newest", "last"
GET /api/v1/channels/comments/:ucid
, /api/v1/channels/:ucid/comments
{
"authorId": String,
"comments": [
{
"author": String,
"authorThumbnails": [
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
],
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"isEdited": Bool,
"content": String,
"contentHtml": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"likeCount": Int32,
"commentId": String,
"authorIsChannelOwner": Bool,
"creatorHeart": {
"creatorThumbnail": String,
"creatorName": String
}?,
"replies": {
"replyCount": Int32,
"continuation": String
}?,
"attachment": Attachment?
}
],
"continuation": String?
}
The authorId
for top-level comments will always(?) be the same as the requested channel. Top-level comments will also have an optional attachment
, which can be one of:
{
"type": "image",
"imageThumbnails": [
{
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
]
}
{
"type": "video",
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"lengthSeconds": Int32,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"published": Int64,
"publishedText": String,
"viewCount": Int64,
"viewCountText": String
}
{
"type": "unknown",
"error": "Unrecognized attachment type."
}
Some attachments may only have a type
and error
, similar to the above. Attachments will only be present on top-level comments.
Parameters:
continuation: String
GET /api/v1/channels/search/:ucid
Schema:
[
{
type: "video",
title: String,
videoId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String,
viewCount: Int64,
published: Int64,
publishedText: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32,
liveNow: Bool,
paid: Bool,
premium: Bool
},
{
type: "playlist",
title: String,
playlistId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoCount: Int32,
videos: [
{
title: String,
videoId: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
]
}
]
},
{
type: "channel",
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
authorThumbnails: [
{
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
subCount: Int32,
videoCount: Int32,
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String
}
];
Parameters:
q: String
page: Int32
GET /api/v1/search/suggestions
Schema:
{
"query": String,
"suggestions": Array(String)
}
Parameters:
q: String
GET /api/v1/search
Schema:
[
{
type: "video",
title: String,
videoId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String,
viewCount: Int64,
published: Int64,
publishedText: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32,
liveNow: Bool,
paid: Bool,
premium: Bool
},
{
type: "playlist",
title: String,
playlistId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoCount: Int32,
videos: [
{
title: String,
videoId: String,
lengthSeconds: Int32,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
]
}
]
},
{
type: "channel",
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
authorThumbnails: [
{
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
subCount: Int32,
videoCount: Int32,
description: String,
descriptionHtml: String
}
];
Parameters:
q: String
page: Int32
sort_by: "relevance", "rating", "upload_date", "view_count"
date: "hour", "today", "week", "month", "year"
duration: "short", "long"
type: "video", "playlist", "channel", "all", (default: video)
features: "hd", "subtitles", "creative_commons", "3d", "live", "purchased", "4k", "360", "location", "hdr" (comma separated: e.g. "&features=hd,subtitles,3d,live")
region: ISO 3166 country code (default: "US")
GET /api/v1/playlists/:plid
Schema:
{
"title": String,
"playlistId": String,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorThumbnails": [
{
"url": String,
"width": String,
"height": String
}
],
"description": String,
"descriptionHtml": String,
"videoCount": Int32,
"viewCount": Int64,
"updated": Int64,
"videos": [
{
"title": String,
"videoId": String,
"author": String,
"authorId": String,
"authorUrl": String,
"videoThumbnails": [
{
"quality": String,
"url": String,
"width": Int32,
"height": Int32
}
],
"index": Int32,
"lengthSeconds": Int32
}
]
}
Parameters:
page: Int32
GET /api/v1/mixes/:rdid
Schema:
{
title: String,
mixId: String,
videos: [
{
title: String,
videoId: String,
author: String,
authorId: String,
authorUrl: String,
videoThumbnails: [
{
quality: String,
url: String,
width: Int32,
height: Int32
}
],
index: Int32,
lengthSeconds: Int32
}
]
}